During an interview at the Jejero training center in
The interview with Coach Anyau Frank taken by Shafi’i Mohyaddin Abokar took place as follows:
Q: Mr. Coach you have been successful for the past few years and
A: thank you very much for calling me a very successful person, why do I say so, because there is an ambition, when you have something you want to work very hard on it, secondly the like, because if you like what you are doing, then it is going to come, then thirdly you should have the technical idea of what you are doing, if you have the technical idea then it will come, then fourthly the way you behave in that idea, the way you present your self in what you are doing should be done . You are to present your self as a responsible coach, present your self as a father, present your self as a leader, don’t present your self darkness and don’t present your self a lazy person, then I am sure you will win good results.
If I answerer your question directly, I am here to defend this title for another time, I have three matches to win, two of them I have already won and the third I am sure I will win, then I will go to semifinal—I must win whether in penalties or in the 90 minutes and in the final match it is too much easy for me and my players to achieve by tightening our title, why do I say this, because me and my boys are working very hard.
Q: Does this mean that you are very confident in the performance of your boys?
A: Yes, I have full confidence, because these are the boys who have been training five years ago when I collected them from many different places, also I have U-17 and U-15 who are more strong and talented, because I work very hard in Uganda going to schools, going through village levels, then promote and educate them in football, telling them about their future and teaching them high tactics of football matches.
Q: Do you mean that you have been holding these boys for five years of under going daily training sessions?
A: In Uganda, we have academies, when you are a good coach, when you are a good father at the house you have to lobby, look, see, watch and observe every where and look for the players who are talent, look for the players who are capable and look for the players who are physically fit and may have good future in football, but not to sit and wait some people come to you at home.
Q: Now you are leading this under going tournament and I hope that hot teams including the host Eritrea are ahead of you, so do you think that it will be possible for you from crossing such difficulty way?
A: when you are going to become a champion, you have to concentrate on your way forward, you have to give confidence to your players and supporters, but don’t look at another opponent, because if you look at another opponent you become a coward and will win nothing so know that not every country who hosts world cup wins, not every country who hosts European champion league wins, not every country who hosts Cup of Nations wins and also not every country who hosts CECAFA tournament wins it. As
Q: Mr. Coach many fans in this region describe
A: Yes I do, because we have won the CECAFA tournament several times, more than any country and we are yet to follow at home or away so I am telling with a loud voice that today we are here to win.
Q: There are more big teams in this tournament like
A: First of all
Q: In the last game you have had against Yemen, your players performed well and they defeated Yemen by 3-2, but mostly in the second half of that game Yemen seemed to be controlling the whole filed so how you managed to win?
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Q: There are some speculations which say that most of your boys play in the 1st division leagues in
A; It is not an accusation for Uganda to have players who have played in the first division leagues, because you can join any division while you are young and talented, so it is up to every federation to establish development programs for the youths in academies, in schools and every where possible, then they will have too many young boys who can play in the first division leagues and can represent their nations and it is not a problem for Uganda to have young people who play in the 1st division leagues. For us we start football in every family and children are taught football while they are very young and my advice to every country is to allow children to join academies while they are very young
Q: This tournament used to be named {the CECAFA U-20) and now it is being called CECAFA U-20 FOR FRIENDHSIP AND DEVELOPMENT, so what means does it have for CECAFA and the whole region?
A: Yes, because that is why we say football is social game that brings people who do not know each other together, because with out this tournament you would not have known me and I would not have known you too that is why I don’t encourage by boys not to kick any body’s leg while playing we should have friendship and fair game, because here we came for friendship, so that we avoid wars, we avoid problems, we avoid none-development, so we should come together and have development, public integration and promote friendship among peoples in the CECAFA region.
Q: Once and for all how did you find your stay in
A: Asmara is a very good town and it is one of the best cities I have ever traveled, the people of Asmara have given us a very good hospitality and in every minute they enjoy football by supporting any team that is performing well like mine, Asmara is very peaceful, people here are stepping into more development day by day, there is political stability which allowed CECAFA to hold its tournament here and organize the women’s tournament next year and I hope that Asmara will once host the senior challenge cup also, but how ever Asamra changes every minute because of the atmosphere.