Kenyan internationals Eric ‘Marcelo’ Ouma and Collins Sichenje featured for AIK as the Swedish side lost their first preseason match in the 2-1 defeat to Bröndby in Portugal on Friday night.Ouma was drafted in the starting side while Sichenje had to come off the bench in the second half to mark his return from an injury that had seen him miss the club’s first two friendly matches in Sweden.Bröndby vänder och vinner en jämn match. pic.twitter.com/FvPnt5Ith2— AIK Fotboll (@aikfotboll) February 3, 2023 Substitute Axel Björnström scored three minutes after coming on at the start of the second half to give AIK the lead after the two sides had played to a barren first half but Daniel Wass leveled matters from the spot for Bröndby in the 68th minute.##NAJAVA_MECA_6996479##Five minutes before the leveler, the former AFC Leopards player had been introduced as he came on to replace Sotirios Papagiannopoulos for the final 27 minutes of so.With 12 minutes left on the clock, the speedy leftback Ouma was rested with the scoreboard reading 1-1, only for Simon Hedlund to put Bröndby ahead in the 83rd minute as they went on to hold to their lead to the final whistle.Jonah Ayunga ruled out for the remainder of the seasonAIK will now take on Brentford next week on Monday before wrapping their training camp with another test match against another Danish club Copenhagen FC on February 10.
