Beach soccer: Buganda Royal opens up 3-points gap over St. Lawrence

Mar 02, 2020

The Mengo based club over the weekend managed to defeat Wolves 7-4 to move to 25 points, three above second-placed and defending champions St. Lawrence.

National Beach Soccer League

Results

Muteesa 1 Isabet 4

MUBS 5 Entebbe 2

Wolves 4 Buganda 7

KIU 7 Muteesa 4

Buganda Royal beach soccer club opened up a three-point gap in the National Beach Soccer League table standings.

The Mengo based club over the weekend managed to defeat Wolves 7-4 to move to 25 points, three above second-placed and defending champions St. Lawrence.

Swaibu Kakwaya, Ronald Magwali, Godfrey Lwesibawa each scored a brace before Hassan Luboyera added the other for Buganda. Wolves' Faisal Sekiti extended his tally to 22 goals,  while Umar Nkoola added the other for Wolves that dropped to the eighth position with 16 points.

St. Lawrence who were not in action last weekend will have to face stiff competition this season from Isabet, Buganda, Mutoola if they to retain the league

This season is competitive more so that the best players at end of the season will have a chance to be selected for the national team that will compete in the 2020 AFCON Beach Soccer Championship that will be hosted here in December.

Elsewhere, Muteesa went down to Isabet 1-4 and KIU 7-4 respectively, while three time champions MUBS beat Entebbe Sharks 5-2.

This season, the league is being played on three different venues such as Mutoola Resort Beach and Lido Beach.

This is the second season the men's league is being played without playoffs. Previously, the league was played in two groups where the top four teams in each group went into the playoffs to decide the champion.

 

 

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