Uganda Kobs on verge of elimination
Micho feels Kobs deserved better. PHOTO: I. KEZAALA
Kampala. It was the result rather than performance that left coach Micho Sredojevic disappointed and left Uganda Kobs staring at elimination from the CAf U-23 championships qualifiers at the final level.
This, after the national Under-23 side, lost 4-0 to Egypt in the first leg of the third round qualifier in Alexandria on Saturday. “We felt an unbelievable amount of cruelty that football hides in the rule that if you don’t use your chances you will get punished. Players purely did the best they promised and threw everything on the field of play but that last judgment element of putting the ball in the net let us down,” Micho said of the game. The Kobs had a nightmare start in which they fell to a header by Mohammed Salem in the eighth minute. They, however, regrouped and could have drawn level after recess only for Egypt goalkeeper Mosaad Awad to thwart Kobs captain Farouk Miya’s effort.
CS Sfaxien forward Yunus Sentamu then rounded Award but still failed to find the back of the net as the Kobs pushed for an equaliser in vain. “Whoever knows football knows that when you don’t score that affects you mentally and you concede,” Micho added.
That inefficiency was subsequently punished with Mahmoud Abdel-Monem scoring the second for the Egyptians in between those chances while Ramadan Sobhi added the third after 69 minutes and Abdel-Monem completed his brace late on.
U-23 CAf qualifiers
Saturday result: Egypt 4-0 Uganda
Second leg: August 01, 2015
Kobs vs. Egypt (Nakivubo)
