AFCON U-23 Return leg Qualifier:
South Sudan vs Uganda Kobs – Uganda leads 1-0 from the first leg
Tuesday 20th November 2018
South Sudan vs Uganda U23
At Juba Stadium
The Uganda U-23 team (Kobs) head coach Wasswa Bbosa has maintained the same team that registered a slim 1-0 win against the South Sudanese for the return leg.
Kobs won 1-0 thanks to Mustafa Kizza’s well taken kick from the penalty mark in the 90th minute after Steven Mukwala Desse had been felled in the forbidden area.
Proline goalkeeper Saidi Keni once again starts ahead of KCCA’s Tom Ikara.
Vipers’ Bashir Asiku takes over the right back slot, replacing team skipper Musitafa Mujjuzi who is taken to the central defense alongside another Vipers’ player Geoffrey Wasswa.
Goal hero from the first leg, Mustafa Kizza is maintained at the left back.
KCCA’s Lawrence Bukenya seats as the defensive midfielder with plenty of options in-front of him – Allan Okello and Shafik Kuchi Kagimu.
Another KCCA player Julius Poloto starts wide on the right and Joel Madondo on the left alongside Steven Desse Mukwala as a center forward.
The bench is quite rich with seven players at the coaches’ disposal to make the necessary amendments.
KCCA goalkeeper Tom Ikara, Police’s Ashiraf Mugume, Rashid Toha (Onduparaka), SC Villa’s Joseph Junior Semujju, Alex Komakech (Nyamityobora captain), Ezekiel Duncan Sseninde (Vipers) and Trevor Ssemakula. The latter is based in Australia.
Uganda Kobs to avoid defeat with a win or draw to progress for the final round of qualifiers where they take on Tunisia to fight for a slot at the main championship in Egypt come 2019.
Uganda Kobs XI:
Saidi Keni (G.K), Bashir Asiku, Mustafa Kizza, Musitafa Mujjuzi, Geoffrey Wasswa, Lawrence Bukenya, Julius Poloto, Shafik Kuchi Kagimu, Allan Okello, Joel Madondo, Steven Desse Mukwala
Substitutes:
Tom Ikara (G.K), Ashiraf Mugume, Rashid Toha, Joseph Junior Semujju, Alex Komakech, Ezekiel Duncan Sseninde, Trevor Ssemakula
