- Makerere College 1-0 Victoria College
Muteganga Frank scored the one aim of the sport as hosts Makerere College edged Victoria College 1-0 of their 2024/25 Pepsi College Soccer League marketing campaign opening fixture on Thursday night.
The aim got here in opening half simply seventeen (17) minutes onto by a headed Muteganga effort from Wasswa Herbert’s effectively taken free kick.
Regardless of having a poor begin to the sport, that compelled shot stopper Joel Wejuli into motion after only a minute into the sport with an effort from Reagan Mugerwa who was by on aim after an important ball from Lubwama Derrick.
Lubwama Derrick (White) takes on Makerere’s Amabe Humphrey (Purple).
Nonetheless after scoring, the vitality shifted to the hosts facet and a string strain piled onto Victoria College.
Within the twenty eighth minute an exquisite counter assault was sighted because the ball was performed into Makerere’s Wasswa on the appropriate wing who performed a low cross into the world just for Male Musa to play out intelligent dummy however Victoria College aim keeper Yusuf Nfumu was effectively positioned to clear the hazard.
Six (6) minutes later, Captain Okwong Emmanuel managed to end up of bother to drives ahead with goal to performs in Cosmos Osuna, however the midfielder dragged the ball extensive when the prospect opened as much as shoot.
Captain Emmanuel Okwong defending the ball.
5 minutes to the break, midfielder Nyombi Jonathan took on the hosts defence to chop inside earlier than feeding Mugwera Reagan who overhit his effort to fly excessive, an motion that summarized Victoria College’s half.
Into the second stanza, Wasswa tried to brilliantly weave his approach by the midfield earlier than releasing ahead Humphrey Amabe down the appropriate who put in a low ball to Okwong for first time strike which went astray Ten minutes after restart.
With 25 left on the clock, Victoria‘s Reagan Mugwera and Derrick Lubwama mixed solely to sq. a low cross to Ashiraf Mutebi who noticed his shot elevate over the cross bar.
Makerere College continued with their dominance as Male Musa put the ball throughout the face of aim solely to consequence right into a goalmouth scramble however shot stopper Nfumu managed to clear the hazard as soon as once more, quater a hour to shut the sport.
With 5 left to the ninetieth minute mark, Ddungu Nicholas managed to chop in off the left flank solely to cross for the coming Okwong within the field, however this time the midfielder might fairly stretch far sufficient just for the ball to flash extensive of the far submit.
This being the closest of probabilities left within the sport, It meant that Makerere collected their first three (3) factors of the marketing campaign at house to go prime of Group B above Kumi, Ndejje and Victoria College who lay backside.
The UFL will proceed tomorrow with a Group D tie between two-time champions Kampala College (KU) and Kampala Worldwide College (KIU) in Kibuli at 3pm.
