Bandari loanee at Sofapaka Wilberforce Lugogo is elated after making his debut for Batoto Ba Mungu as they went down 2-1 to KCB at Thika Stadium on Sunday in an FKF Premier League match.Goals from Robinson Kamura and James Mazembe condemned Sofapaka to their second loss of the season, with Stephen Okola scoring the consolation for the Ken Odhiambo-coached side.The midfielder was among the players loaned out from Bandari together with his teammates Hamid Mohammed and George Osama who are also at Sofapaka on a season-long loan deal.🔵Team News!✔️ Finally our new signings cleared ▪️Wilberforce Lugogo makes his debut for us▪️Joe Waithera and Alex Imbusia leads our attack▪️ Hansel Ochieng, Said Tsuma, Dan Guya all make the bench, here is how we line up@betikaKe @OyandoRonny #BatotoBaMungu pic.twitter.com/hN0hCaMp2F— Sofapaka FC (@FC_Sofapaka) October 24, 2021 Lugogo featured the entire minutes for Sofapaka and is happy more so for playing to the final whistle after being out for a while.The midfielder went on to add that he felt they were the best side in the match, and thus losing in such a match gutted him to the core.”I am delighted to have made my debut for the team and more importantly play full minutes after a very long time. It was disappointing to go down in a match I feel that we gave our best. It is one of those moments you go through in a season but it is just the beginning of lots of matches to fight for,” he is quoted as saying by the club’s media.Bandari FC midfielder Wilberforce Lugogo joins Sofapaka on a season-long loan deal#FKFPL pic.twitter.com/gCARkoBKyO— Ole Teya (@Kevin_teya) September 21, 2021 This was the first time that Sofapaka were having a full squad on the bench, having played with three players on the bench in the opening game against Nairobi City Stars and two in the other two matches against Nzoia and Mathare United.Despite making a couple of signings in the transfer window, including Lugogo, Sofapaka were not allowed to register those players initially for official assignments as they were serving a ban imposed by FIFA for defaulting on their former player.With a full squad now, Sofapaka will be hoping that they can turn the losses into wins starting with their next assignment against Gor Mahia over the weekend. (function (el) { window.addEventListener(“message”, (event) => { if (event.origin.startsWith(“https://www.sofascore”)) { if (el.id === event.data.id) { el.style.height = event.data.height + “px”; } } }); })(document.getElementById(“sofa-standings-embed-17654-38844”)); Standings provided by SofaScore LiveScore
