Cameroon starved us â€" URA
Jan 31, 2007
UGANDA Revenue Authority football club has revealed that they played on half-empty stomachs in their 3-0 defeat to Cotton Sport in Cameroon on Saturday.
By Douglas Mazune
UGANDA Revenue Authority football club has revealed that they played on half-empty stomachs in their 3-0 defeat to Cotton Sport in Cameroon on Saturday.
“They served us very little rice, macron and a tiny piece of meat that could not even fill one’s palm. You could not bite the bread. It was as hard as a rock. Cotton Sport didn’t beat us but it’s their mistreatment that beat us,†coach Frank ‘Video’ Anyau lamented on return home yesterday.
Anyau complained that the referee from Ivory Coast, who officiated their CAF/MTN champion’s league tie was biased.
“They allowed us to train for only 30 minutes and then chased us from the field. The boys played quite well considering the harsh conditions,†Anyau remarked.
He vowed to beat Cotton Sport by a bigger margin in the return leg in Kampala on February 10.
“Cotton Sport is not a good team. I am 100% sure we will beat them in the return leg. We shall eliminate them and advance to the second round,†he stated.
“Even the weather was too hot. I was on the bench in a linen suit and felt exhausted, you can imagine how tired players running on the pitch were,†he said.
The team waited a whole day in Yaounde to catch a flight to Darua, home of Cotton Sport, 1000km out of the capital.
UGANDA Revenue Authority football club has revealed that they played on half-empty stomachs in their 3-0 defeat to Cotton Sport in Cameroon on Saturday.
“They served us very little rice, macron and a tiny piece of meat that could not even fill one’s palm. You could not bite the bread. It was as hard as a rock. Cotton Sport didn’t beat us but it’s their mistreatment that beat us,†coach Frank ‘Video’ Anyau lamented on return home yesterday.
Anyau complained that the referee from Ivory Coast, who officiated their CAF/MTN champion’s league tie was biased.
“They allowed us to train for only 30 minutes and then chased us from the field. The boys played quite well considering the harsh conditions,†Anyau remarked.
He vowed to beat Cotton Sport by a bigger margin in the return leg in Kampala on February 10.
“Cotton Sport is not a good team. I am 100% sure we will beat them in the return leg. We shall eliminate them and advance to the second round,†he stated.
“Even the weather was too hot. I was on the bench in a linen suit and felt exhausted, you can imagine how tired players running on the pitch were,†he said.
The team waited a whole day in Yaounde to catch a flight to Darua, home of Cotton Sport, 1000km out of the capital.