Micho believes Egypt, Ghana favourites but Uganda Cranes full of character
Uganda coach Micho Sredojevic giving instructions during Crane's team training recently. File photo
What you need to know:
- On a weekend Ghana failed to use home advantage, Uganda earned an important point.
- Micho and Fufa are expected to confirm a friendly before Congo Brazzaville against a yet-to-be named opponent this week.
KAMPALA. Uganda coach Micho Sredojevic and his resilient Cranes arrived back home to Kampala at the weekend with a crucial point from Ghana and the Serbian immediately resumed his well-famed detail and fact-finding mission.
“Of course I watched…,” Micho told Daily Monitor on Sunday hours after witnessing, on television, Egypt come from behind to defeat Congo 2-1 in Brazzaville and assume Group E leadership.
“I recorded and scouted up to deepest details that I would not share with public as I regard that match in November (versus Congo Brazzaville) as most important game since I am here, so I focus and concentrate.”
On a weekend Ghana failed to use home advantage, Uganda earned an important point, and Egypt made clear their intentions regarding the 2018 World Cup with an away victory, little changed re-group favourites.
“Egypt with Ghana are still carrying tag of favourites due to the fact that Egypt won away,” admitted Micho.
“But game against Ghana was very good step in developing our team character and African football identity on the road to enter amongst the best teams on the continent.”
The Cranes have won three, lost one and drawn another in their last five competitive away matches.
“That is what I was looking from the match against Ghana, character, not numbers at the World cup qualifiers table standings.”
Micho added: “Once we improve standards we shall then automatically become contenders to go to World Cup.
“We got a point away in Ghana but we have no right to exaggerate things but realistically look to not be favourites on paper and contenders on the field of play with performance earning practical not declarative tag of favourites.
“We need to approach the next five matches like five cup finals looking in each to fight like lions in human shape for three points and see what will come out as final product.”
Micho and Fufa are expected to confirm a friendly before Congo Brazzaville against a yet-to-be named opponent this week.
