Kitara football club midfielder Frank Zaga Tumwesigye admits Thursday’s Uganda premier league encounter at Vipers SC will be all about business as he returns to St Mary’s stadium for the first time since leaving the Venoms.
Zaga arrived at Kitara in August on a year long contract, part of the Royals’ squad strengthening ahead of their top flight return after winning the FUFA Big league 2022/23 trophy.
While he admits it will be quite an emotional feeling going back to the club he joined as a teenager, he said it will be a special atmosphere for him when the game starts.
“I’m going back to a place that is very familiar, the people are not new because some are my friends. I know it will be a bit strange but that will not be a problem because as a player when you move to another club these moments are bound to happen.
“I have been in this place severally, it’s special because I played and trained here but changes happen in football. I’ll be returning to St Mary’s as a Royal.”
Kitara visit the St Mary’s stadium for the second time since the 2020/21 campaign when they lost 2-1. Brian Muruli scored the Royals’ consolation goal while Dan Sserunkuma and Paul Mucureezi netted for Vipers.
Meanwhile, Zaga is not the only one who will be visiting Kitende for the first time switching allegiance.
Paul Mucureezi and goal keeper Farouk Yawe have played for the Venoms and Junior team respectively and will be looking forward to this visit.
“It will be a proud moment for all of us after this while, some of us left as teenagers but return as tested players. We have to be at our best. We want to be very competitive and hopefully we get good results,” Yawe added.
This will be the first time these two teams meet under the flood lights in a tie that is expected to be a thriller considering it will be second versus third on the table.