Harambee Stars head coach Engin Firat has regretted that the missed chances in the qualifier against Cameroon have complicated the team’s chances of securing ticket to the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations finals.Stars fell 1-0 to Cameroon at the Mandela National Stadium in Namboole, Uganda in round four of the qualifiers leaving them with an uphill task of seeking the ticket to Morocco.The loss means that Kenya will have to win the remaining two rounds of the qualifiers against Zimbabwe and Namibia, set for next month, so as to sail through. ##NAJAVA_MECA_8412320##Responding to what went wrong against the Indomitable Lions, Firat lamented that the team created more than enough chances to seal three points but could not make them count. Second-half substitute Boris Enow Ekong struck a beauty of a freekick to guarantee his side a ticket to the finals with two qualifier matches to spare. AFCON2025Q:Substitute Enow Takang sinks Harambee Stars in Uganda” Disappointing is the word to describe the post match feeling. After the first leg, we wanted to show everybody that we can play football and that is what we have done today. I think we had more than enough chances. No one will give you points for good football. Therefore it is disappointing for the players that we got nothing from the game despite the efforts,” he said shortly after the game. Firat, admitted that the back-to-back losses against Cameroon leaves the team with no options other than to win the remaining matches.Player ratings: Olunga fire blanks as Cameroon down Kenya to seal 2025 AFCON ticketKenya had fallen 4-1 last Friday in Yaounde and needed nothing short of three points to remain in pole position to clinch a ticket to Morocco early.” Our plan was not to come out without points against Cameroon. We did not also expect Namibia to lose three matches considering that they were at the AFCON earlier in the year. It complicated the group further. We have to win the remaining matches so as to qualify,” he added.
