Harambee Stars skipper Michael Olunga has jumped to the defence of newly installed Kenya head coach Engin Firat who he believes is still learning to get the best out of the squad.Firat’s tenure as the Harambee Stars head coach was off to the worst possible start as they were hammered 5-0 by Mali which equaled their heaviest defeat in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers.F.TMali 🇲🇱 5-0 🇰🇪 KenyaThree more matches with all to play for.We go again on Sunday, at home pic.twitter.com/eRr1coVwzW— Harambee Stars (@Harambee__Stars) October 7, 2021 Speaking to the media after Mozzart was unveiled as the new Harambee Stars motivational partner, Olunga opined that Firat would post better results after mastering the strengths of his players.“He is a new coach who has come and he is still trying to study the players, that was his first match I cannot really say much about the coach because he is still trying to know his players,”“In the coming games, I know he has already understood his players better and use them more to their strengths where he thinks they are better,” said Olunga. ##NAJAVA_MECA_5885091##Firat’s lineup against Mali raised eyebrows as he slotted Joash Onyango at right-back, Henry Meja on the flanks and Abud Omar as a winger as he later swapped positions with Eric Marcelo Ouma.Olunga is enjoying a rich vein of form for Al Duhail as he has scored seven goals in two games after missing two games due to injury and returned to net five against Al Sailiya.🔝 @DuhailSC star @OgadaOlunga in the lead Find out the list of all the 2021-22 #QNBstarsLeague top scorers so far🔗 https://t.co/2Yg3j7K664 pic.twitter.com/qyDPDOvZL6— Qatar Stars League (@QSL_EN) September 28, 2021 “The season has just started, I have only played two games and I’ve scored seven goals but that is for the club only and the season has just started, we have a long way to go,”“Mine is just to continue working hard in order to have another good season, right now I’m only focused on the national team and see how we can get good results to propel the team to the next level,” added Olunga. Under fire Firat promises better Harambee Stars showing in Nairobi
