Micho will not discuss dropped Black Stars

Cranes midfielder Farouq Miya (middle) in control. File photo

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Uganda come up against a Ghanaian side whose coach Kwesi Appiah just dropped five stars from Brazil World Cup team

KAMPALA

The Cranes are alternating between gym work at Paradise Fitness City at Acacia Mall and field training at Namboole this week before flying to Niger on Sunday en route to Kumasi, Ghana.
They need it, given the task at hand – a trip to Ghana where the Black Stars await Cranes in their first 2015 Nations Cup qualifying group clash due September 6 in Kumasi. Yet since Monday, it has mainly been home based players working with Uganda coach Micho Sredojevic.

Actually, together with St George’s (Ethiopia) Isaac Isinde, Micho worked with seven players yesterday; with KCC stars given a breather after their Cecafa voyage. Goalkeeper Robert Odongkara, Moses Oloya, Denis Guma and Savio Kabugo are expected to join camp on Friday. They are reportedly working out professional moves.

Players plying their trade in the Eastern and Central African region are expected tonight and tomorrow while those in South Africa and Europe like Andy Mwesigwa and Tonny Mawejje are due in at the weekend.
“I expect to have all players for our build-up match against Niger next Tuesday,” said Micho. Uganda will camp in Niger from Monday to Thursday when they travel to Kumasi via Accra looking for their first ever victory there.
Uganda also come up against a Ghanaian side whose coach Kwesi Appiah dropped five stars from the team that represented the Black Stars at the Brazil World Cup including Sulley Muntari, Michael Essien and Kevin-Prince Boateng among others for apparent indiscipline.
Asked whether that will make Ghana any weaker, Micho preferred not to be drawn into the talk.
“I will not be drawn into what is happening in the Ghanaian camp,” he insisted, “Whatever is happening there is happening.
“Whether Kevin-Prince and Muntari are missing or whatever, I will not talk about it. Depending on what I say, it could motivate them.
“I’d rather concentrate on my team and what I know we can do. I know Ghana very well and I’m following what is happening there.
“One of my tasks is to close the gap between us and those teams that have been at the Africa Cup Of Nations on a regular basis and we are working very hard with my players to achieve that. We are working round the clock to get the best of ourselves.”