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As Tusker prepare to get back in the Football Kenya Federation Premier League title race, head coach Robert Matano has explained why it would not be easy going forward.
Goal on Monday. The league is not like a knockout competition, it is a marathon and is still very open for any team to win once it resumes. So far, it has been competitive and everything has been going on well.
The 2016 league s Most Valuable Player (MVP) was demoted from his captaincy role with Harun Shakava taking the armband. He refused to comment on the issue but insisted he has always given his best to the team despite the outcome in respective games. All my games have been good and I have always given 100% even in the matches we have lost this season, Muguna continued.
Once you are a green army, your thinking is all about winning, Unfortunately we started on a low which is not our anthem. But we pray for the resumption of [the league] to make sure we bring back the team where it belongs on standings.
Ochieng arrived at the Nairobi-based club from the Sugar Millers, who were relegated at the end of last season when FKF moved to end the top-flight owing to the effects caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Meanwhile, club captain Harun Shakava has encouraged his teammates to find a regime that will keep them fit as the FKF Premier League remains suspended.
As players, we just have to try the bit that we can and do individual workout to keep us fit as we wait for the green light to resume full training.
Shakava s comments came after head coach Manuel Vaz Pinto explained how the suspension of football will affect the players. Stopping the league has not only physical but emotional effects on everyone involved,” Vaz Pinto is quoted as saying. The past few months have been very difficult for the clubs and everyone who works within the football circles, the pandemic has pushed things to the extreme and deep end.
The Portuguese coach also stated how they keep a close eye on the players progress within the period of suspension.