Head Coach Sheryl Ulanda Botes believes the Queen Cranes are mentally and tactically ready for Saturday’s decisive FIFA U-20 Girls’s World Cup qualifier towards Ghana at FUFA Stadium, Kadiba.
Uganda heads into the return leg trailing 2-1 from the primary assembly in Accra, however the essential away aim has stored the tie finely balanced forward of the showdown in Kampala.
Talking after the workforce’s remaining coaching session on Friday morning, Botes expressed confidence in her squad’s readiness and dedication as they chase a historic qualification to the FIFA U-20 Girls’s World Cup Poland 2026.
We’re prepared. The ladies are constructive. We reviewed the primary leg and corrected the errors we made. We’re going to combat to qualify for the World Cup,” Botes stated.
The South African tactician acknowledged Ghana’s high quality, significantly in midfield and assault, however insisted the Queen Cranes have ready properly sufficient to counter their strengths.
They’re robust in midfield and have good velocity upfront, however we all know find out how to problem their strengths and we’re assured of getting a constructive consequence tomorrow,” she added.
Botes described the encounter as a defining second not just for the gamers but in addition for the expansion of ladies’s soccer in Uganda.
It’s a big alternative for all of us and for ladies’s soccer in Uganda. The idea is there and we’re managing the strain and expectations properly. We need to turn into the primary Uganda girls’s nationwide workforce to qualify for the World Cup,” she said.
Workforce captain Agnes Nabukenya additionally voiced confidence within the squad’s preparation and readiness forward of the must-win encounter.
The gamers are prepared. We now have had superb coaching periods and at this time we accomplished our remaining one with everybody in good situation,” Nabukenya stated.
All of the gamers are match, motivated, and able to give their finest. Our focus is on delivering tomorrow. We name upon Ugandans to come back and help us in large numbers,” she added.
The winner on mixture between Uganda and Ghana will qualify for the FIFA U-20 Girls’s World Cup Poland 2026, with the Queen Cranes aiming to turn into the primary Uganda girls’s nationwide workforce to achieve a FIFA World Cup.
