Uganda Cranes coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic has said although his team has been placed in a group of death for the 2014 Africa Nations Cham-pionship, they will progress to the later stages.

The Cecafa regional champions were placed in Group B (in Cape Town) alongside Zimbabwe, Morocco and Burkina Faso during   the draws made at the CAF headquarters in Cairo this afternoon.

Milutin

“This is a Group of death and it means we must take all details and prepare well for the event. It is a very competitive group and you cannot underrate any team,” said the Serb.

Micho, who has handled local teams in Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, South Africa and Tanzania before and the Rwanda national side, however added that they must come out of the group and make it to the knock out stages.

Speaking about Zimbabwe, the Cranes coach said they will have to take them seriously because they ejected another good side Zambia to qualify.

“Morocco is also trying to build a team for the 2015 Afcon, while some of the players for the Burkina Faso played in the last Afcon and therefore this makes the group very competitive,” said Micho.

It will be the second time Uganda features at the CHAN event after having a miserable outing at the 2011 event in Khartoum, Sudan where they lost all the three games.

“We need to perform better that the previous time and prove that we are a serious football playing team,” added Micho

The coach also said Group D that has the 2009 champions DR Congo, Mauritania, Gabon and Burundi is the easier group.

Ethiopia who are the other nation who will represent the Cecafa region are placed in Group C alongside Ghana, Congo Brazzaville and Libya, while hosts South Africa are Group A with Mozambique, Nigeria and Mali.