After receiving a 15-1 thrashing by Kenya’s Harambee Starlets, South Sudan’s coach Shilene Booysen feels that Kenya are too strong and there was no way Bright Starlets could stop them.Harambee Starlets can also dance! These celebrations came after they thrashed South Sudan 8-0 in the AWCON qualifiers #HarambeeStarlets #AWCONQualifiers pic.twitter.com/CeCkJnx9FM— Mozzart Sport Kenya (@MozzartSportKe) October 20, 2021 Kenya drubbed Bright Starlets 8-0 in the first leg at Nyayo National Stadium, before adding seven more in the second leg at the same venue as South Sudan got their consolation, a rare goal, in the tie.Returning Neddy Atieno, Mwanahalima Dogo Adam, and Gentrix Shikangwa run riot in both ties, with goals from Janet Bundi and Lydia Akoth being the only ones of the 15 for Harambee Starslets that were not attributed to either of the three.”Kenya is one of those teams that you just can’t stop them. They are so amazingly good at the moment that you just basically have to try and contain them. Congratulations to Kenya. We will go back and look at what we need to do for the program in order to grow it,” Booysen said.Despite losing by the huge scoreline, the South African coach said that he was proud with her players for giving their all against a well-established Kenyan side, saying that they are still in the building phase.”For us, this is a building phase. We started basically from the ground up. We are always looking to see what went wrong in relation to the plan. You can only ask so much of the players and I am really proud that they gave their all. I don’t think anyone came off the field saying I still had something left in me,” she added.Booysen was appointed South Sudan’s head coach in February this year, with the qualifier making part of her major tasks since taking over at the helm of the technical bench.After the first round exploits, Kenya will play the overall winner between Uganda and Ethiopia, with all indicators pointing towards a tie against Uganda who are leading in the tie 2-0 with the second leg of the clash set for Tuesday.
