Miya Farouk scored the only goal of the game as Uganda Cranes beat Western Region select XI in their first of the region tour games dubbed “Cranes Namutima” played at Kakyeeka stadium, Mbarara.
The youthful striker who plies his trade with Vipers SC netted in the 89th minute after coming on as a second half substitute. My boys didn’t hit even the 20% ability in the game. They had heavy legs due to the six days of training in Kampala’ Uganda Cranes coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic told www.fufa.co.ug
‘We have laid a good foundation for the upcoming tour in Soroti and the international fixture against Equatorial Guinea’ added Micho. Cranes will shift their attention to the North East region next weekend with the game to be played at soroti sports grounds.
CRANES XI:
Ismail Watenga (GK), Savio Kabugo, Jjuuko Murushid, Richard Kasagga, Nicholas Wadada, Brian Majwega, Ntege Ivan, Gadafi Kiwanuka, Muzamil Mutyaba, Yunus SSentamu and Brian Umony (Cpt)