Tusker head coach Robert Matano has unreservedly conceded that the decision to travel by road to Mombasa for their last weekend league game against Bandari partly contributed to the loss suffered down at the coast.Bandari cut Tusker’s unbeaten start of life in the season last Saturday after beating the reigning champions 2-1 at Mbaraki Stadium.Tusker caught many by surprise as the club hit the road to Mombasa barely a day to the game, a move that certainly attracted fatigue in the team given the distance between the two towns.##NAJAVA_MECA_6945120##The brewers who boast of financial muscle given the support they receive from the parent sponsor have been traveling by rail to the coast in the past seasons.”The fatigue brought about by the means of traveling played a part to the loss,” he said.Kenya Police FC players posted at Vigilance House after graduating from GSU Training SchoolAdditionally, the league winning tactician said the sluggish start into the game that allowed the host to settle and dominate proved costly.”We allowed Bandari to enjoy the game especially in the opening twenty minutes of the game. We gave them too much respect,” he noted.With Tusker set to host the second-placed Nzoia Sugar on Saturday at their backyard, Matano said they are treating the past game as a bygone and have their sights trained on the three points.Nzoia Sugar midfield dynamo Kevin Juma extends stay with the millersThe former AFC Leopards tactician said the players sacrificed the rest days after the trip from Mombasa to polish on the weak areas ahead of the Nzoia tie.”We did not rest after returning from Mombasa. The players badly want to make up for the loss we suffered last weekend. We have prepared well for the game,” he said.
