{"id":436513,"date":"2011-06-06T05:10:22","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T05:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/06\/fans-show-love-to-cranes-as-bissau-coach-tips-nation-to-qualify\/"},"modified":"2011-06-06T05:10:22","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T05:10:22","slug":"fans-show-love-to-cranes-as-bissau-coach-tips-nation-to-qualify","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/fans-show-love-to-cranes-as-bissau-coach-tips-nation-to-qualify\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans Show Love to Cranes As Bissau Coach Tips Nation to Qualify"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"43.5132890365\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monitor.co.ug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/monitor180.jpg\" alt=\"The Monitor (Kampala)\" title=\"Visit The Monitor (Kampala)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Andrew Mwanguhya and Innocent Ndawula<\/p>\n<p>5 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Like any coach would, Norton de Matos came with his Guinea Bissau team to Kampala expecting to win. And that&#8217;s what he will set out to do against the Uganda Cranes at Namboole yesterday. Nonetheless, the Portuguese strongly believes Uganda are favourites to automatically qualify for next year&#8217;s Nations Cup in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.<\/p>\n<p>Bobby Williamson&#8217;s Uganda went into the game leading Group J with seven points, and closest challengers Kenya on four. Guinea Bissau and Angola tie with three apiece.<\/p>\n<p>The Cranes beat Guinea Bissau 1-0 in West Africa, the first win away in a qualifier since 2001.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Uganda are very good side,&#8221; Norton, &#8220;They have a very good goalkeeper (Dennis Onyango), that guy who scored against us and Angola (David Obua), and a very stubborn man with rugged hair in the midfield (Tonny Mawejje).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As for us, we are building a team for the future. You see most of these boys are young and this match (against Cranes) is just our seventh together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Norton added: &#8220;So we came here to play well and win. But you have to say if Uganda win, then they will qualify.<\/p>\n<p>The way you (Uganda) beat Angola 3-0, then won at our place and drew with Kenya, you are clearly a very good side.&#8221; Norton had just taken his team through drills under the Namboole floodlights ahead of the Uganda game. Guinea Bissau trained for only 40 minutes, just five hours after a long flight from Lisbon, Portugal that set off on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>They were expected in the country on Thursday but, without any clear communication with Fufa, they instead arrived on Friday afternoon, hours before the match.<\/p>\n<p>Group winners, Group K runners-up, and best two runners-up in all other groups qualify for the finals.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read the original:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106060122.html\" title=\"Fans Show Love to Cranes As Bissau Coach Tips Nation to Qualify\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fans Show Love to Cranes As Bissau Coach Tips Nation to Qualify<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Andrew Mwanguhya and Innocent Ndawula 5 June 2011 Like any coach would, Norton de Matos came with his Guinea Bissau team to Kampala expecting to win. 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