The Mathare United technical bench can afford a smile after the club’s goalkeeper Brian Olang’o passed the full fitness test ahead of their league match against Kariobangi Sharks on Wednesday.Olang’o returns to the team after shaking off a knee injury that saw him miss their last week’s 1-0 win over Vihiga Bullets at the Ruaraka grounds.The youthful goalkeeper picked up the injury ten days ago while in action against KCB and was replaced by Bernard Jairo who went on to earn his first league start against Bullets.##NAJAVA_MECA_7023738##The latest development means that Olang’o will be bidding to play against his former employer having served Sharks for two seasons before making a switch to Mathare.Before joining Mathare, the former KCB man had trained with APS Bomet whose dream of making debut in the top flight was cut short by the decision by the federation to nullify the past term.EXCLUSIVE: Ugandan Paul Nkata appointed Wazito FC coachHe had also tried his luck in Egypt with Wadi Degla shortly after leaving Sharks.The former national U-17 team shot stopper revealed that the scans did not expose anything of grave concern as the week-long rest granted by the medics has been enough for him to recover.”I am fully fit and ready for selection in our next game. Thankfully, the tests conducted after the injury did not reveal anything of concern. I can’t wait to play in my first slum derby,” he said.AFC Leopards boss Patrick Aussems reveals love for KenyaMathare will play host to Sharks at the Kasarani Annex seeking to register the third win of the season and move out of the red zone.Sharks on the other hand will be gunning to redeem themselves from a 3-1 defeat suffered in the hands of Nzoia Sugar last week at the Utalii grounds.
