Villa still in Premier League title race - Kaziba

UGANDA PREMIER LEAGUE

KAMPALA - Despite his side being eight points behind table leaders Vipers, Villa coach Edward Kaziba is confident they can go and win this season's StarTimes Uganda Premier League.

With five games left, Villa are third on 46 points, four adrift of second-placed KCCA, who are the defending champions.

"We shall continue to close in on both KCCA and Vipers. We believe we are not yet out of the race. With five games to go, we can still surprise everyone," said Kaziba.

The league had been scheduled to resume on May 5, but an extension of the nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus crisis meant further delay of sporting activities.

However, the local premier league has yet to announce a new date for resumption of action.

Kaziba applauded football governing body FUFA for supporting players (through relief food) during lockdown. He said other sports associations should do the same.

The Villa coach advised football players to embrace the culture of saving and investment. The suspension of sporting activities has pushed many athletes against the wall, struggling for survival.

In this time of inactivity, Kaziba said he is sensitizing his tenants and players alike about the pandemic as well as other diseases.

"Social distancing and handwashing may be on everyone's lips, but people should not forget about other potentially deadly diseases like cholera and malaria," he said.