AFC Leopards head coach Patrick Aussems has shifted focus to the Mozzart Bet Cup and will rotate his playing unit in the remaining matches of the season.On Wednesday, Aussems rested some of his big guns for the game against the Ulinzi Stars at the Nyayo National Stadium. The match ended in a 1-0 win for the soldiers, and Boniface Muchiri scored the all-important goal of the game.##NAJAVA_MECA_7226375##Musa Oundo started off the bench before being introduced midway through the first half; Robert Mudenyu and Victor Omune came on at halftime; Jaffari Owiti was introduced in the second half; and goalkeeper Levis Opiyo and assistant captain Peter Thiong’o were benched as Ingwe played with a largely weakened squad.It is an approach that Aussems plans to use for the remainder of the season, as they are solely focused on winning the cup. Aussems says he intends to have all his players available for the Mozzart Cup semis that will be played on May 20.”I changed 90 percent of the team because the priority and the target were not the game of today. The target is to get 19 players ready for our most important game of the season, the Cup semi-final,” he said.”I used this game to check some things. I will do the same for the Nzoia Sugar game, and even against Gor Mahia, we will try something to be ready for the semi-final,” he added.The tactician insists that he cannot afford to have unfit players in what is already a thin squad.”I only have 19 players in the group, and I want everyone to be fit until the end of the season. Some of them did not play a lot in the last few weeks; they played against Bidco United last week, so I wanted to do the same.”
