Head Coach Sheryl Ulanda Botes believes the Queen Cranes are mentally and tactically ready for Saturday’s decisive FIFA U-20 Ladies’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 objective 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 Ladies’s World Cup Poland 2026.
We’re prepared. The women 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 effectively sufficient to counter their strengths.
They’re sturdy in midfield and have good velocity upfront, however we all know 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 additionally for the expansion of girls’s soccer in Uganda.
It’s a enormous alternative for all of us and for ladies’s soccer in Uganda. The idea is there and we’re managing the stress and expectations effectively. We need to turn into the primary Uganda girls’s nationwide workforce to qualify for the World Cup,” she acknowledged.
Group 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 excellent coaching classes and immediately we accomplished our remaining one with everybody in good situation,” Nabukenya stated.
All of the gamers are match, motivated, and able to give their greatest. Our focus is on delivering tomorrow. We name upon Ugandans to return and help us in massive numbers,” she added.
The winner on mixture between Uganda and Ghana will qualify for the FIFA U-20 Ladies’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.
