The Sand Cranes head coach, Salim Muwonge thanked his players for the good performance despite their failure to win the game. He said both the team and team bench have gathered good experience that they will build on in the next championship
The Sand
Cranes, Uganda’s Beach soccer team has fallen to Mozambique 6-3 in the
Semifinals of the ongoing Afcon Beach Soccer at Saly Beach Soccer
stadium in Senegal.
Three goals from Baker Lukoya, Alex Wasswa
and Paul were not enough to stop Mozambique that came from behind to stop from qualifying
for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup slated for Russia this year.
The Sand Cranes head coach, Salim Muwonge thanked his
players for the good performance despite their failure to win the game.
He said
both the team and team bench have gathered good experience that they will build
on in the next championship
//Cue in: Nebaza Abazanyi …
Cue out: …okubanga tubyongerako,”//
Muwonge said his team had hopes of qualifying for the World Cup. He says that
they have now turned their focus onto the third position of the Beach Soccer
Afcon, where they will battle Morocco.
//Cue in: Essubi litubadde …
Cue out: …tuvayo nomudaali”//
The Uganda Sand Cranes qualified for the Beach Soccer finals automatically when
Ghana withdrew from the tournament. This is the first time Uganda is playing in
the finals of the Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations.
