“Tomorrow’s [Wednesday’s] game is a derby, and everyone on my team both the players and coaches know how momentous it is to win it,” Kaziba told the club’s official website.
“Given that we lost in the first round, tomorrow [Wednesday] gives us an opportunity to pay them back in the same currency. Derbies are for winning: We come into tomorrow’s derby to win.”
After sealing their passage to the Round of 16 of the Uganda Cup, Kaziba has maintained the 3-0 win against Ndejje University FC as spurred on his players and they are well motivated for the fixture against the Red Eagles.
Erick Kambale came close to opening the scores for the visitors in the 20th minute when he created enough space to connect well to a corner delivered by Godfrey Lwesibawa but he placed the ball agonizingly past the near post on the left.
Express goalkeeper Mathias Muwanga was called into action ten minutes later when his finger-tip save denied Villa’s Ronald Ssekiganda and at the opposite end, Saidi Kenyi also came through for the hosts with a similar save to deny Charles Musiige five minutes to the break.
After the resumption, Express knew they had to keep piling more pressure on their opponents, especially on the flanks, and winger Martin Kizza tried on several occasions to penetrate the Villa defence but fell short.