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GUINEA VS UGANDA: President Museveni makes call to Cranes coach, offers tactics

2015 NATIONS CUP QUALIFIER

Guinea vs Uganda

Time: 4pm (Morocco time, 7pm EAST)

Date: 19th November, 2014

Stadium:   Complexe Mohammed , Casablanca

HE Yoweri Kaguta Museveni President of the Republic Uganda has made a courtesy phone call to the Cranes camp an talked to head coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic.

The President who is an active sportsman,made the call this morning and talked for close to ten minutes with the Serbian.

Micho revealed to www.fufa.co.ug that the President asked him to pass on a message to the players about the game.

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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni at Namboole stadium during the launch of the ‘Protect the Goal’ Campaign. On the same day he watched Cranes score one of the goals from a set piece as Uganda beat Ethiopia 3-0. He has advised Cranes players to position well during corner kicks.

‘Don’t panic. Don’t play under any pressure. Ugandans are proud of you.  Qualify and  be part of history’- the message the President gave to Micho to pass on t the player. e at Namboole)

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Micho on phone talking to President Yoweri Museveni

President Museveni also passed on some advice to Micho by telling him that he watched the two games for Uganda vs Ethiopia (live at Namboole) and the other against Ghana (on TV) but he had one pint to note.

This is what the President told Micho:

‘Our boys need to position well during corner kicks because in the games against Ethiopia and Ghana, we got two goals from such set pieces’

The President told the coach that he will be following the proceedings from Morocco tomorrow when the Cranes take on Guinea at 7pm.

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Cranes players in Morocco getting set or Guinea.

Photo credit: FUFA Communications Department

 

 

 

 

3 Replies to “GUINEA VS UGANDA: President Museveni makes call to Cranes coach, offers tactics”

  1. Crane we are all proud of you. This is one of the closest chances…… please just make make good use of the 90 minutes. We are tied calculating……..

  2. President Museveni is a such a philanthropist , that phone call to the boys alone c’d make all the difference. Well done presido and Best of luck to the boys……..Hey ! piece of advice !… Don’t take Guinea for granted, they can be very unbeatable at home. Massa needs to be twice as alert as he was at Namboole when we walloped them 2-0

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