CHAN 2016 QUALIFIER (Return Leg):
On Saturday, 4th July 2015
Uganda Vs Tanzania – (Uganda won 1st Leg 3-0)
Nakivubo Stadium, 4:00 p.m
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Friday’s training session only lasted 60minutes but Head coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic’s emphasis was mostly on tactical elements prior to Saturday’s game between Uganda Cranes and Tanzania at Nakivubo stadium.
The boys are in good state, no injury worries reported by close of business after their final training session at Vienna College in Namugongo.
The onus is now on the Serbian coach to name his best team to go for another massacre of their opponents on the pitch juts like they did two weeks ago in Zanzibar. Cranes carry a 3-0 goal advantage from the first leg.
Previews
The Cranes were dominated during the first 30 minutes of the first leg tie against the Taifa Stars of Tanzania at the Amaan stadium in Zanzibar but the score board had different figures which led to the departure of coach Mart Nooij. He has since been replaced by another tactician.
Uganda has constantly bullied Tanzania on variously occasions when it comes to the game of football and if you remember well Uganda beat Tanzania 4-1 on aggregate to qualify for the previous two Orange African Nations Championship finals that were staged in South Africa and Sudan. In the CECAFA championships, the story is similar with most positive results swinging in Uganda’s favor.
This time round a breed of new found players in the names of Erisa Ssekisambu and Farouk Miya led Cranes on the firing front for the battle that saw Uganda get the much needed away result in the first leg first round encounter.
Micho is keen to ensure that the Tanzanias do not enjoy early spells of the game to avoid any shocks.
Erisa Sekisambu – scorer of the two goals in the Amaan – is keen to produce similar heroics display at the War Memorial Stadium on Saturday.
‘After scoring in Zanzibar I grew in confidence and now I have a task of maintaining that to prove to my critics that I am a good player’ said Sekisambu.
‘The only weapon is to listen to what coaches tell me to do’ added Sekisambu.
Uganda has significant pedigree in the competition, participating in the past two finals in 2012 and 2014.
Micho added: “We are getting people to respect us again. We are among the best in East and Central Africa and we want more.”
Facts
• This is the fourth time Uganda is playing against Tanzania in this competition. With The Cranes winning all the previous three.
• The fixture has seen flow of goals totaling to eight in number
• If selected, Hassan Wasswa and Frank Kalanda will be the only players to have featured in all four matches. And Wasswa has captained the side in all matches
• Uganda has qualified for the finals in all the two attempts they have played in CHAN qualifiers.