AFC Leopards coach Patrick Aussems has heaped praises on AFC Leopards youthful side, as well as the technical bench, that upset defending champions in their league opener at Thika Stadium on Sunday.Before the game, Tusker were picked as the favorites to win the match owing to their squad strength as compared to that of AFC but it was not to be when the whistle went.AFC Leopards fielded a team that had a couple of players who were not regulars for the most part of the last season, with some of the regular ones having left the club to try their luck elsewhere.”When you keep the same philosophy and work well, you provoke luck, and you are rewarded even with a very young and inexperimented[inexperienced] team. So proud of my players and my technical staff !!,” Aussems posted.Interesting results in the FKFPL today. Sofapaka, which only had 3 players on the bench due to an ongoing transfer ban, has edged moneybags Nairobi City Stars 3-1 in Wundanyi. Earlier on AFC Leopards, which is suffering the same predicament, beat Tusker 1-0 in Thika— Jeff Kinyanjui (@Nyash88) September 26, 2021 The Belgian has been away on holiday and he confirmed that he is set to reunite with the team the coming week, quelling rumors that had been making rounds that he would not be coming back.Unless Ingwe manages to clear their debts and have the transfer ban by FIFA lifted, Aussems will have to work with the success-hungry players at his disposal and going by their performance against Tusker.The departure of first, second, and third choice goalkeepers in Benjamin Ochan, John Oyemba, and Ezekiel Owade meant that Ingwe had to start with 19-year old Maxwell Mulili who was by far untested but the custodian had a superb game.Absent AFC Leopards coach Aussems quells exit fearsA lengthy break between now and the second game week is something that will come in handy for Aussems and Ingwe, with the international breaking coming in gives Ingwe the chance to bolster their squad in some of the departments provided they get off FIFA’s red list.When you keep the same philosophy and work well , you provoke luck and you are rewarded even with a very young and inexperimented team . So proud of my players and my technical staff !! pic.twitter.com/9T9D76QXXN— Patrick Aussems (@PatrickAussems) September 26, 2021
