Zoo FC head coach Herman Iswekha says preparations for the 2021/22 National Super League campaign are going on well and is adamant that his team will be ready for the new second-tier campaign that starts next weekend.Zoo will be kick-starting their NSL campaign with a match against Kisumu AllStars at home on Saturday 6th November and ahead of the match set to be played at the Green Stadium in Kericho, Iswekha says they are in good shape and will be ready for their first match of the season against Salim Babu’s side.##NAJAVA_MECA_5938220##“Preparations are going on well. We have been training and playing many friendly games and we are seeing a lot of positives. But again we have to keep building and training to ensure that we are in perfect shape for our first assignment of the season,” he told Mozzart Sport.Ignore media reports linking us to immediate former Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman. While we feel sorry for the Dutch, we wish to unequivocally state that our head coach as we head into the new season remains Herman “Kizee” Iswekha.#ZooMbaiyaa@GadIsaac3 @jupet11 pic.twitter.com/ZsrFKb7QhC— Zoo FC (@zoofootballclub) October 28, 2021 Zoo are fortunate not to lose many players after their relegation to the second tie. Only Collins Neto, Pascal Ogweno, and Mathews Odongo moved to other teams and Iswekha is happy to have a bulk of his squad intact.“We only lost three players. Mathew moved to Biashara United, Pascal Ogweno to Kibera Black Stars, and Collins Neto to Bidco United. The rest of the team is still intact and that is a good thing because we will only have to bring in a few faces, and that’s vital of consistency of the team,” he continued.Ahead of their NSL bow, the tactician admits that the second tier is a tough league largely due to the poor state of playing surfaces but is confident that they will hack it.The Surgical pair…..#fcukzoo #MagicalKericho pic.twitter.com/ERILgvZ0Ye— Zoo FC (@zoofootballclub) October 27, 2021 “The NSL is a tough league. It is very competitive and sometimes we play in grounds that are not so good but these are challenges that we have faced before and we know how to work around them so I think that will not be a very big problem,” he concluded.##EDITORS_CHOICE##
