By John Nganga,

This weekend the action of the beautiful game will be at the southern of Africa where the Buccaneers aka Orlando pirates will be taking on the revenue boys URA of Uganda in the ongoing CAF confederation cup.

The two teams enjoy a good and same run in their last 5 matches both having won 3,drew 2 and lost none of the matches.Placed 3rd  in their domestic league,Orlando pirates who are also one time Caf Champions league Cup and one time Caf super cup champion will be looking forward to impress having won a league match 4 days to the
D-DAY.

Orlando Pirates  have so far scored 34 goals and conceded 19 in the last 23 matches. Reports from the pirates camp reveal they will be without club captain Lucky lekgwathi,Rooi Mahamutsa, Phungwayo and Maselaelo
who will all face late fitness test.

Coach Eric Tinkler is confident his boys will pull a positive result.”Every game we play is important
and we always field our strangest eleven. we shall make changes if we see signs of fatigue”he said

On the other hand , URA  who are  two times Ugandan super league champions,will look to pull a surprise result on Saturday despite only managing to send 14 players to Johanesburg due to financial difficulties .URA will be
without the services of their key players such as  James kasibante due to injury while Robert Ssentongo and Mugabi Jonathan will miss due to suspension.

In their training  coach Isabirye intimated that the he had  great hopes of his boys getting  good results “the players are in Good condition and looking forward for better results in the game against Orlando Pirates “he said. The match will be on Saturday the 14th at 18:00pm

Collins Okinyo

Ex- CAF Media Expert. An expert on African football with over 15 years experience ,always with an ear to the ground with indepth knowledge of the game. I have worked for top publications including 7 years at www.supersport.com until i founded www.soka25east.com to quench the thirst of football lovers across the continent. I have trained young upcoming journalists who are now a voice in African football.I have covered World Cup,AFCON,CHAN,Champions League,Confederations Cup,Cecafa,Cosafa,Wafu and many other football tournaments across the World. Founder Football Africa Arena(FAA),Founder www.afrisportdigital.com