Michael Azira may be wondering what’s hit him all of a sudden after being left in the international wilderness by Uganda for many years.
He’s started all four matches under coach, the Frenchman, Sebastien Desabre, at these championships, as Uganda advanced to the Round of 16.
Now this evening (local time) after facing Liverpool’s Mohammed Salah just five days ago, he comes up against another of the Merseyside club’s Champions League winning stars in Sadio Mane, as The Cranes joust with Senegal for a quarter-final spot. The winners will play Benin, shock victors over Morocco earlier in the day.