The Nairobi City Stars technical bench has been handed a boost heading to the final rounds of the season with the return of goalkeeper Stephen Njung’e and midfield maestro Peter ‘Pinchez’ Opiyo after recovering from injuries.The two players returned to training last week after shaking off knee and groin injuries that had locked them out of action for a couple of weeks.Interesting stats from Timothy ‘Babu’ Ouma#SimbaWaNairobi pic.twitter.com/GLzJ8lzN1v— Official Nairobi City Stars Fc (@NrbCityStars) May 25, 2022 Njung’e who picked the injury last month while in action against National Super League outfit Kibera Black Stars in a friendly match will however miss the remainder of the season despite resuming training.Earlier on, the former Wazito custodian who played almost all the club’s matches last season had been ruled out for three months.“I am now concentrating on rehab. At least now I can move and run around. Hopefully, soon I will return to full fitness,” he told the club media.In the absence of Njung’e who has seen little game time this season owing to the competition from Jacob Osano, coach Nicholas Muyoti will count on the latter to man the goal in the remaining two fixtures with Elvis Ochoro providing options.Nairobi City Stars set to play in Kasarani main stadium after 2,038 days in the coldPinchez on the other hand is likely to be considered for playing time in the remaining two matches against Gor Mahia and newcomers FC Talanta. The veteran midfielder who has been out since mid-March said he was happy to be back and looking forward to adding punch in the midfield.📍 pic.twitter.com/OckBxpxjTE— Official Nairobi City Stars Fc (@NrbCityStars) May 18, 2022 “I feel much better now and I am happy to be back amongst my teammates who I had missed very much,” he said.The return of the two comes at a time when the bench had been sweating over the unavailability of key players who have been nursing injuries. The trio of Erick Ombija, Ronny Kola and Oliver Maloba are still out injured.
