Shafic Kiyaga
Top flight football returned to the principality of Mbarara Tuesday evening when home side Mbarara City hosted Jinja based BUL Bidco at the newly refurbished Kakyeka Stadium in Mbarara.
The Ankole people were surely in drought of top flight football since Fufa competitions committee deemed Kakyeka Stadium unfit to host league games and Mbarara were forced to host games at Kavumba Rereation Grounds as improvements were being done on Kakyeka Stadium.
The huge turn up and the excitement in the stands set the ambiance for a huge action packed and end to end game as both teams took to the pitch.
The opening minutes of the game lived up to pre-match billing as both teams went at it and tried to test each others defensive resolve. The climax of this came in the 16th minute when Yunus Sibira was yellow carded as he took one for the team, stopping Mbarara’s attacking move.
As the game settled down, Livingstone Mbabazi and his Mbarara side went ahead with just an hour played through midfielder Paul Mucureezi who has been so instrumental for the Ankole Lions since his move from KCCA this season.
Mbarara City were able to hold onto their goal advantage and claim their third win in a row and go top of the Uganda Premier League standings.
BUL meanwhile missed their opportumity again to go top with their first away loss of the season and second in eight games this far.
“It was a good game as BUL started really well and matched us in the opening minutes but we are so grateful the goal arrived in a period where we were dominant. This was also a good way of opening our account at our real home and the fans were also amazing,” coach Mbabazi said.
Mbarara City next host Uganda Revenue Authority at Kakyeeka while BUL will host Champions Vipers at Njeru Technical stadium in Jinja.
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