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Despite Uganda's struggles at the CECAFA Championship, Sheryl Botes expressed pride in her team's effort and growth throughout the tournament.
The Ugandan women's national football team head coach, Sheryl Botes, has lauded her team despite their poor campaign at the CECAFA Senior Women’s Championship in Tanzania.
Uganda started their campaign with a 1-0 loss to Uganda but managed to redeem themselves with a 5-0 win over South Sudan.
However, the Crested Cranes proceeded to lose 4-0 to Kenya in their third match before falling 2-0 to the hosts, Tanzania. Despite their losses, coach Sheryl Botes has justified why Uganda played well.
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Sheryl Botes: I’m Very Proud of Them
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Botes was in awe of the team, especially how they played against Tanzania, noting that it was the highlight of the tournament for her.
She pointed out that they looked forward to becoming better in every match they played, and they have many lessons learnt going forward.
Sheryl Botes revealed that they had studied Tanzania’s style of play ahead of their clash and knew their strong points and weaknesses. This gave Uganda the much-needed confidence heading into the match, but that was not enough for them to secure a win.
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“Yeah, thank you very much. I'm very proud of them. I think this was one of the best games that we've played in this whole tournament,” Sheryl Botes said after the match.
“We worked a lot on our position within the formation that we wanted to play today. We studied Tanzania very well. We knew there was space behind that we could capitalise on.
“We knew that they were strong in the midfield. We knew that they were overloading the midfield. We knew that they were pushing with six to seven plays into the final third.”
Sheryl Botes said that they knew their defence had to be compact because Tanzania was a very quick transition team, which was evident in the goal they conceded.
Botes noted that for the second goal, Tanzania switched the ball quickly to the weaker side due to the players being ball-oriented, but expressed pride in the team's overall performance.
She described it as a good fight and believed they had good opportunities, particularly from set pieces and corners, where Tanzania appeared vulnerable.
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“It was a good fight. I thought we had good opportunities, especially in the set pieces, the corners. I thought that Tanzania looked a bit vulnerable, especially with set pieces, corners against, and I thought we had some opportunities to score today,” she said.
“We wanted to win. But lapse of concentration in the first goal with a poor clearance, and then obviously late in the second half time managed to score a goal.”
Sheryl Botes: We Play a Different Brand of Football
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Sheryl Botes explained that although this was a senior tournament, they decided to include some under-20 players as part of preparations for the World Cup qualifiers in September.
She emphasised that they did not want the younger players to wait for future opportunities but instead wanted them to gain experience by competing now.
She also mentioned that playing against Kenya helped them understand the level they need to reach, and that facing Tanzania was a different challenge, as Tanzania plays a different style of football.
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Looking ahead, Sherly Botes expressed a desire to do more for women’s football and praised both Kenya and Tanzania for their impressive performances.
“That's a bit difficult. We play a different brand of football, more position-based. They're not as physical as CECAFA teams,” she added.
“There's more idle dominance…We'll find Zambia plays a transitional game. They play direct, so they are they play different football. Kenya is very physical, the same with Tanzania, but Tanzania's got a combination of both. So, South Sudan and Burundi are also a bit more direct.”
Despite Uganda’s early exit from the CECAFA Senior Women’s Championship, head coach Sheryl Botes remains optimistic.
She praised her team’s growth and the valuable experience gained, especially by the younger players.
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