For teams that started their FKFPL campaign on a high, the long break that paves way for the international break will definitely come as a derailment but for Robert Matano it is such a reprieve.The experienced tactician is hoping that he will have all his squad intact after the break after missing a couple of them in their opening game as they went down by a solitary goal to AFC Leopards at Thika Stadium.FULL TIME in Thika.We start our season with defeat on the road. #KenyaMilele #Brewers4Life pic.twitter.com/ZQP7Wc7waR— 🏆Tusker FC (@tusker_fc) September 26, 2021 Specifically, Matano is hoping that his strikers, led by Tanzanian import Ibrahim Joshua will be fit again ahead of the league resumption in Mid October, with CAF Champions League qualifying duties beckoning as well.”I am focusing on the recovery of my strikers in the two weeks break. Nothing else. Once they recover we are good to go. We still attacked even in their absence and that means we are okay. Striking is the main issue, I cannot complain about the entire team but we will rectify. May be in 10 days to come they will have come back and we will go back to where we belong because the injuries have really cost us. Muchiri played as a striker, he is not a strike. Shami played as a striker, he is not a striker. We are focusing ahead and I am sure that we will bounce back,” Matano said.My guy @JaphMutinda is now in the @tusker_fc mini bus giving the lads a dress down— Jeff Kinyanjui (@Nyash88) September 26, 2021 Joshua was injured in the FKF Super Cup win against Gor Mahia at the same venue days before the league start and as a result, missed the clash against AFC Leopards.Matano named a makeshift team for that tie, with a couple of key names in the team missing including that of the captain Eugene Asike and the on-form striker.Joshua has scored in each game that he has featured in for the Brewers, scoring in both legs against Arta Solar 7 of Djibouti and against Gor Mahia in the Super Cup in midweek.
