“First, we signed quality players. Secondly, we set targets and are achieving them. We have a good technical bench and lastly, our sponsors are amazing.”
Zico, as Otieno is widely known, revealed the team will not be strengthened as he has complete faith in the players already in his squad.
KCB and the other FKF PL sides are set to resume the campaign on May 12 after the sports resumption ban was lifted by the state.
“I see no reason to bolster the team in the second leg. Everything is working out perfectly, if there is a need to do so then the technical bench will decide,” added the coach.
THE STANDARD By
James Omoro |
March 10th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
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Gor Mahia have been Kenya s Caf representatives and have won the league severally but we are not going to play against Gor Mahia the name but against 11 players who will come for the game.
KCB lost 2-1 to Nzoia Sugar before a 2-2 draw against Sofapaka and a recent outing that saw them crumble against Kariobangi Sharks, when they were defeated 3-0 at Kasarani.
Abuko said they are motivated to face Gor Mahia despite what they have undergone in the past few weeks. Our expectations are high although we are playing after losing the last game. I know it is not going to be an easy tie but I am confident we are going for a win given how we have prepared, he added.
We resumed training, and the boys are a little bit tired because of the travelling they have done in the space of two days. But we have worked on their recovery to make sure that they are ready for the Kariobangi Sharks game.
While the KCB coach was disappointed with the result termed against Sofapaka,
Batoto ba Mungu s coach Ken Odhiambo said earlier they felt cheated after Timothy Otieno s goal was disallowed.
“We really feel cheated not to have picked full points against KCB,” Odhiambo said. “Timothy [Otieno] scored a clear open goal but it was ruled out for an offside. Otieno’s header would have sealed the three points for us and thus we feel so cheated by the offside call.