{"id":343295,"date":"2011-03-28T03:22:29","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T03:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/28\/ugandaguinea-bissau-bissau-battle-lines-drawn\/"},"modified":"2011-03-28T03:22:29","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T03:22:29","slug":"ugandaguinea-bissau-bissau-battle-lines-drawn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/28\/ugandaguinea-bissau-bissau-battle-lines-drawn\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda\/Guinea Bissau: Bissau Battle Lines Drawn"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"151.87389280889\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.monitor.co.ug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/a142097fmonitor180.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"The Monitor (Kampala)\" title=\"Visit The Monitor (Kampala)\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p>Andrew Mwanguhya<\/p>\n<p>27 March 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Before their 1-0 win and similar scoreline loss against Kenya and Angola respectively last year, Guinea Bissau had last played an official Fifa match in December 2007.<\/p>\n<p>And checking on their Nations Cup qualification record, outlines such as &#8211; Did not enter, did not qualify, withdrew in qualifying, banned, et cetera, greet you.<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_a div ---><\/p>\n<p>Looking at their positioning in the Fifa ranking, they jumped an impressive 10 places up to 136th this month, and are 36th on the continent. But the worst mistake the Uganda Cranes will commit today is read too much into these unenviable statistics.<\/p>\n<p>The 1978 losing finalists in Ghana, the Cranes, are themselves, still labouring to grace the event again, three decades on.<\/p>\n<p>True they fare betterin ranking with Uganda stuck on 86th overall and 19th on the continent and even top Group J on four points, one ahead of Guinea Bissau and Angola, after two games.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the named Guinea Bissau players went through Portugal U19 or U21 squads with others plying their trade in France, Sweden, Romania and Serbia.<\/p>\n<p>But so are Cranes who have stars in Serbia, Scotland, Iceland and Austria. But when the two sides finally lineup at the Lino Correia artificial turf at 7pm (4pm Bissau time) tonight, there will be no respect for who is ranked where. Fortunately for the visitors, coach Bobby Williamson, too, dismisses these rankings with contempt.<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_b div ---><\/p>\n<p>If Uganda are to break the 34-year-old jinx, and bring to an end a winless away streak in the qualifiers since 2001, they have to probe, defend, and pay the &#8216;until the final whistle&#8217; attention.<\/p>\n<p><em>Key skirmishes<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Iano v Massa\/Geoffrey Sserunkuma<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Benfica de Bissau shot-stopper, Iano, shut the doors on Kenya&#8217;s Dennis Oliech and company in Bissau last September and it took a Gilberto first half penalty to break his resilience in Luanda, Angola in October. Bidvest striker Sserunkuma will most likely start on the bench alongside Emma Okwi, with Geoffrey Massa favoured ahead of the duo.<\/p>\n<p>Williamson will of course be counting on Massa&#8217;s tireless runs.<\/p>\n<p>But should the Etisalat forward continue Ugandan strikers&#8217; shyness on the road, then Sserunkuma will have to be called to service.<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_c div ---><\/p>\n<p>But before they reach Iano, Uganda&#8217;s attacking cast that will also include either Joseph Kabagambe or Vincent Kayizzi on the right, David Obua behind the lead striker, and make-shift left winger in Godfrey Walusimbi as Bobby expectedly and understandably goes cautious, will have take care of the first things first.<\/p>\n<p>They will have to first deal with a fighter in Hammarby IF&#8217;s Jose Monteiro, FCM T\u00e2rgu Mure\u00c5\u0178&#8217; Bruno Fernandes, nagging centre back in FC Portal B&#8217;s 19-year-old Bacari Balde and Club Covilha&#8217;s Zezinho.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mudde\/Mawejje v Moreira\/ Bocundjica<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These two Ugandans will definitely start in the middle today.<\/p>\n<p>Musa Mudde will have to protect his back four and provide cover with Tonny Mawejje occasionally probing with that telling run into the opposition territory or that searching pass to pick out Obua and company.<\/p>\n<p>That way, with the two wingers and Obua coming back to help, will neutralize dangerman Partisan&#8217;s Moreira and French side Tours&#8217; Bocundjica.<\/p>\n<p>The two Bissauans are brilliant enough to capitalise on spaces, meaning the Cranes will have to calculate any onslaught.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mwesigwa\/Sekagya v Dionisio\/Cicero<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_d div ---><\/p>\n<p>If there is one player you can&#8217;t intimidate in this Ugandan side, it&#8217;s Andy Mwesigwa.<\/p>\n<p>He provides the nails for opposing strikers to painfully land on while calmness personified skipper Ibrahim Sekagya ensures the all needed sanity.<\/p>\n<p>Their formidable partnership, complemented by committed Simeon Masaba and stylish Nestroy Kizito (Godfrey Walusimbi stepped in against Angola) ensured Oliech and Angola&#8217;s Manucho didn&#8217;t sneeze in the opening two qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>Dennis Onyango&#8217;s super human works between the sticks will also be called on.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s stubborn adversity comes in the form of ruthless Portuguese Premier League club Rio Ave striker Cicero Casimiro, 24.<\/p>\n<p>He scored in Guinea Bissau&#8217;s 3-1 away friendly win in Gambia on February 9 and his movement is cause of concern.<\/p>\n<p>Dionisio Fernandes Mendes, 29, is a midfielder who always hurts from behind the striker.<\/p>\n<p>The Portuguese Div 11 side Torreense foward scored against Kenya last October and should be kept quiet today if Uganda are to get a thing from Bissau.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Luas Maria Cabral Norton Matos v Bobby Williamson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Portuguese Norton Matos started one striker in the 1-0 loss away to Angola but never shied releasing his lethal frontmen in the win over Kenya at home.<\/p>\n<p>He will without a doubt look to attack the Cranes today.<\/p>\n<p>Bobby will instead be implored to be cautious, releasing versatile Walusimbi on the left, Obua behind Massa, and Kayizzi or Kabagambe on the right in the 4-2-3-1. The Scot will only ask for clinical finishing from whoever leads the line because occasional chances will surely be created.<\/p>\n<p><!-- end story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_banner_subbody div ---><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><b>More News on allAfrica.com<\/b><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Taken from:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201103280113.html\" title=\"Uganda\/Guinea Bissau: Bissau Battle Lines Drawn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Uganda\/Guinea Bissau: Bissau Battle Lines Drawn<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Andrew Mwanguhya 27 March 2011 Before their 1-0 win and similar scoreline loss against Kenya and Angola respectively last year, Guinea Bissau had last played an official Fifa match in December 2007. And checking on their Nations Cup qualification record, outlines such as &#8211; Did not enter, did not qualify, withdrew in qualifying, banned, et cetera, greet you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-343295","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Uganda\/Guinea Bissau: Bissau Battle Lines Drawn - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/28\/ugandaguinea-bissau-bissau-battle-lines-drawn\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Uganda\/Guinea Bissau: Bissau Battle Lines Drawn - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Andrew Mwanguhya 27 March 2011 Before their 1-0 win and similar scoreline loss against Kenya and Angola respectively last year, Guinea Bissau had last played an official Fifa match in December 2007. 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