Tusker FC head coach Robert Matano has noted that his side will benefit from the cool weather conditions currently being experienced in Egypt ahead of their CAF Champions League clash against Zamalek SC.The Brewers need to turn around a 1-0 deficit from the first leg played at the Nyayo National Stadium and will be hoping to break the duck of torrid results Kenyan clubs have suffered in Egypt.📸| Images from yesterday’s training in Alexandria.Getting close to the D-Day.#KenyaMilele #Brewers4Life pic.twitter.com/TU1x6UfAtL— 🏆Tusker FC (@tusker_fc) October 21, 2021 Matano however noted that the weather favours them ahead of the clash and playing at night will also give them a shot in the arm ahead of the showdown.“It (weather) is good because it like winter here, it not the usual weather we know in Egypt and we are in Alexandria which is more like Nairobi and the weather is favouring us, we are comfortable,”“We will also play in the night – the game is always fast then but we are ready physically and technically. We gave them (Zamalek) a lot of respect in the first leg but it won’t be the same,” said Matano.##NAJAVA_MECA_5916834##Tusker will be looking to become the first Kenyan club to qualify for the CAF Champions League Group Stages since the revamped format in 1997.Matano also opened up on the positive energy in the squad ahead of the clash having had a number of sit down sessions with the players to dissect the first-leg loss. “We have a very positive mentality after having a team meeting yesterday and today, we divided the team into two, defence and strikers and they know their mistake and the strength of the opponent,”⚽️| The work continues here in Alexandria.#KenyaMilele #Brewers4Life pic.twitter.com/RRz5lHL40U— 🏆Tusker FC (@tusker_fc) October 20, 2021 “Some of the players were playing their first big match, inferiority was also in them but now they have realized their mistakes and know what they can do,” he added. Tusker’s herculean mission at the famous Borg el Arab stadium
