Tough weekend for Kenyans in Sweden

Kenyan internationals Eugene Asike and Anthony Wambani were in action for their respective teams in the Swedish third tier on Sunday afternoon as they recorded different results.IF Karlstad 1-3 Gefle Asike featured full minutes as his side IF Karlstad gave away a 1-0 lead they had taken into the break, losing 3-1 to league leaders Gefle at the final whistle.David Johannesson gave Karlstad the lead in the 37th minute, only for the hosts to level the scores shortly after the hour mark through Leo Englund. Four minutes later, Antonio Yakoub scored Gefle’s second to give the leaders a leader for the first time in the game, with Englund scoring his second and a third for Gefle 11 minutes later to seal the win.Vasalund 1-1 Sollentuna FF Kipchoge smashes World Marathon recordOn his part, Wambani was introduced in the 59th minute as Vasalund played to a one-all draw with Sollentuna FF earlier in the day, coming on for Alexander Duranic with Vasalund leading 1-0 courtesy of an Elias Durmaz goal in the last minute of the first half.However, Sollentuna equalized a minute after the change through Oliver Fredin but none of the two sides would take the lead in the final 30 minutes and they had to settle for a draw.Sandviken 7-0 Haninge On Saturday, another Kenyan, Frank Odhiambo, watched from the bench as his side Haninge was hammered 7-0 in the same league by second-placed Sandviken.Sharks unveil skilled midfielder from Kenyatta University##NAJAVA_MECA_6672715##John Junior Igbarumah scored four goals, with Jabir Abdihakim getting two, and Danilo Al-Saed one for Sandviken to wrap up the 7-0 beating.In the last ten matches in the league, Haninge have only won twice, drawn once, and lost seven times, a performance that has left them in the relegation zone with 25 points from 24 matches and six games to play to the end of the campaign.The former Gor Mahia defender has featured in only four matches since moving to the third-tier side in August on loan from Djurgarden, his last appearance being in the 1-0 win over Umea last weekend.

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