Cranes Roar Past Guinea 3-0 In CHAN Showdown.

Uganda convincingly defeated Guinea 3-0 at the Nelson Mandela National Stadium Namboole.

Reagan Mpande : Scored the first goal in the 31st minute with assistance from Joel Sserunjogi. He was one of the surprise inclusion in today’s starting lineup for Uganda Cranes.

Mpande Reagan scored on his Cranes debut Photo courtesy

Allan Okello: Converted a penalty kick 18 minutes after the restart of the second half. He was brought down in the forbidden area by Guinea defender .

Allan Okello converted from the spot after being brought down in the forbidden Area- credit to LMP

Ivan Ahimbisibwe: Scored the third goal just 10 minutes after entering the game as a substitute. The KCCA FC Forward replaced Jude Ssemugabi in the 80th minute.

Ahimbisibwe celebrating after scoring his goal against Guinea Credit to LMP

Team Changes: Coach Morley Byekwaso made four changes to the starting lineup, including Hillary Mukundane, Herbert Achayi, Watambala, and Reagan Mpande . They replaced Arnold Odong, Gideon Odongo, Emmanuel Anyama and Patrick Jonah Kakande.

Leadership: Torach Rogers was named captain for today’s match replacing Allan Okello.

Current Standing: With this win, Uganda Cranes now sit second in Group C with 3 points after 2 matches.

Allan Okello was named the player of the match

This win marks Uganda Cranes’ first victory in the current CHAN edition and their third win overall since the tournament’s inception.

Uganda Cranes lost their opening fixture 3-0 to Algeria this week on Monday