Kenyan international Erick ‘Marcelo’ Ouma sent social media into a frenzy on Sunday night after his goal for AIK in the 4-2 win over Norrkoping in the Swedish top tier but he came close to not scoring the goal.The former Gor Mahia defender bagged his second goal of the season, sprinting the entire length of the pitch to receive a pass just out of the box and ran the ball into the net.Muguna pleads for a quick resolution of the Kenyan football impasseHis teammate Mikael Lustig, who provided the assist revealed that he thought of shooting the ball from his own half but opted to pass after a shout from his captain Sebastian Larsson.“It was indescribably nice to close the match, if we had played the match for another thirty seconds, they would have won 4-3.🎥| WATCH🇰🇪 Kenyan international Erick ‘Marcelo’ Ouma turning on the afterburners to score AIK’s fourth in the 4-2 win over Norrkoping in he Swedish top tier.@Ferdiomanyala unawezana kweli?🎬: @dplus_sportSE #FFP pic.twitter.com/XdsIxdYGZZ— Friends of Football (@friendsofutball) August 21, 2022 I kept thinking that I would shoot until Seb (Larsson) shouted that I should pass Otieno. I said to Otieno “good thinking” because it is not usual for him to talk, but apparently it was Seb who shouted,” said Lustig.The victory handed their newly installed head coach Henok Goitom the perfect start to life at AIK after replacing Bartosz Grzelak who was shown the door after a string of poor results.##NAJAVA_MECA_6585271##Fellow Kenyan Collins Sichenje was introduced in the 87th minute in place of Bilal Hussein to sure things up for AIK with the scoreline delicately poised at 3-2.Henry Meja who is also in the books of AIK missed the matchday squad after he was ruled out with an illness.
