Goal on Monday. The players have been out for more than a month, then the game has returned and boom! They get competitive back-to-back matches. We might not see an impact immediately but soon after, we might see players getting injuries that will limit them from playing. We will play yes, as scheduled, but it was too soon; players needed about a week more or so to bring their bodies back to competitive matches. Once the workload increases, we will experience real struggles.
Ingwe were last crowned in 1998 and since then, they have failed to get their hands on the league title. It seems things might be different in the ongoing campaign since the 13-time champions are placed third on the table with 29 points. But Juma does not want to speak about it yet.
We enjoy training, playing, being out there in the dugout and that is what makes our job interesting. When you are out without it, you always feel something is not complete. I took it positively, I viewed it as a mid-season break. Every team in the league starts from the same place and the difference will be how everyone worked on their own during the break.
Prior to the break, the Bankers had played 15 matches and collected 30 points in the process.
KCB have managed to get nine wins, three draws, and three losses as well. They had scored 21 goals and conceded 12 in the process.
Goal on Thursday. But we are confident the coach [Patrick Auseems] will come with a strategy to help us get positive results. The fixture will definitely be tight but we are going to give our best. Of course we will not start from where we were in terms of match and physical fitness, but it will eventually happen when we start to play. As players, we are prepared to give our best because as a team, we feel this is a massive opportunity for us to get the league title. This is our time.
In the 14 matches played this season, the Nairobi-based charges have won nine games, drawn two, and lost three. They have scored 18 goals in the process and conceded nine.
After a goalless first half, the hosts, deservedly, scored in the 48th minute.
A good ball to Brian Ochieng found the Thika-based side off guard. The midfielder cut the ball back for Reagan to score what turned out to be the winning goal.
It was the Banker s sixth win in as many matches, and they are now on 18 points while Bidco are ninth on the log with seven points after as many matches.
At Wundanyi Stadium, Mathare United started their league campaign with a 4-2 loss against Sofapaka.
It took Batoto ba Mungu 12 minutes to take the lead when former Gor Mahia midfielder Juma Lawrence beat Job Ochieng from close range.