Ssentamu huge doubt for Togo encounter

LOME-Cranes striker Yunus Ssentamu could sit on the substitutes’ bench when Uganda face Togo at Stade de Kégué on Wednesday evening but the AS Vita forward will certainly not partake of proceedings on the pitch.

Ssentamu sat out Tuesday evening’s training after attracting a bout of malaria the same day in the morning. Team physio Ronald Kisolo gave him anti malaria injections at the team hotel in Lome on Tuesday and treatment will continue on match day.

The striker, who scored for his DRC side Vita en route to the Caf Champions League final recently, was not expected to start in this particular 2015 Nations Cup qualifier but his poaching instinct could have been relied on at some point in the game.

Ssentamu’s absence leaves Cranes coach Micho Sredojevic, who is already without suspended defender and skipper Andy Mwesigwa, with three strikers in stand-in captain Geoffrey Massa, Gor Mahia’s Daniel Sserunkuma and KCC’s Brian Umony.

Uganda, who surprisingly lost the first leg 1-0 at home, badly need to pick at least a point in Lome to keep in charge of their destiny in the quest to qualify for the Nations Cup finals for the first time in 37 years.

Ghana, who face Guinea in Tamale, currently top standings with five points after three games, one better than Uganda and Guinea. Togo have three.
2015 Afcon qualifiers
Group E
Togo vs Uganda, 6pm
Ghana vs Guinea
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