A good pre-season is what will serve Sofapaka better in the coming 2024/2025 Football Kenya Federation Premier League (FKF PL).This, according to second leg playoff hero Andre Kalama who was glad to help his team get yet another season to compete in the top tier.Wahongo tips Sofapaka to bounce back after relegation scareKalama’s 43rd minute goal was all Batoto Ba MUngu needed to win the second leg of the promotion playoffs and ensure a 2-0 win aggregate over Naivas FC following a similar result in the first leg courtesy of Police FC-bound Jacob Onyango’s solitary late strike in the 89th minute.With Sofapaka playing cautiously to preserve their first leg win and surviving scares by a Naivas attack, Kalama made sure that the pressure is reduced when he stepped up in the 43rd minute to put the ball past Wycliffe Oduor in Naivas goal.Kalama spoke exclusively to Mozzart Sport after the match and shared his joy and thoughts of his team##NAJAVA_MECA_8218117##“I am so happy to score the goal and help the team remain in the premier league. It has not been an easy season for us, we shouldn’t have found ourselves here but all in all we are hahappwe got ourselves out of the ditch,” he stated.”To avoid such ordeals in the new season, we have to start from the pre-season. We must have a good pre-season, get to gel, try different formations and correct what went wrong this season in order to find it easier in the course of the campaign,” he addedFTSofapaka retain their @Officialfkfpl status 👏 pic.twitter.com/YJsek3VEf8— Football Kenya Federation (@Football_Kenya) July 14, 2024 On a personal front, Kalama who was in his first season with Sofapaka having joined the team from Kibera Black Stars is hoping to start more games and score more goals.“I joined the team at the beginning of the season and I have been settling in, learning the ropes and getting to know the team better in what has been a very tough season. I am now ready to compete better, get more playing time, provide more assists and score more goals to help the team and better my profile,” he opened up.
