Uganda Cranes’ first pre-tournament friendly game as they continue preparing for the 2022 African Nations Championship will be against Sudan at the Jamel Stadium in Tunisia on Tuesday evening.
Ahead of the encounter, head coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic is more than convinced that Sudan will provide his side with a huge competitive test.
“I believe that they are a good team to test ourselves against,” Micho told FUFA media after the Monday training session in Sousse.
“They have participated in CHAN twice in 2011 and 2018 and their top two clubs Al-Merrikh and Al Hilal are always in the Champions League including even this year.”
“Practically that talks volumes about the quality of their players and this will give us a good test in our first friendly match that we are going to have.”
“We had very good preparations in our first phase in Kampala and here in Tunisia we have mainly come to adapt, adjust, and acclimatize and such games will play a big part,” the Serbian tactician added.
The Uganda Cranes are in Group B of the competition that gets underway on January 13th in Algeria.
Senegal, Ivory Coast, and the Democratic Republic of Congo are their groupmates and they will kick off against DRC on January 14th.
Cranes CHAN squad
Goalkeepers: Nafian Alionzi (URA FC), Joel Mutakubwa (Gaddafi FC), Jack Komakech (Vipers SC)
Defenders: Ashraf Mandela (Vipers SC), James Begisa (URA FC), Derrick Ndahiro (URA FC), Isa Mubiru (Vipers SC), Hillary Mukundane (Vipers SC), Kenneth Ssemakula(SC Villa), Geoffrey Wasswa (KCCA FC), Gift Fred (SC Villa)
Midfielders: Siraje Ssentamu (Vipers SC), Marvin Joseph Youngman (Vipers SC), Abdu Karim Watambala(Vipers SC), Moses Waiswa (KCCA FC)
Forwards: Milton Karisa (Vipers SC), Ibrahim Orit (Vipers SC), Travis Mutyaba (SC Villa), Moses Aliro (Wakiso Giants FC), Rogers Kassim Mato (KCCA FC), Bright Anukani (Vipers SC), Titus Ssematimba (Wakiso Giants), Frank Ssebufu (Wakiso Giants FC), Najib Yiga (Vipers SC), Nelson Ssenkatuka(Soltilo Bright Stars)
