Ntungasaze Football Club promoted to betPawa Big League

Regional League playoffs: *Ntungasaze qualified on 3-2 aggregate Buganda regional entity Ntungasaze Football Club is through to the betPawa Big League, the second tier of Uganda’s football pyramid. This comes after overturning a 1-2 first leg deficit to win 2-0 in the return leg played at the MTN Omondi stadium, Lugogo in Kampala on Thursday, […] The post Ntungasaze Football Club promoted to betPawa Big League appeared first on Kawowo Sports.

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Regional League playoffs:

  • Return leg: Proline 0-2 Ntungasaze

*Ntungasaze qualified on 3-2 aggregate

Buganda regional entity Ntungasaze Football Club is through to the betPawa Big League, the second tier of Uganda’s football pyramid.

This comes after overturning a 1-2 first leg deficit to win 2-0 in the return leg played at the MTN Omondi stadium, Lugogo in Kampala on Thursday, 27th June 2024.

Michael “Kimmick” Kimera and Peter Calvin Emayo were both on target for visiting Ntungasaze before a passionate crowd to make it 3-2 on aggregate.

Kimera scored the first goal on the stroke of the opening stanza of the game to take a 1-0 lead by the mandatory half time break.

Calvin Peter Emayo (without shirt) celebrates the thunderous freekick

Emayo found the second and match winner through a strongly taken freekick with a quarter an hour left on the clock and extend their lead which they jealously protected.

Proline goalkeeper Musa Ssemakula was at fault for allowing the freekick slip through his hands and to the back of the net.

Calvin Peter Emayo scores freekick | Credit: Ham Kisekka

The final whistle from the referee was greeted by wild celebrations from the visiting delegation of players, officials, fans and neutralists alike.

The first leg played at the Mityana Ssaza ground witnessed Proline win 2-1 on the road.

Meanwhile, MYDA was also promoted after a 2-0 home win over Busei United in Kachumbala.

Innocent Opira and John Brian Otim scored in either half for MYDA who earned a berth to the second tier division as they target return to the topflight where they belonged a couple of seasons ago.

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