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Uganda Cranes hold last training in Lome before traveling to Tamale

On Wednesday evening, the Uganda Cranes  team held a successful training session in Lome where the team has been in camp for acclimatisation  ahead of their 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia qualifier against Ghana on Friday 7th \October in Tamale.

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Finland based striker Yunus Sentamu, who plays at F.C Ilves shoots during training on Wednesday

The first part of the recovery training after Tuesday’s international build up match against Togo mainly focused on possession and quickly regaining it from the opponent once lost before it switched to the utilisation of wing play and crossing of balls into the penalty area.

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Standard Liege midfielder Faruku Miya passes the ball, Nicholas Wadada waits fir his turn to shoot as head coach Micho looks on.

‘We have no time to dwell on the result of the game we played against Togo because our focus has always been on the qualifier against Ghana on October 7th. The Togo game simply helped us identify areas we need to improve and polish some others to help us get a very good result in Tamale.’ Micho said  after the training session that lasted close to two hours.

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Denis Onyango (left) joined Salim Jamal (M) and Benjamin Ochan in training

Goalkeeper Denis Onyango who didn’t feature in Tuesday’s game against Togo after joining the team late owing to flight delays today joined the team in training and was in good spirit as goalkeeping coach took him and his assistants Salim Jamal and Benjamin Ochan through the drills.

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Midfield general Tonny Mawejje dribbles during training. He was closely tracked by William Luwagga Kizito and Yunus Sentamu
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Leader of Delegation, FUFA Vice President Darius Mugoye (left) flanked by the team Doctor Ronald Kisolo followed the training session with a keen eye

The team leaves Lome on Thursday morning to Accra for a flight to Tamale in time for the last team training at the venue of the game on Friday.

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