Eagles: cranes line up matches
In a bid to prepare adequately for the decisive Nations Cup qualifier against the Super Eagles on March 24th, Ugandan football authorities, FUFA has requested for build-up matches with six African countries.
Nigeriansportsonline.com gathered from Uganda’s leading tabloid, ‘The Vision’ that the federation publicist, Rogers Mulindwa announced on Wednesday that they had dispatched requests to African champions Egypt, South Africa, DR Congo, Algeria, Angola and Zambia inviting them for friendly matches.
"Our first priority is a match against Egypt. But we can also play any of the countries on February 7," Mulindwa said.
Mulindwa was optimistic of positive responses although FUFA had not received word indicating whether or not the invited countries would honour the invitations.
The federation has already directed Cranes coach Laszlo Csaba who just returned from holiday in Germany, not to name U-23 team players including Augustine Nsumba, Dan Wagaluka and Anthony Bongole on the team.
The Cranes proposed date for the friendly coincides with the Kobs' trip for an Olympic qualifier in South Africa Nigeriansportsonline.com learned.
Nigeria currently top the Group 3 table of the 2008 Africa Nations Cup qualifiers with 6 points while Ugandan is placed second with 4 points as both teams battle for the sole ticket while Niger and Lesotho have 1 and 0 points respectively.