Faridah Bulega satisfied with second place Crested Cranes at CECAFA – PML Daily

The Crested Cranes have won two of their four games in the CECAFA round robin

KIGALI – The Crested Cranes He finished second at the last CECAFA Women's Championship in Rwanda

This was confirmed on Friday night after Tanzania beat Ethiopia 4-1 in the penultimate match of the tournament.

The victory brought Queens Kilimanjaro to seven points, level With the Cranes, the Tanzanians won the tournament by a difference in goals and a balance head to head.

Although her team finished second, head coach Faridah Bulega came out and praised her daughters' efforts. I am very happy with the efforts of my girls throughout the tournament, said Bulega in an interview.

"We may not have won, but we managed to score seven points in four games where we won two games, another to eventual wi

" This being my first tournament, I'm not going to win. I have learned a lot and hope that it will help me in the future. "

" We will go home, we will see the mistakes we made and hopefully do better. " the performance of some of his daughters, here's what Bulega had to say:

"I was impressed by some of the girls, especially Ruth Aturo, Lillian Mutuuzo and Zaina Namuleme but all in all, all the time. team performed well, including replacements.

"These girls are still young and I'm sure in two or three years they will be a force to consider if they stay together and the Federation By finishing second, the Cranes improved their performance of the last edition.

At their home championships held in Jinja two years ago, they finished fourth after losing 4-1 to Ethiopia in the losers' match.

At the year tournament, they won two of their four games, including the first game against Kenya (1-0), and then a 2-1 result against Ethiopia in a match which forced them to come from a falling goal.

They then lost 4-1 to Tanzania in their third game before conceding a late equalizer in their last match against host Rwanda to draw a 2-2 draw.

The team received a second prize of $ 1,500 in addition to goaltender goalkeeper Ruth Aturo

We expect that they will return to the country during the weekend.

The team of Crested Cranes who participated in the CECAFA in 2018.

Aturo Ruth, Nakaziro Daisy, Adeke Juliet, Namuddu Viola, Nankya Shadia, Aluka Grace, Namukisa Aisha, Nabisaalu Bridget, Akiror Tracy Jones – Captain, Yudaya Nakayenze, Nambatya Favor, Lillian Mutuuzo, Alupo Norah, Naluyimba Esther, Nabbumba Phiona, Nakashwa Spencer, Juliette Nalukenge, Namuleme Zainah, Namwase Monica, Babirye Winnie

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