FUFA Women’s Super League: Allen Nassazi Targets to Emulate Juliet Nalukenge as Kawempe Visits Kampala Queens
By: Walter Mugume
With the departure of Juliet Nalukenge, the youngster who moved to Cyprus in August last year for Professional career, Kawempe Muslim Ladies FC remained with the void at the striking line.
However, a 16-year old Allen Nassazi who had her debut in FUFA Women’s Super League last season at Njeru Technical Center, feels now she is ready to emulate her senior in Juliet Nalukenge.
Nassazi who scored four goals in the league/tournament held at Njeru where Kawempe Muslim finished fourth after losing to Uganda Martyrs High School WFC in classification match, asserted that she feels good and ready to emulate Nalukenge the one she loved watching while playing.
“The fact is, I feel excited that am going to take up Juliet’s role at my team, and I want to play like she did, I admire her and I want to reach where she have reached” Nassazi told this website after Kawempe Muslim Ladies FC last training ahead of Wednesday trip to Kabojja for Kampala Queens encounter.
About the season expectations; “Last season I scored four goals but this season I expect to score maybe eight or nine goals, expect a changed Allen and I promise to add a lot from what I did last season. ”
Nassazi is one of the forwards, Kawempe remained with after the departure if Juliet Nalukenge.
Moses Nkata, the Valley Warriors’ coach revealed that he expects a tough season compared to that of last year but said that Kawempe will play good Football that will produce good results.
“We expect tight competition, because teams prepared well, you even saw it in the opening fixtures, they showed they exhibited good football, so we need to work hard but expect good Football and good results. ” Moses Nkata.
The players who had been on national team U20, trained today with the team, the likes of Shakira Nyinagahirwa, Samalie Nakacwa, Hadija Nandago, Asia Nakibuuka, Aisha Nantongo and Nkata expects to use them against Kampala Queens.
The last time the two sides met, Kawempe Muslim beat Kampala Queens 4-0 and in history, Kampala Queens never collected a point against Kawempe Muslim.