Tusker FC’s midfielder Humphrey Mieno is upbeat ahead of their second-round CAF Champions League qualifying match against Egypt’s Zamalek SC on Saturday at Nyayo National Stadium.The midfielder was a crucial cog for Robert Matano in their run towards the league championship last season, and his prior experience in the continental stage will come in handy for the Brewers.The former Gor Mahia and AFC Leopards player revealed that the entire team’s spirit is high and everyone is looking forward to the match, which will be a first at that stage for most of the players at the club.📆| Countdown to the big one this Saturday!As the game will be played behind closed doors, we have some good news! The game will be relayed LIVE on our Facebook page and YouTube channel.#KenyaMilele #Brewers4Life pic.twitter.com/Yo047RTXWw— 🏆Tusker FC (@tusker_fc) October 13, 2021 He also highlighted the crucial role that the international break played for Tusker in regards to injuries to some of their key players who have since returned to full fitness just in time for the match.”The morale is high, the lads are working very well as a team ready for the match. We know the task ahead of us and we need to get maximum points from the match. It has been very important for us to get this time, no matches just to concentrate on this patch to get the players who were injured to get back to the team. It was very important to get this time to work on ourselves and to build the team coming to this match,” Mieno said.📸😃| A rare photo of Humphrey Mieno trying to celebrate a goal.Retweet for good luck 😂#Brewers4Life pic.twitter.com/giZ6WX5oRk— 🏆Tusker FC (@tusker_fc) May 11, 2021 Asked about how Tusker is preparing for the game against a team that not many teams want to meet especially in the qualifying rounds, Mieno said that there are two approaches to it; a team approach and a personal approach.”As a team, it is usually about the coach, how he prepares us, how we train in the team, how we plan for the match. The second thing is, individually, as an individual how you prepare, how you focus, how you get yourself into the right frame of the game,” he addedTusker edged out Djibouti’s Arta Solar 7 after beating them 3-0 in the return leg at Nyayo Stadium after playing to a 1-all draw in Djibouti in the first round to book a slot in the second while Zamalek were given a bye to this round owing to their performance in the past in the same stage.
