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The Crested Cranes are in high spirits as they prepare for their opening match against Senegal in the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations- WAFCON campaign in Morocco.
Uganda’s
National senior women’s Football team, the Crested Cranes is in high spirits as
they prepare for their opening match against Senegal in the Women’s Africa Cup
of Nations- WAFCON campaign in Morocco.
The team will
be returning to the continental showpiece for the first time in two decades
having last participated in the tournament back in 2000, breaking a jinx of 20
years of unsuccessful qualifying attempts. But still, Uganda never advanced
from the group stage.
As they return to the continent’s biggest women’s football championship, the
girls will have to overcome some of Africa’s heavyweights in group A including
hosts Morocco, Burkina Faso, and Senegal.
Uganda’s
side enters the game after emerging champions of the region in the recently
concluded CECAFA Senior Women’s Championship where they defeated Burundi to
lift the trophy.
The team
departed last month and they since had a build-up tie against Zambia.
Coach George
William Lutalo says the team has not registered any injuries and wants Ugandans
to rally behind the girls.
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Team assistant captain, Hasifa Nassuna, also says her teammates are ready to
take to the field and rub shoulders with their opponents after finalizing their
preparations. She adds that their goal is to qualify for the next round.
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Crested Cranes qualified for the Africa Women Cup of Nations after their opponents
Kenya withdrew from the qualifiers. Consequently, CAF awarded Uganda an
automatic qualification.
Uganda will have to finish in the top two in their group if they are to
progress to the next round in their bid to compete for the continent’s grandest
prize.
The
tournament will also act as the qualifier for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
in Australia and New Zealand with the top four teams qualifying for the event
while two teams will advance to the inter-confederation play-offs.
