Uganda/Egypt: Wounded Kobs Playing for Pride

Following the Kobs' 0-4 loss to Egypt in the first leg of the 2015 Africa Under-23 final round of qualification, Uganda coach Milutin 'Micho' Sredojevic needs a real miracle to overturn the deficit in this Saturday's return leg at Namboole stadium, writes John Vianney Nsimbe.

In the wake of the humiliating defeat, Micho said that The Kobs created enough chances but fluffed them. However, to be clinical also comes with proper nurturing over time. That cannot be said of The Kobs, who first assembled in February. Egypt, on the other hand, won the Africa Under-20 Championship in 2013.

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