23 October 2022 | Football

Uganda Sand Cranes started the 2022 Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations on a wrong footing after suffering a 10-1 defeat to Senegal on Saturday.

In the first game of Group B, it was always going to be a tall order for the Sand Cranes against the defending Champions Senegal.

Senegal scored through Amar Samb, Seydina Diagne, and Raoul Mendy (x2) to lead 4-0 at the end of the first period.

While the Ugandans worked collectively and defended the long ball from the Senegal players better, Seydina Diagne scored a free-style goal his second of the game.

Senegal proved too strong with Amar Samb getting his second goal, and Mamadou Sylla took charge. from there on.

Uganda's captain Baker Luukooya scored the consolation.

Uganda plays its next game on Sunday, 23rd October 2022 against Madagascar which lost to Egypt.

"It wasn’t really a good start for us. We came into this game aware that we would be facing the defending Champions and we also expected to face difficulties and that is realistic.

"Now we have to think about our next opponents Madagascar and Egypt. We must beat these opponents to reach the semifinals,” Sand Cranes head coach Angelo Schirinzi said as quoted by Fufa.

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