“We shall also need some luck as well which I thought we lacked at home his week.”
URA will be looking to break the jinx and finally register their first win against the Ankole Lions in a competitive game but they will require a much-improved display against their opponents.
Mbarara themselves celebrated the draw the moment the referee blew his final whistle but what is clear is the result worked for them but with the away goals rule under operation in this fixture, the failure to score could come back to haunt them.
After the 0-0 draw, a disappointed Ssimbwa told the club’s official website: “Disappointing that we haven’t won the game but all isn’t lost. We will prepare for Friday and try everything in our power to progress to the next round.”
Kajoba handed debuts to left-back Disan Galiwango and Jamil Kalisa, but it was Wakiso who threatened to take the lead as new signing Pius Kaggwa, also starting in his first match, hit the woodwork will a well-taken free-kick in the fifth minute.
The missed chance sounded like a warning to Vipers who responded with a goal in the seventh minute as Galiwango delivered a corner which was met superbly by Muhammad Shaban s header for the opener.
The teams headed into the half-time break with Vipers leading by a solitary goal but it was the home team who looked more threatening on resumption as they sought to draw level.