End of the road for the defending champions

Nkumba's Isaac Musuga|JACK SHOTS

Pepsi University Football League End of the road for the defending champions

Brian Aheebwa • 07:28 - 08.03.2024

However, the latter pulled off a shocking result defeating UMU 1-0 in Nkozi on Thursday thanks to Isaac Musuga’s late goal in the 93rd minute.

The defending champions of the Pepsi University Football League, Uganda Martyrs University, Nkozi were shockingly eliminated from this year’s competition by Nkumba University.

Uganda Martyrs and Nkumba shared spoils in a 1–1 stalemate in the first leg of the quarterfinals in Entebbe and the former were favorites to advance come the second leg.

Action between Nkumba and Uganda Martyrs|JACK SHOTS

However, the latter pulled off a shocking result defeating UMU 1-0 in Nkozi on Thursday thanks to Isaac Musuga’s late goal in the 93rd minute.

Musuga’s strike at the death mark ensured that Nkumba reached the semifinals 2-1 on aggregate.

They became the third team to reach the 2024 semifinals, the others are; Uganda Christian University and Makerere University Business School.

UCU and MUBS ejected Makerere University and Bugema University, respectively to reach this stage of the tournament.

The quarterfinals will be completed next week on Tuesday when St Lawrence University host Kampala University.

Action between Nkumba and Uganda Martyrs|JACK SHOTS

SLAU have an 5-2 advantage over KU from the first leg played in Luzira last week.