It was a dark Thursday night for Kenyan footballers plying their trade abroad as all of them suffered defeats with their respective teams in the UEFA Europa Conference League Play offs.Collins Sichenje The Kenyan versatile player was handed a start as AIK suffered a 3-0 drubbing at the hands of Czech Republic side Slovacko in the UEFA Europa Conference League play off stage.Posta Rangers signs highly-rated goalkeeperCompatriot Erick ‘Marcelo’ Ouma was suspended for the clash for accumulation of yellow cards while Henry Meja was injured and failed to travel to Czech.The home side meant business from the onset and finally surged ahead two minutes before the half hour mark when Milan Petrzela put Slovacko ahead.Sichenje was hooked off at half time with Joe Mendes coming in his place but that did not plug the gap as Vlasiy Sinyavskiy doubled their lead in the 77th minute.Things went from bad to worse for AIK in the 81st minute as Petr Reinberk put Slovacko in a commanding lead and left AIK with a mountain to climb in the second leg.##NAJAVA_MECA_6573797##Joseph OkumuThe former Chemelil Sugar defender was handed the final 10 minutes of Gent’s 2-0 loss to Cypriot side Omonia in the UEFA Europa Conference League.It only took 19 minutes for Omonia to open the scoring through Charalampos Charalampous after Jan Lecjaks put the ball on a plate for him.After large spells without a goal in the game, Omonia finally doubled their tally in the 76th minute through Brandon Barker to stun Gent.Okumu was introduced in the 80th minute with Andreas Hanche-Olsen rested as Gent looked to damage the limitation and take the 2-0 result into the second leg.Daniel AnyembeThe Kenyan right back was trusted with a start by Viborg FF as they suffered a 3-1 thumping at the hands of West Ham United in the UEFA Europa Conference League.New signing from Sassuolo, Gianluca Scamacca in his first start for the club did not take long to open his account as he netted in the 24th minute.Anyembe was withdrawn in the 34th minute with what looked like an injury as Anton Gaaei came on in his place as West Ham went into the break leading 1-0.Jarrod Bowen doubled West Ham’s lead in the 64th minute while Jacob Bonde Jensen halved the deficit for Vibrog in the five minutes later.We lead after the first leg of our #UECL play-off.#WHUVFF pic.twitter.com/yYjUDq4WVv— West Ham United (@WestHam) August 18, 2022 Michael Antonio restored West Ham’s two goal advantage in the 74th minute to put them in a commanding lead ahead of the second leg slated for Denmark.Linton MainaThe Kenyan winger was a second half substitute in Koln’s shock 1-2 defeat at the hands of Hungarian side MOL Fehervar in the UEFA Europa Conference League.Koln who were enjoying home advantage went ahead in the 14th minute through Florian Dietz but they were reduced to 10 men six minutes later when Julian Chabot was shown a red card.Yet another player leaves City StarsWith the man advantage Fehervar restored parity in the 32nd minute through Budu Zivzivadze and went into the half time break with a lead after Palko Dardai’s strike.Maina was given the nod at the stroke of the hour mark in place of Jan Thielmann as Koln went on to lose the game but have some hope of turning things around in the second leg.
