Amwoka earns Ulinzi a revenge against Stima

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Ulinzi Stars’ Evans Amwoka scored his ninth goal of the season to help his side beat Western Stima 1-0, in their return leg match, played on Saturday 14 July.

This was the same margin with which Stima won their first leg match, played on Sunday 6 May.

The goal was scored in the second minute of the match, after Amwoka worked well with a clean pass from Kevin Amwayi from deep within the midfield.

A relaxed Western Stima emerged from the shock-goal to keep Ulinzi back-pedaling and by the ninth minute, had the better of a 57%-43% ball possession.

In the 25^th minute, Stima came close to scoring when David Otieno floated a clean pass into the Ulinzi box.

However, defender Geoffrey Kokoyo got in its trajectory before it was pounced on by the advancing Hudson Muhako.

The teams went into the half-time break with Ulinzi  leading 1-0.

Second half

Into the second half, Stima continued mounting pressure on Ulinzi, seeking an equalizer. By the 65^th minute, they [Stima] had completely secured the midfield.

The few chances that Ulinzi got to break into the Stima yard were poorly utilized, with only a handful posing a challenge to Stima’s keeper David Juma.

Ulinzi defended their lead to the final whistle.  

After the match, Ulinzi move up the log to the third position, pushing Sofapaka behind.

Click here to follow the match’s minute by minute proceedings