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Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Former Cranes coach Micho Sredojevic was supposed to return to Uganda in March last year for a pre-Chan mini-tournament.<\/p>\n

The 2020 Chan finals due in Cameroon were up the following month, and Fufa had organised a build-up tournament that would see the Cranes face Micho\u2019s side Zambia.It would have been the first meeting between the two countries since Micho, who helped Uganda end a four-decade absence from Afcon finals with the Gabon 2017 edition slot, left the Cranes.<\/p>\n

But now in the re-organised mini-tournament in Cameroon, the the Serbian gets reunited with some of his former Cranes colleagues and players.\u201cIt is an emotional reunion for me with Cranes,\u201d Micho told Daily Monitor. \u201cBut I need to go over it and look at my team to get good performance and results while we both prepare for Chan.\u201dThe Serb, whose first coaching job in Africa was with SC Villa at the turn of 2000, is not reading too much into the friendly clash.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just a check up for Cranes and Chipolopolo,\u201d he said.\u201cNothing else.\u201d\u201cI\u2019ve the highest degree of respect for coach Johnny [McKinstry] and his technical team and equally for the players led by veteran Tonny Mawejje,\u201d he said.McKinstry succeeded Frenchman Sebastien Desabre, who was Micho\u2019s immediate successor with Cranes.\u201cMawejje is the perfect balance between maturity, seniority and experience and young players that have a bright future,\u201d Micho added.<\/p>\n

Shaping players<\/b><\/p>\n

Mawejje is one of Micho\u2019s former trusted lieutenants and marshalled his midfield in Gabon three years ago. The 34-year-old returned from a decade-long tour of Europe to join Uganda Premier League side Police in the off-season.He had been out of the Cranes set-up since Gabon Afcon finals, but McKinstry has given him a lifeline. He captained the Cranes in the 1-1 draw with Cameroon last Friday.<\/p>\n

McKinstry believes the Chan build-up is about putting the players in the best physical and mental shape, and not merely scorelines.\u201cWe said coming into this that this little tournament wasn\u2019t about results,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s about taking on very good opposition like the hosts and getting us ready for the main tournament.\u201dUganda open their Chan finals campaign on January 18 against Rwanda.<\/p>\n

Pre-Chan mini tourney<\/p>\n

TODAY | 6pmUganda vs. Zambia<\/p>\n

amwanguhya@ug.nationmedia.com<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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