Africa-Press – Uganda. Umar Lutalo swung in one of his better crosses. Charles Lwanga has never headed the ball that well.
Hakim Kiwanuka showed that he can actually finish when he latched on to Jonah Patrick Kakande’s pass to slot the ball under a helpless Benjamin Ochan.
Lwanga and Kiwanuka are an embodiment of SC Villa’s well-documented season-long wastefulness. All that will be forgotten, for now.
Their second half goals delivered a 2-0 victory and with it a first StarTimes Uganda Premier League title in two decades.
Villa’s tally of 57 points was one better than Bul and Vipers managed over the 29-game season. Kitara finished fourth on 54.
Villa took their league record haul of titles to 17, four more than KCCA who are their nearest challengers in filling a trophy cabinet. Express have seven and Vipers six.
Bul walloped Busoga United 3-0 in Njeru while Vipers trounced Mbaarara City 4-1 at St Mary’s Stadium, Kitende to cap a thrilling league finale.
As a consequence of that, Busoga were relegated to the BetPawa Fufa Big League along with Gadaffi, beaten 3-0 at Kitara. UPDF survived after edging Wakiso Giants 1-0 away from home.
For the second successive year, the league title went down to the final day but unlike last year when Villa choked, they found a way this time.
After a poor first half, Lwanga, a villain for most of the season, headed in Umar Lutalo’s sumptuous cross on 67 minutes to ease the tension.
In the 75th minute, Kiwanuka ran on to a through to slot the ball under Nec goalkeeper Benjamin Ochan for a victory that will not be forgotten.
Serbian coach Dusan Stojanovic deserves all the plaudits for galvanizing a team that lacked experience and lost arguably their best two players at the start of the season.
The exits of Gift Fred and Charles Bbaale didn’t point to a team on an upward trajectory until Stojanovic made it the most entertaining in the league.
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