Luanda Villa goal poacher Timothy Ndayala has been sidelined for six to eight weeks after hurting his right knee during Villa’s training sessions in anticipation of the Mathare United clash, a match they won 1-0 on Saturday at the Mumboha Stadium.Ndayala has been Villa’s revelation this term smashing goals that have kept them invisible at home despite being newcomers to the second tier a league regarded as the toughest in the country.##NAJAVA_MECA_7866519##The striker known for his astonishing speed joined the Mumboha shrined club at the start of the season from fourth division entity Luanda Sportiff playing as a perfect replacement to Moses Masinde who had departed the club for Nzoia Sugar before making an unexpected return to Luanda.Ndayala wasted no time announcing his arrival in style with a brace on the opening match of the season as Tom Tera’s charges dispatched Mombasa Elite 5-1 to start the campaign on cloud nine.His partnership with Mike Isabwa now with Mara Sugar sent shock waves to defenders who thought about the prospect of meeting the duo and the collaboration saw the netbuster bag 7 goals and further assist four times.No respite for Silibwet Leons as Mombasa Elite piles more misery on sinking shipIn a previous sit-up with Mozzart Sport, the striker had put clear his intentions of hitting double-figure goals and assists but now will have to watch from the stands as the dream fades away with the doctors ruling him out for six to eight weeks, meaning the sooner he could return will be during the Vihiga Bullets encounter in May.Confirming the developments, the club’s chairman Moses Abwanje said, the injury was a blow to the team though the technical bench had groomed Hezekiah Otieno to carry Ndayala’s bags while keeping faith in the returning Masinde to help bring goals to the team.“It is a big blow to the club, no one wants to lose their best players though the technical bench has had to adjust. We wish him a quick recovery journey,” stated Abwanje who is also working around the clock to deliver a team bus before the conclusion of the campaign.Omukoto welcomes FIFA ban lifting, targets quick return to actionAs Ndayala resumes recovery journey, all the Villa loyalists’ eyes will be fixed on Coach Tera to see how he fills the gap left by a forward who has contributed 30% of the club’s scores this term.
