Okello served the meal, pair scored the goals

The Portuguese call it a trivela, but for the benefit of us all, it is what exactly Allan Okello served the country and Congo at Mandela National Stadium, Namboole on Monday night to spring an otherwise mundane match into life.

With five minutes of normal time left to play, Uganda needed something special to establish safety between Aziz Kayondo’s 21st minute cross-turned goal and a possible spoiler from Congo, as it was in Johannesburg last Friday.

That special something came in the form of Okello – who had on two or so occasions been a poor decision maker in a similar position,…