Crested Cranes, Uganda’s female national football team has vowed to beat their counterparts of the Democratic Republic of Congo when they meet up in Kinshasha on January 28.
The team manager of Crested Cranes, Mariam Kaliga says that they have started preparations for their 2nd leg meet with the Democratic Republic of Congo at Njeru technical centre play ground in Jinja.
Kaliga says that 25 women are undergoing training and they are in good health condition. Kaliga says that the head coach of the team, Majidah Nantanda and her assistants are doing a great job to improve on the players’ scoring techniques.
Crested Cranes last week met Democratic Republic of Congo in 1:1 match at Nakivubo stadium. Kaliga says that Crested Cranes prepares to score first in the second leg in order to disorganize their counterparts ofCongo. Crested Cranes will leaveUgandaforCongoon Wednesday 25th January.
She further says that Crested Cranes is going to rely mostly on Fatuma Luwedde, Ritah Kivumbi and Shamim Nantege to teach DR Congo a lesson. Kaliga told this journalist in Njeru on Saturday that the winner of the match between Crested Cranes andCongowill qualify for the finals (world cup).
She says that in the beginning the winner was supposed to meetEquatorial Guinea. However because Equatorial Guinea is going to host the finale, the winner between Congo and Uganda will qualify directly to play in the world cup due to take place in November. Kaliga said that 16 teams will qualify to play in the world cup.