Harambee Stars head coach Engin Firat caught the battery of journalists who turned up for team’s press conference on Sunday by testing his journalistic skills.Firat, grabbed the microphone and posed a significant question to the team’s centre back David ‘Cheche’ Ochieng who had accompanied him for the conference.The Turkish tactican asked the central defender to candidly reveal the difference in sporting infrastructure between Kenya and the foreign countries he had played in before.##NAJAVA_MECA_7108432##For starters, Cheche has had professional stints in Saudi Arabia, the United States of America and Sweden and has, traversed the continent on a number of occasions with the national team. While responding to the challenge posed by Firat, Cheche, admitted that Kenya was lagging way behind in terms of sporting infrastructure and challenged the relevant stakeholders, to do something about it. Harambee Stars head coach lays four clear objectives ahead of Iran friendly”The infrastructure out there is good. The fields provide a conducive environment for players and spectators. We have a lot to do if we are catch up with the rest. We are really far behind and should, endeavor to catch up,” he opened up. The experienced defender also, stressed on the significance of having legions of academies and inject professionalism in the aspect of coaching.Engin Firat delivers hard-hitting reality check on Kenyan footballKenya doesn’t have a CAF approved stadium as all the facilities in the country did not pass the threshold when the last inspection was conducted. Firat, also added his voice in the topic saying Kenya had not invested much in sporting infrastructure and called for a change of approach going forward.”We have to face the reality and avoid selling dreams. In terms of infrastructure, we are behind North Africa leave alone Europe,” he said.
