Kenyan International and Zesco United shot-stopper Ian Otieno opines that his compatriot and Kansanshi Dynamos striker Jesse Were was out to prove a point when the two sides met over the weekend, with Were emerging the winner.Were offered the perfect bitter response to his former club Zesco United scoring twice for his new side Kansanshi Dynamos to deny his former employers a chance of closing the gap to log leaders Red Arrows.Jesse Were comes back to haunt Zesco with scintillating braceThe former AFC Leopards custodian revealed that Zesco even discussed the possibility of the former Tusker FC striker having a point to prove in that match during their pre-match meeting.“We all knew that Jesse was going to have a point to prove. We talked about this in the pre-match meeting. Lucky for him he scored the two goals for his new team. It was just his day,” Otieno is quoted by the club’s media.The Kenyan custodian rued concentration lapses in the defeat on Saturday, adding that they became frustrated after missing on capitalizing their chances“Personally, I think we did very well first few minutes of the game until they scored. We lacked concertation in the box because when we had the ball. They switched play and due to poor defending, they capitalized. I think we become frustrated when we missed our opportunities. As the game developed, that got to everyone, mentally. That sense of frustration contributed,” he added.Today we bring to you another amazing edition of Team Ya Ziko Show. This episode features ZESCO United shot stopper Ian Otieno. Watch the show by opening this link:https://t.co/W9QgTXsBUz— Zesco United FC (@ZescoUnitedFC) December 26, 2021 Further, Otieno is expecting that they will bounce back stronger ahead of their upcoming game against Nkana Football Club on saturday, and has issued a rallying call to the supporters to back the team more so in that game.“The objective was to beat Kansanshi Dynamos. This was the only thing on our minds when we left Ndola. It is sad that we lost the game and we know people, especially the fans are not happy about this. I can only appeal to our fans to continue supporting us. This is not the end of the road for the team. Zesco United is still a big team, we are united, and we need our supporters like never before. The game against Nkana won’t be easy. But we have a whole week to prepare. Everyone here is a professional and we all know what we need to do on Saturday. I can only urge our supporters to come in big numbers especially in that game. I can assure them that we will do our level best to win that game,” he finished.
