Tusker have been given a shot in the arm ahead of their Second Preliminary round of CAF Champions League match against Zamalek SC following a timely return of their striker Ibrahim Joshua.Joshua featured and scored in a training friendly with National Super League outfit Kibera Black Stars where Robert Matano’s side won 3-0, with Kevin Okoth and another new face in the team Shami Kibwana scoring the other goals.Joshua’s return will be such a big boost for Matano who after the loss to Ingwe noted that he was focusing mainly on the recovery of his strikers and they would be good to go again as a team.⚽️| The boys played a friendly match with National Super League side Kibera Black Stars at the Ruaraka Complex this afternoon.The match ended 3-0 with goals from Kevin Okoth, Shami Kibwana and Ibrahim Joshua.#KenyaMilele #Brewers4Life pic.twitter.com/eOQo19FRYv— 🏆Tusker FC (@tusker_fc) October 7, 2021 The Tanzanian import was among the players who missed in the 1-0 loss to AFC Leopards on the opening day of the current campaign.Joshua has scored in each game that he has featured for the Brewers, scoring in both legs against Arta Solar 7 of Djibouti in the first round of the competition, and against Gor Mahia in the FKF Super Cup where he picked an injury that kept him out of the season opener loss to AFC Leopards.Red hot Tusker striker eyeing Golden BootTusker made it to the second round after seeing off Djiboutian side Arta Solar in Nairobi following an important draw in Djibouti, in the first round and they now face one of the most successful teams in the second round with a group stage ticket at stake.Tusker will host Zamalek at Nyayo National Stadium next week on Saturday before travelling to Egypt to face off with the five-time African winners of the competition.The indefatigable Joshua Ibrahim is back. Zamalek ain’t ready. https://t.co/vdl6nCZZLv— Japheth Mutinda (@JaphMutinda) October 8, 2021 Though Tusker have a couple of goalkeepers including Patrick Matasi and Brian Bwire, they will be happy with the return of Emery Mvuyekure who also was injured but featured for his country Rwanda in their 1-0 loss to Uganda in the ongoing 2022 Qatar World Cup qualifiers.
