A down-to earth fellow known in football circles as “the Dancing Rasta” because of his flashy style of play and the ability to make defenders dance to his tune, Allan Kateregga is one of a kind. The Ugandan spent a lot of time on the sidelines after his contract with a team in Iraq was cancelled but is now the mainstay of Democratic Republic of Congo giants FC Saint- Eloi Lupopo. He is one of the players credited with contributing to the club’s rise as serious challengers to the throne once occupied by fallen giants TP Mazembe. In this interview with Soccer Laduma’s Thomas Kwenaite, the 28-year-old attacker details his disappointment at denying his club all three points against USM Alger in the CAF Confederation Cup when he smashed the ball into his own net to gift them a point at the death. Kateregga also talks about a Mamelodi Sundowns player that he rates so highly and their do-or-die encounter against Marumo Gallants this coming Sunday.
Thomas Kwenaite: It must have been disappointing for your club FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo to draw 1-1 against USM Alger in matchday five of the CAF Confederation Cup group stage.
Allan Kateregga: It was indeed very disappointing and a bit of bad luck, if I may say, from the way we conceded with arguably the last kick of the game. I must also point out that also in Libya, we conceded in the 90th minute of the match. But yeah, we haven’t and we will not give up. We are hoping we get some good luck in our last group stage game against Marumo Gallants.
