Shabana FC head coach Sam Okoth says a well-executed game plan helped them overcome Mara Sugar FC on Saturday and go joint-top in the National Super League.A Vincent Nyabuto first-half strike at the Awendo Green Stadium helped Shabana maintain their unbeaten run in the league while at the same time ending Mara Sugar’s.##NAJAVA_MECA_6929223##It is a game that in his own words the former Kenyan international admits that they were second best but for him, the win was no fluke as they plotted the millers’ downfall by frustrating them for the better part of the match. “It is an important win for us but to be honest it was far from comfortable largely because we had not trained well and lagged behind in terms of fitness,” he told Mozzart Sport.“We knew what to expect from Mara Sugar. They are a team that builds well from the back, they play very attractive football and we made a decision to sit back and frustrate them by denying them those spaces. My players remained very disciplined and contained that pressure very well,”.He lauded his team for taking one of the few chances that they created in the match. The goal came from a well-executed counterattack.“We knew well that if we frustrated them for a while it would get into their heads and they would make mistakes and from one of them we broke on the counterattack, scored the all-important goal, and won the game but credit to them they are a very good team, well coached and they really played well on another day they would have won the game comfortably,” he added.”Shabana Fc ni moja Duniani kote”ⓘ 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲Eng. Albert Ocharo pic.twitter.com/vAOoVEL8uA— Shabana Fc Kenya (@Shabanafckenya) January 7, 2023 After five matches, Shabana have managed four wins and a draw. This is despite the fact that they only retained ten of the players that were part of the team last season. He says signing players that he has worked with before has been key.“Most of the players that we signed are players that have worked with before. They understand my philosophy well and adaptation has not been a big problem and I think that is why it has been easy for me because I have a team that understands what I want from them,” he added.Fei Toto is still a Yanga player, TFF rules
