Uganda coach Micho Sredojevic admits the Cranes will miss
their three experienced stars but is confident the available players to will do
the job.
The Cranes travel to Nouakchott, Mauritania for Sunday’s
2015 Nations Cup second leg pre-qualifier without their most experienced
striker Geoffrey Massa, number one choice goalkeeper Dennis Onyango and tricky
midfielder Moses Oloya.
Pretoria Tuks’ Massa, scorer of Uganda’s second goal against
Mauritania after Brian Majwega had given Cranes a 48th minute lead at Namboole
close to two weeks ago, and Onyango (Bidvest Wits) have been ruled out because
of their clubs’ engagements.
Midfielder Moses Oloya is also out after his Vietnamese side
Sai Gon insisted they needed him for their crucial championship game this
weekend.
Under Fifa rules, clubs are not obliged to release players
for national duty if outside designated international days, which these
preliminary games are.
Micho is, however, confident the players available will do
the job. “We cannot cry for spilled milk," he said, adding, "We will
miss them (the trio) but I am confident the players available will play well
and will get the desired result.”
Robert Odongkara is expected to replace Onyango while
returning Tonny Mawejje and Khalid Aucho are good cover for Oloya. Daniel
Sserunkuma could replace Massa.
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