Mengo City continued to rule the game of Futsal by bagging both Women’s and Men’s Uganda Cups with commanding performances.
In both finals played on Friday, March 13 at Old Kampala, Mengo City Women defeated Entebbe Cheaters 6-2 and the men’s side outplayed Mbarara QC 6-3.
In the women’s final, Cheaters took the first step by getting in the lead twice in either half. Namugeye Rahma opened the score, but Grace Asiimwe equalized to send the game to halftime at square.
Earlier in the second half, Hilda Nankya regained Cheaters’ lead with a brash header off Rukia Namusoke’s set piece, but Asiimwe rose again with the equalizer.
From there, at the 31st minute, Mengo City went on to become unmatched, scoring 4 times in the last 9 minutes. Usual scorer Angel Nakitto arrived by putting Mengo City in the lead before Asiimwe completed her hat trick.
With four minutes remaining, Angel Nakitto collected her second goal, and Shanitah Nakato completed the score that guided Mengo City to winning their first trophy.
In the Men’s competition, City defended the trophy easily, beating Mbarara QC. Samuel Omara gave them the early rhythm with two goals in the first 10 minutes.
Mbarara QC tried to find redemption with Shafic Mulangira pulling a goal back with two minutes counting to halftime, and Eria Kabagambe found the equalizer, but Mengo City raised the bar high when Goalkeeper Geof Atuhairwe drove the ball and found Abdul Swabur Mugenyi to set up Billy Nkata, who pushed Mengo City back in the lead.
A minute later, Sharif Opuuli smashed in a goal from a tight angle, even not on his strong feet, as he extended Mengo City’s lead to 4-2 before his second goal tonight.
Captain Anthony Male, who had the most time on the court throughout the tournament, arrived to seal their Uganda Cup campaign before QC consoled themselves through Daniel Edebu to make the game ending 6-3.
Winding up the competition, Mengo City Men’s side head coach Abdullahi Abdifata announced more hunger to continue winning, “It is a fantastic performance from both our boys and girls. For the boys, they have defended the trophy despite facing tough teams, but we have the quality to manage, and we even have to continue winning.”
“Now we are switching to League and Frenzy for Men’s and Women’s to continue chasing those trophies; we want all of them,” he added.
Last season, Mengo City won a men’s double of the Uganda Cup and the league, but again this season, they are on the course of retaining both trophies and even adding more trophies.
