There was a Kenyan defenders reunion in Sweden as Eugene Asike’s IF Karlstad faced Frank Odhiambo’s Haninge on Saturday, with the former Tusker FC man and his team emerging victorious over Odhiambo’s Haninge.Haninge’s miseries were compounded once again, losing 2-1 to remain rooted in the relegation zone at 14th with 25 points and only four more matches left to play to the end of the campaign.Asike delighted after opening goal account for KarlstadBoth defenders featured full minutes, Odhiambo getting the nod again after helping Haninge contain the damage in their most previous game after they had suffered a humiliating 7-0 defeat in an earlier game where he did not feature.Karlstad struck first after 26 minutes through David Rickard Johannesson but Marcus Mikhail equalized two minutes after the restart for the second half to give hope to Haninge.Frank Odhiambo shipped out on loan by DjurgårdenHowever, Johannesson struck again five minutes later to see Karlstad reclaim the lead, and they held on to the slim advantage to the final whistle for the three points.Haninge were forced to play with a man less for the better part of the second after Mirza Turan was sent off 56 minutes in the game.
