Uganda Cranes arrive in Egypt

Mar 18, 2019

Before the team traveled to Cairo, they had a weeklong non-residential training at Lugogo that climaxed with a trial game against Kampala Region Select, a game which the Cranes won 4-0.

2019 AFCON Qualifiers
 
Group L
 
Sunday
 
Tanzania v  Uganda
 
Venue: National Stadium, Tanzania
 
Uganda Cranes contingent has arrived in Egypt ahead of their five-day training camp. The team that traveled to Cairo via Addis Ababa Ethiopia on Sunday evening abroad Ethiopian Airlines arrived in the wee hours of Monday morning.
 
Before the team traveled to Cairo, they had a weeklong non-residential training at Lugogo that climaxed with a trial game against Kampala Region Select, a game which the Cranes won 4-0.
 
"We traveled safely and everybody here is in a good state. We are ready for the mission ahead of us and make our fellow countrymen happy. It took us close to 6 hours of travel having connected from Entebbe to Ethiopia then arrived in Cairo like at 3 am," said Hamid Juma, the leader of the delegation.
 
Cranes who face Tanzania away in the last game of the group stages of the qualifier have already qualified 2019 Nations Cup finals that will be held in Egypt.
 
Joseph Ochaya, Emmanuel Okwi, and Juuko Murushidn are some of the foreign-based players that joined the team in Ethiopia while others will join during the course of the week.
 
Players in camp so far; Murushid Jjuuko (Simba, Tanzania), Timothy Awany (KCCA, Uganda), Halid Lwaliwa (Vipers, Uganda), Geofrey Walusimbi (Free Agent), Joseph Ochaya (TP Mazembe, DR Congo), Nico Wakiro Wadada (Azam, Tanzania), Hassan Wasswa Mawanda (Free Agent), Tadeo Lwanga (Vipers, Uganda), Ibrahim Sadam Juma (KCCA, Uganda), Moses Waiswa (Vipers, Uganda), Emmanuel Arnold Okwi (Simba, Tanzania), Allan Kyambadde (KCCA, Uganda), Allan Okello (KCCA,Uganda), Henry Patrick Kaddu (KCCA, Uganda)
 
 

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