Kenyan internationals Eric ‘Marcelo’ Ouma and Henry Meja were in action as AIK went down by a solitary goal at home Mjallby IF on Saturday in the Swedish top-tier.Their compatriot and fellow Kenyan international as well, Collins Sichenje, watched the proceedings from the substitutes bench and will have to wait a little bit longer to make his Allsvaksen debut.Ouma was making a return to the team after missing out last weekend due to suspension.This was the second league appearance for the former Tusker FC forward, his first having come last week in the one-all draw with Degerfors on the road.Nytt AIK-byte: Nicolas Stefanelli ut, Henry Meja Atola in. 83’ | #AIKMAIF | 0–1— AIK Fotboll (@aikfotboll) July 2, 2022 Meja was introduced with seven minutes to play for Nicholas Stefanelli, and while AIK were already trailing, being tasked to help the team salvage at least a point but it was not meant to be.Both Ouma and Meja were booked for different fouls, the former Gor Mahia defender going to the books of the referee just after the hour mark while Meja was cautioned in the second minute of stoppage time.Mjallby scored the all-important goal in the match with five minutes left to play in the first half through Silas Nwankwo and went on to hold to the lead to the final whistle.Meja makes debut for AIK as Marcelo misses due to suspensionDespite the loss, AIK maintained their second spot on the log with 24 points, same as BK Hacken while Mjallby moved up two places to seventh with 19 points.Up next for AIK is a trip to IF Elfsborg next weekend.
