{"id":33333,"date":"2022-07-01T16:00:32","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T16:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/nakayenze-passes-banda-test-who-is-next"},"modified":"2022-07-01T16:08:01","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T16:08:01","slug":"nakayenze-passes-banda-test-who-is-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/nakayenze-passes-banda-test-who-is-next","title":{"rendered":"Nakayenze passes Banda test, who is next?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Coach George Lutalo is likely to go with the centre-back pairing of Yudaya Nakayenze and Aisha Nantongo when Uganda starts its 2022 Women Africa Cup of Nations against Senegal in Rabat, Morocco on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The pair had 90 minutes of competitive football against Zambia to work together but the bigger test came in the last 30. With Zambia sensing tired bodies as Uganda led 4-0, they threw on their speedster Barbara Banda, who plies her trade in China.<\/p>\n

Nantongo is the lesser experienced and more error-prone but this was also supposed to be a stern test for Nakayenze, who is only returning to the national set up since April 2019.<\/p>\n

Her Lindsey Wilson University team in USA does not even regularly use her as a centre-back but against Banda, Nakayenze showed why the country heavily relies on her to marshall up things.<\/p>\n

Streetwise<\/b><\/p>\n

Knowing she would be killed for pace if she got tight, Nakayenze would keep the Zambian in check by giving her a yard or less to decide what she wanted to do then smothering the ball cleanly before the action was executed.<\/p>\n

Her spring and timing to win aerial balls was also on song on the day.<\/p>\n

With goalkeeper Ruth Aturo offering the instructions from behind them, Nakayenze was left just to defend. Shouting instructions to her teammates has never been Nakayenze\u2019s strength.<\/p>\n

Nakayenze, 25, could yet meet better strikers but a fresh Banda was as a good test as she would have ever wished for to prepare for Wafcon.<\/p>\n

AT A GLANCE<\/b><\/p>\n

Full Name: Yudaya Nakayenze<\/p>\n

Position: Centre-back<\/p>\n

Clubs represented:<\/p>\n

Kawempe Muslim,<\/p>\n

UCU Lady Cardinals,<\/p>\n

Seminole College (USA),<\/p>\n

Lindsey Wilson College (USA)<\/p>\n

Date of birth: June 26, 1997<\/p>\n

Shirt number: 4<\/p>\n

Major tournaments: Cecafa 2016, Cecafa 2018, Cosafa 2018, Awcon qualifiers 2018, Olympic qualifiers 2019, Awcon 2022<\/p>\n

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