Uganda Cranes All Stars vs. F.C Barcelona Legends
- Date: Saturday, 12th December 2015 (4:30 p.m)
- At Nelson Mandela National Stadium, Namboole
- Entry Tickets: 30,000/= (Ordinary), 150,000/= (VIP) & 350,000/= (VVIP) – Payable by pay-way system
Barely two days to the highly anticipated Uganda Cranes AllStars versus F.C Barcelona Legends at the Nelson Mandela National Stadium, Namboole this Saturday, the excitement comes to garner momentum.
The timely arrival of former Dutch midfielder Edgar Davids on Tuesday evening followed by the other stars later in the night has added to the boiled temperatures among the eager fans yearning to catch their favourite players in action.
These were received by the Ugandan minister in charge of presidency, Frank Tumwebaze.
So far, a total of 10 players are already in the country with a technical team of four; two coaches, a team manager and a doctor.
Six more are expected on Thursday as they plan to have a group training session on the match eve at Namboole on Friday.
Before the historic show down on Saturday, the Stars have already appreciated the wonders of Uganda in terms of fauna and flora by visiting Bwindi Impenetrable national park, fond of the eye catching mountain gorillas, great green vegetation and water bodies.
Meanwhile, the Uganda team continued with training at Nelson Mandela training ground on Wednesday evening under the keen eyes of coaches, Mike Mutebi, Sam Ssimbwa and Paul ‘Gogolimbo’ Ssali (goalkeeping coach).
The key objectives of the FC Barcelona Legends visit to Uganda is to help raise funds for the establishment of a Football Academy in Uganda and boost the already booming Uganda tourism potential.
The full F.C Barcelona legends stars already in Uganda:
Gaizaka Mendieta Zabala, Ludovic Guily, Edgar Steven Davids, Gianluca Zambrotta, Francesco Coco, Anderson Luis De Sousa ‘Deco’, Luis Garcia, Juiliano Belleti, Jesus Mariano Angoy Gil, Juilio Iglesias Rouqet, Albert Tomas Sobrepera, Luis Carreras Ferrer, Roger Garcia Junyente, Oscar Arpon Ochoa, Santiago Ezquerro Marin, Barjuan Esclusa Sergi, Albert Luque Martos, Simao Sabrosa, Patrick Stephan Kluivert (Captain), Javier Villena Mulero (Coach), Magin Civantos Martinez (Manager), Mateo Segura Capellades (Team Manager) and Munoz Manrique Victor (Head Coach)
