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CS Safien's Sentamu boosts Uganda team ahead of All Africa Games qualifier

Xinhua, March 4, 2015 Adjust font size:

Professional player Junior Yunus Ssentamu has boosted the Uganda U-23 team ahead of the crucial second leg of the 2015 All Africa Games qualifier against Mozambique on Saturday.

Sentamu who features for Tunisia's CS Safien arrived in time to travel with the U-23 team for residential camping.

"I am very happy to be back home to help the junior national team qualify," he said.

Head coach Milutin 'Micho' Sredojevic who also handles the senior side told Xinhua that he is happy to have Sentamu in camp and hopes that his team has what it takes to win the game on Saturday at the Nakivubo Stadium in the capital Kampala.

Sentamu joins others strikers Umar Kasumba, Villa Oromchan, Maligumu and Brian Nkuubi as they prepare to take on the Mozambique team that boosts of four professional players. The two teams settled for a goalless draw in the first leg and Uganda now needs a win to qualify for the next round. Endi