Kiyovu’s Mayanja back to plot for Bafana Bafana
Feb 22, 2005
KIYOVU coach Jackson Mayanja is back in Kampala to help his Cranes counterpart Mohammed Abbas prepare to face Bafana Bafana next month.
By Fred Kaweesi
KIYOVU coach Jackson Mayanja is back in Kampala to help his Cranes counterpart Mohammed Abbas prepare to face Bafana Bafana next month.
Mayanja’s brief return to Kampala quashes reports that the youthful tactician could well have given up his position as Cranes assistant coach since leaving URA for Rwanda.
“I am back to discuss with the head coach how the national side will be handled. I have never resigned my position,†Mayanja said in Kampala.
Cranes fell 0-1 to South Africa’s star-studded Bafana Bafana in Kampala in their last World Cup/Nations Cup Group 2 tie in October.
r The Rwanda soccer team, Amavubi, jet out March 19 to Belgium for a one-week training session. As part of the tour, the national team, coached by Swede Roger Palmegren, will take on Belgian first division St Trundins. The games are build-ups to a clash against Algeria.
Cranes’ remaining fixtures
March 25
South Africa v Uganda
June 3
DR Congo v Uganda
June 17
Uganda v Cape Verde
Sept 2
Ghana v Uganda
Oct.7
Uganda v Burkina Faso
Group 2 P W D L F A Pts
South Africa 5 3 0 2 5 5 9
Ghana 5 2 2 1 6 2 8
DR Congo 5 2 2 1 5 4 8
Cape Verde 5 2 1 2 4 5 7
Burkina Faso 5 2 0 3 5 6 6
Uganda 5 1 1 3 2 5 4
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KIYOVU coach Jackson Mayanja is back in Kampala to help his Cranes counterpart Mohammed Abbas prepare to face Bafana Bafana next month.
Mayanja’s brief return to Kampala quashes reports that the youthful tactician could well have given up his position as Cranes assistant coach since leaving URA for Rwanda.
“I am back to discuss with the head coach how the national side will be handled. I have never resigned my position,†Mayanja said in Kampala.
Cranes fell 0-1 to South Africa’s star-studded Bafana Bafana in Kampala in their last World Cup/Nations Cup Group 2 tie in October.
r The Rwanda soccer team, Amavubi, jet out March 19 to Belgium for a one-week training session. As part of the tour, the national team, coached by Swede Roger Palmegren, will take on Belgian first division St Trundins. The games are build-ups to a clash against Algeria.
Cranes’ remaining fixtures
March 25
South Africa v Uganda
June 3
DR Congo v Uganda
June 17
Uganda v Cape Verde
Sept 2
Ghana v Uganda
Oct.7
Uganda v Burkina Faso
Group 2 P W D L F A Pts
South Africa 5 3 0 2 5 5 9
Ghana 5 2 2 1 6 2 8
DR Congo 5 2 2 1 5 4 8
Cape Verde 5 2 1 2 4 5 7
Burkina Faso 5 2 0 3 5 6 6
Uganda 5 1 1 3 2 5 4
Ends