Uganda Cranes defender Bevis Mugabi has revealed his highlight for the national team was to help the team get a 2-0 win the the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) held in Egypt.
The 25-year-old played in Uganda’s three out of the four games with an exception of the knockout game against Senegal, the match the latter won by a solitary goal.
The Motherwell player has explained the situation before and after the famous win against the Leopards.
“The highlight for me with Uganda was definitely playing in the African Cup of Nations,” the East African told Motherwell Times.
“The game that stands out was the first game of the tournament when we beat Congo 2-0. People were shocked by the way that we played and how we dominated the game.
“Congo had players from big leagues in and around Europe and they couldn’t get close to us. We were putting our name out there as one of the threats within the tournament. We caught a lot of teams by surprise.
“Getting as far as we did and obviously getting out of the group stages, which we’d never done before, it was nice to be a part of history getting to the last 16. That’s definitely my biggest achievement so far with the Uganda national team for sure.”
The Motherwell FC defender has revealed his next target with the East Africa nation.
“My next ambition with Uganda is to qualify for the World Cup,” Mugabi revealed.
“Haven’t we all watched the World Cup since we were kids? I have a kind of crazy most vivid memory; it was when (Zinedine) Zidane headbutted Marco Materazzi [in the 2006 World Cup final between France and Italy].
“It was such a great tournament and something like that can happen to any of us.”
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