Results (Tuesday)
Atletico 0 APR 0
El-Salam 1 Young 7
Today: (Wednesday)
AS Vita club Vs URA (2:00pm)
Ports Vs Simba SC (4:00pm)
Uganda International, Hamis Kiiza answered the fans’ outcry Tuesday afternoon when he scored a hat trick and set up two other goals in his pivotal performance against new entrants El-Salam Wau FC from South Sudan. The match ended 7-1 to push Salam out of title contention.
The head Coach for the Young Africans Tom Saintfiet however said he was not excited with the team’s performance because he had come for a bigger win of at least ten goals. Kiiza’s teammate, Said Bahanuz opened up the scoring spree in the 12th minute before he added a second one in the 18th minute.
Kiiza who had earlier missed an obvious chance with a keeper to beat in the 10th minute netted the club’s third goal just a minute after Bahanuz had stretched the lead to two. He also scored in the 30th and 69th minute of the game. Other scorers were Khaliphan Nizar and Stephano Mwasika who scored the fourth goal that the technical committee will still have to review by the help of the Super Sport recordings in order to establish whether it was his or Kiiza’s fourth score.
Speaking to www.fufa.co.ug after the game, Kiiza said, ‘I am happy that I have answered the fans call with four goals in one match’. He added, “This win was crucial because it puts us back into the title race. The results against APR will only have a bearing on positioning and not qualifications into the quarters”.
Coach Tom Saintfiet hailed his opponents saying that they played a good game despite being inexperienced. He however added that there was no reason for his club to celebrate yet because the performance was still wanting. “I like perfection. We made many mistakes which we have to work on before we play APR”, said the Belgian tactician.
Saintfiet was also quick to confess that their next fixture against APR was a more difficult task ahead of them. In a surprise statement, the Belgian coach further said he had from the inception of the tournament planned to finish second in Group ‘C’ in order to avoid playing arch-rival Simba SC or Uganda Revenue Authority in the quarter finals.
“Finishing first or third in group ‘C’ would mean playing Simba or URA who are likely to finish first or second in group ‘A”, he told journalists during a post match press conference.
Earlier on APR and Atletico had settled for a goalless draw in a match that saw Cranes players Dan Wagaluka and Johnson Bagoole featuring for 90 minutes. Habib Kavuma was on the bench.
