{"id":18909,"date":"2021-10-05T12:19:13","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T12:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=18909"},"modified":"2021-10-05T12:09:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T12:09:24","slug":"familiarity-in-uganda-vs-rwanda-duel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/familiarity-in-uganda-vs-rwanda-duel","title":{"rendered":"Familiarity in Uganda vs Rwanda duel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Back-to-back Fifa World Cup qualifying matches between Uganda and Rwanda on Thursday and Sunday are littered with so many anecdotes that the affair looks weightier than just points.<\/p>\n<p>Both teams are desperate to get it going after dropping points in their first two 2022 qualifying games.<\/p>\n<p>This is a tie that needs little motivation from both sets of camps given how closely knitted they are.<\/p>\n<p>From President Paul Kagame, who once served in the Ugandan army, through to Ugandan-turned Rwandan footballer Meddie Kagere, the relationship is hard to deny.<\/p>\n<p>AS Kigali\u2019s Denis Rukundo and Bugesera\u2019s Samuel Nemeyimana Kato \u2013 a potential debutant for Rwanda \u2013 are all born and bred in Uganda and have played at Maroons and KCCA, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Jamil Kalisa of Vipers just joined his Rwanda teammates a few days ago.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the familiarity and knowledge of each other\u2019s strength and weaknesses is not an exclusivity, because Ugandans as well know their neighbours too well.<\/p>\n<p>In the dugout, no one will know the Amavubi Stars better than Serbian coach Micho Sredojevic. He coached Rwanda before moving to Uganda for his first stint in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Be it football, basketball, volleyball, name it, Rwanda and Uganda just about always lets the sparks off.<\/p>\n<p>And that is not to mention the on-and-off political tensions between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>Play it forward<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, on Thursday in Kigali and Sunday at St Mary\u2019s Stadium, Kitende, the face-off will only need a ball to settle any grievances.<\/p>\n<p>Micho believes that although the Cranes have failed to get the anticipated friendly matches against Tanzania and Burundi, they have prepared fairly well for the Wasps.<\/p>\n<p>They have instead played build-up games against KCCA and URA, which the Cranes won 2-1 and 2-0.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter failing to get friendly matches, we decided to play a KCCA team that has similar style of play with our opponents Rwanda,\u201d said Micho after the warm-up game at Lugogo.<\/p>\n<p>KCCA were allowed an extra player (12 vs 11) for this one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have put us in a good situation,\u201d added Micho.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe extra player in their team has played the role we wanted, where time and space are limited, hence pushing us to think fast like in international football standards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The most recent encounter between Uganda and Rwanda was at this year\u2019s Chan Championship in Cameroon, which ended goalless.<\/p>\n<p><b>[email protected]<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. Back-to-back Fifa World Cup qualifying matches between Uganda and Rwanda on Thursday and Sunday are littered with so many anecdotes that the affair looks weightier than just points. Both teams are desperate to get it going after dropping points in their first two 2022 qualifying games. 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