AFC Leopards head coach Patrick Aussems is concerned by his team’s piling injuries and joked he may be forced to play his staff in their next league match against Western Stima.Ingwe is currently depleted due to injuries, players leaving due to contracts’ expiry while three others are with the Emerging Stars in Ethiopia for the CECAFA U23 Championship that will start on Sunday.On Friday afternoon, the team suffered a 2-0 defeat in the hands of Tusker and was worsened when budding midfielder Brian Wanyama went off injured at the hour mark. The youngster had been impressive in the game before injury forced him off, he was replaced by Caleb Olilo.61’Wanyama Brian is injured he’s replaced by Caleb Olilo Tusker FC 2 AFC Leopards 0#OursForever #INGWE— AFC Leopards (@AFCLeopards) July 16, 2021 Jaffar Owiti, Fabrice Mugheni are sidelined due to injuries while a number of players are said to have played through the pain barrier against the Brewers.“I did not have 12 players today due to injuries and others being away with the national team and again Wanyama is injured. I do not know the extent of the injury yet, the doctor will check him or we may have to take him to the hospital for the doctors to look at him. The team is depleted and I may have to ask my staff to play in our next game,” he said.FULL TIME Tusker FC 2 AFC Leopards 0#OursForever #INGWE pic.twitter.com/cUzxF0tVcE— AFC Leopards (@AFCLeopards) July 16, 2021 Despite going down, Aussems lauded his side for playing good football. Ingwe threw away many chances in the match but the tactician was equally unmoved by the wastefulness.“I think fans enjoy watching AFC Leopards play because we play good football. I am not really concerned about the missed chances because it is important that we are creating so now the next part is to work on our finishing and we will be okay,” he added.
