The Cranes are the only team from the Council for East and Central African Football Associations (CECAFA) region that have qualified for the last 16 stage in the tournament. The likes of Kenya, Tanzania and Burundi all failed to go past the group stage.
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African football legends at the 2019 AFCON.
Four-time African
Player of the Year Award winner and ex-Barcelona striker Samuel Eto’o has
praised Uganda Cranes good performance at the on-going 2019 Total Africa Cup of
Nations (AFCON).
The Cranes
are the only team from the Council for East and Central African Football
Associations (CECAFA) region that have qualified for the last 16 stage in the
tournament. The likes of Kenya, Tanzania and Burundi all failed to go past the
group stage.
Eto’o told URN
on Wednesday that he is impressed with Uganda’s style of play and maturity on
the pitch. “The Ugandan team has really improved and I like the way they work
together as a team,” added the former star.
He however
noted that they need to start utilizing the many chances they create. “In
football the goals matter a lot and now they are going to the knock out stage
where goals will surely count,” noted Eto’o.
The former
Cameroon international said he is impressed with the level of football at the
tournament where some teams that have not played at the tournament before like Madagascar
have made it to the knock out stage.
Eto’o is
among the seven legends selected by the Confederation of African Football (CAF)
as ambassadors for the 2019 AFCON. The others are; Mahmoud El Khateeb (Egypt), Yaya
Toure, Didier Drogba (Both Cote d’Ivoire), Rabah Madjer (Algeria), Nwankwo Kanu
(Nigeria) and El Hadji Diouf (Senegal).
