By James Robert Kayindi
A team of home based players yesterday entered residential training at the Njeru technical center in Jinja as they step up their preparations ahead of the clash with neighbors Tanzania.
Uganda is set to face off with Tanzania in the preliminary round of the competition were the victor after two legs will face Sudan at the next stage of the competition.
The squad has been training since Monday without players from SC Villa and KCCA who were to take part in yesterday’s Uganda Cup final replay that ended with Villa as champions after thrashing KCCA 3-0.
KCCA’s Benjamin Ochan and Martin Kizza and SC Villa’s Hassan Wasswa Mawanda and Erisa Ssekisambu are some of the players that missed the recent training sessions with the rest of the team while Vipers’ Farouk Miya had also been exempted from training. The exemption came after the youngster featured in Saturday’s game for 90 minutes as Uganda defeated Botswana in the opening game of Group D in the 2017AFCON qualifiers.
Players that have been training ahead of Tanzania.
Goalkeepers: Alitho James and Brian Bwete
Defenders: Okot Denis, Ntambi Julius ,Ochwo Brian, Musisi Farouk, Bakaki Shafiq, Kiyemba Ibrahim, Okello Silvester and Bukenya Deus
Midfielders: Tekkwo Derrick, Mugerwa Yasser, Kizito Keziron, Mutyaba Muzamil, Eturude Abel, Kyeyune Saidi, Miya
Strikers: Semazi John, Kalanda Frank, Ssentongo Robert, Fahad Muhamed Hassan
Chan 2016 Qualifiers Preliminaries:
First leg: Tanzania vs Uganda, June 19-21
Return leg: Uganda vs Tanzania, July 3-5
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