Kenyan international and Zesco United forward Vincent Oburu is set to miss the club’s second game of the 2022/23 Zambian Super League campaign against defending champions Red Arrows due to injury.The former AFC Leopards player missed the season opener against Prison Leopard last weekend, and it seems that he is set to be sidelined for a while longer.Since extending his contract with the Zambian giants, Oburu has endured a spell on the treatment table and missed their pre-season clash against Azam FC in Tanzania.Otieno tips Zesco to reclaim league title in ZambiaSpeaking during a pre-match conference on Friday, Zesco’s coach Mumamba Numba confirmed Oburu’s absence but rallied his charges to take charge of the match and utilize their home advantage.“We are playing at home which means that we have to take the first initiative. This is a game that we need to get on the pitch and stamp authority from the word go so that we can unsettle them and get an early goal. I also wish to share that Oburu is still out due to injury while Cyril just returned in training,” he said as quoted on the club’s portal.The coach lamented the team’s inability to convert the chances they created in their opening match, something perhaps that Oburu would be slotting in the team to do if he were available.Kenyan forward ruled out of Zesco’s league openerZesco will be out to avenge last season’s double defeat to Red Arrows, something that Mumamba believes is naturally motivating his side.“These are easy games especially when you are playing another big team. I think it is easy for players because they are naturally motivated knowing that the game won’t be easy. These are matches that are won when teams take their chances. For us we are looking at Arrows with fresh wounds following last season’s loses. We have a chance to put some smiles on the faces of our home supporters. We didn’t create many chances against Prisons but I think it was a game that we could have scored three or more goals in the early stages of the match. We missed a lot of chances because our finishing wasn’t up to the standard. We have been working on our finishing so that we can improve. Chances will always come but we need to be more clinical,” he added.Fellow Kenyan Ian Otieno is expected to start again in goal.
