Harambee Stars defender Joseph Okumu believes Kenya can beat Mali when the two teams face-off in two-legged World Cup qualification ties.Kenya will take on Mali away in Morocco on Thursday 7th October in a first leg encounter before the two teams face off again in three days’ time in Nairobi.The Kenyan team is already in Morocco for the match and Gent defender says Stars have what it takes to pick wins against the West African giants.Coach Engin Firat has named the provisional squad for our upcoming World Cup Qualifiers against Mali 🔗 https://t.co/mkVhMruYSg#Tunaweza pic.twitter.com/1ijttEyg2O— Harambee Stars (@Harambee__Stars) September 29, 2021 “I believe everything is possible in football, it’s a sport that you cannot predict what happens in the next minute, you can take chances with it and to me everything is possible. There is speculation of them being stronger than us maybe it’s true, maybe not but on the pitch it’s 11 players and we bring our own qualities and we will be able to compete. The most important thing is whoever wants it more within 90 minutes will get it,” “I am not really focused on their team, I am looking at our team and the qualities we have, whatever they have is not very important us to us but its important to know.. . Anything can happen, now we are number two and we are aiming to be number one and the two games will be crucial in us achieving that, we will surprise many people because we have been underdogs for a long time, we have been to AFCON and now we are going to the World Cup,” he stated.Zambia based, David Owino who is returning to the national team fold after some time in the cold believes there are no small teams in the continent anymore and believes Kenya is more than capable of beating Mali.The Stars have landed. We are in #Morocco to play Mali in our third 2022 @FIFAWorldCup Qualifier#Tunaweza pic.twitter.com/wY6yVBkZhs— Harambee Stars (@Harambee__Stars) October 5, 2021 “There are no small teams in football nowadays. It depends on how you prepare and you giving your best on match day. They may have players who play in the top leagues but attitude plays a big part on match day. If you have a good attitude then you have a great chance of getting something out of the game,” he said.##EDITORS_CHOICE##
