Uganda: Cranes Players, Csaba in Closed Door Meeting

Posted to the web 10 June 2008 Fredrick Musisi Kiyingi Kampala The post mortem of Uganda Cranes' 4-1 thrashing at the hands of Benin in Cotonou in the 2010 World Cup/MTN Africa Cup of Nations has begun. Reports from the Cranes camp indicate that the players and coach Laszlo Csaba held a two hour meeting at their hotel. Details of the issues discussed remained private. Asuman Lubowa, Fufa vice president Technical confirmed the meeting. "I was not part of the meeting. It was only players and the coach," Lubowa told Daily Monitor on phone from Cotonou yesterday. The defeat was the heaviest suffered by Cranes since a 4-0 rout a Shabani Nonda-inspired DR Congo in June 2005. Onyango takes blame However a source told Daily Monitor that a number of players accepted responsibility with goalkeeper Denis Onyango taking the lions share.... [read full story]