Stubborn Olila High, Tooro host avid title chasers
Resolute. Tooro Queens’ Sumaya Komuntale celebrates her winner against UMHS over a fortnight ago. She will be hoping that the Queens carry their luck from Lubaga to Nakawa. PHOTOS/JOHN BATANUDDE
What you need to know:
- Mean Machines. Tooro have proven to be hard to beat as shown in their five draws preceding their 1-0 away win at a highly-rated Uganda Martyrs High School, Lubaga
- Just six points separate She Corporate and Kampala Queens, so there is no doubt that as they take care of their own game, the former will be hoping Olila, on eight points in seven games, can do some damage.
She Corporate have struggled against the bottom sides in the Fufa Women Super League (FWSL).
They drew 0-0 with both the newly promoted and bottom-placed sides Rines and She Maroons.
And of the two goals they have conceded, one was in a 2-1 win over Lady Doves who are also third from bottom.
“Those teams play against us with the aim of shifting their own momentum,” Corporate coach Hassan Isa, said after the Maroons home draw.
Knockout initiation
Today, they host Tooro Queens - another side that are relatively new to the league. They made their debut in 2021 but that season was played in knockout tournament form.
Tooro have proven to be hard to beat as shown in their five draws preceding their 1-0 away win at a highly-rated Uganda Martyrs High School (UMHS) in Lubaga.
Their loss came three days later when they travelled back home to host Lady Doves.
After a fortnight’s rest, they can be said to be recharged enough to wreck havoc in Nakawa this afternoon.
KQ coach Hamza Lutalo
Olila the spoilers?
Corporate, however, will also be interested in the final result in Soroti where Olila High School host Kampala Queens (KQ).
Just six points separate She Corporate and Kampala Queens, so there is no doubt that as they take care of their own game, the former will be hoping Olila, on eight points in seven games, can do some damage.
Easing the pressure
KQ coach Hamza Lutalo has tried his best to push the title pressure away from his team by claiming he is new to women’s football and taking one game at time.
“A teacher will always be one no matter who they are teaching. If the players listen to what we tell them, we shall win games and see where we are at the end of the season,” Lutalo repeatedly says.
But with the high-profile signings made at the start of the season, they will be kept in the title talk until they either win it or it becomes mathematically impossible for them to do so.
Even so, because, before their draw with UMHS on Wednesday, their club owner and Fufa president Moses Magogo visited the KQ camp in Kabojja and according to their Twitter handle, the players promised to win the coveted league title.
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