For the first time since the trio of Eric ‘Marcelo’ Ouma, Collins Sichenje and Henry Meja joined AIK, head coach Bartosz Grzelak included all of them in the matchday squad as they suffered a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Molde in a friendly. Henry Meja who is yet to make a league appearance since joining from Tusker FC was handed a start alongside, Sichenje and Marcelo who has had a lot of noise surrounding his future at the club. Kenyan trio included in AIK’s friendly travelling partyIt only took Molde six minutes to break the deadlock through Eirik Haugan who nodded home a corner with a textbook header to put the Norwegian side in the lead. ##NAJAVA_MECA_6447800##After going a goal down, AIK woke up from their slumber and pressed for an equalizer but could not find the back of the net as Molde went into the break leading 1-0. Marcelo was rested at the stroke of the hour mark as AIK aimed to preserve their big guns when the league resumes from the international break with Heradi Rashidi coming in his place. Trots en energisk forcering förlorar AIK träningsmatchen mot norska Molde FK med 2-1. Stort tack till er tillresta AIK-supportrar!📸 @joakimhall pic.twitter.com/dhrd8eleBH— AIK Fotboll (@aikfotboll) June 11, 2022 Magnus Grødem doubled Molde’s advantage two minutes later as AIK were again caught napping in defense.Waweru features for Galway United in IrelandTom Strannegård however halved Molde’s advantage in the 74th minute to set up a tense finale after Amar Abdirahman put the ball on a plate for him.Sichenje got into the referee’s book in the 93rd minute after catching Benjamin Hansen late as Molde held on for the win.
