Three things that went wrong in SC Villa’s defeat to CBE
SC Villa’s return journey to the Caf Champions League could end at the preliminary first round following a 2-1 defeat at home to Ethiopia’s CBE. The defeat means the Jogoos must now beat the Ethiopian champions by a margin of two goals to set up a clash with regional rivals Young Africans who are most […] The post Three things that went wrong in SC Villa’s defeat to CBE appeared first on Kawowo Sports.
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SC Villa’s return journey to the Caf Champions League could end at the preliminary first round following a 2-1 defeat at home to Ethiopia’s CBE.
The defeat means the Jogoos must now beat the Ethiopian champions by a margin of two goals to set up a clash with regional rivals Young Africans who are most likely to get past Vital’O who they beat 4-0 in the first leg away.
Ruling SC Villa out of the tie at the moment would certainly be hyperbolic but there is no doubt the defeat on Saturday was deflating.
Here is what went wrong for the 17-time UPL champions on Saturday at Mandela National stadium, Namboole.
Profligate and selfish Kakande
Like Daily Monitor wrote, the league MVP chose a wrong game for being his worst in Villa colours.
First, he missed a glorious opportunity in the first half to draw both teams level when played through on goal by the Isaac Mpagi who was arguably Villa’s best player on the day.
Instead, Kakande agonisingly sent his effort wide with the goalie beaten.
Another opportunity presented itself late in the second half but Kakande selfishly opted to go glory in a tight angle when passing to Elvis Ngonde, a better positioned teammate to slot home would have made more sense.
Morley Byekwaso failed to react
In the first place, I was shocked to see a few faces on the SC Villa XI by Morley Byekwaso including skipper Ronald Ssekiganda.
The central midfielder looked half fit and consistently lost possession and never aggressive to recover.
To my shock, Ssekiganda played the full game and instead, the impressive Tony Atukunda was subbed off in a strange decision that saw Elvis Ngonde come on.
If the Fufa Super 8 matches Villa has been involved in were the testament, Ngonde would have partnered Atukunda in the middle and Ssekiganda left out because his performance especially in the 2-2 draw with NEC signaled, he wasn’t ready yet to return after getting injured in Kagame Cup.
Byekwaso admitted Ssekiganda was not fully fit but the team needed his leadership.
“You may only look at the way he was losing possession but without leadership on the pitch, it could have been worse we needed him even though he wasn’t fully fit,” Byekwaso, flanked by Ssekiganda told the post-match press conference.
Withdraw of Mpagi, another decent performer on the day was shocking and besides Ngonde, the other changes didn’t improve Villa’s abysmal performance.
Empty stands
Byekwaso complained about his team not using Namboole for training sessions until the eve of the match and in one way, they lost the home advantage in relation to familiarity with the pitch.
In addition, the fans didn’t show up as you would expect a Villa Caf Champions League match to be.
Was it the uncertainty about the availability of Namboole or the pricing that saw Villa administration ask for Ugx. 50,000 for ordinary fans? Your guess as good as mine.
Villa players are used to playing with the crowd behind them as witnessed in most of their league matches including the title decider against NEC.
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