Having enjoyed an impressive season with Bandari FC, Abdallah Hassan could have been named in the Harambee Stars provisional squad to take on Cameroon in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers but an expulsion has left the midfielder dejected.Kenya is currently serving a FIFA suspension for government involvement in football after the Sport Cabinet Secretary (CS) Amina Mohamed disbanded the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) back in November last year.Bandari shave Homeboyz lead to just four points after win over SharksAbdalla who has scored seven goals this season for Bandari was disappointed with the move to expel Harambee Stars from the continental tourney.“We are very disappointed with us not being able to take part in the AFCON qualifiers, we are now left with only playing the remaining league matches.We could have hit camp after this weekend’s fixtures to prepare for our game against Cameroon but we hope that we can avoid such situations in future,” said Abdallah.The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Tuesday confirmed the expulsion of Kenya and Zimbabwe from the AFCON qualifiers that kicks off on Wednesday 1 June.Bandari picked up three vital points in the 2-0 win over Kariobangi Sharks over the weekend with Abdallah emphasizing on the importance of the victory in the title race as they are now four points off Tusker and Kakamega Homeboyz.Kimani cautions Bandari against getting carried away“We thank God for the win, we had set our sights on a win against Sharks, the coach wanted us to win the game because you never know what might happen to Homeboyz or Tusker.Tusker and Homeboyz drew over the weekend and we are now just four points behind them and this is football, you never know what might happen,” added Abdallah.
