Well, Michael Olunga has had himself an eventful 24 hours.As the Al Duhail striker pulled his way to score the opening and only goal for Harambee Stars in Tuesday’s 2-1 loss to Iran in an international friendly at the Azadi Stadium, his club was making history, and so was … Olunga (in absentia).##NAJAVA_MECA_7138729##Al Duhail, playing in the Qatari Stars Cup final on Tuesday, emerged huge 1-0 winners over fellow top tier side Umm Salal to clinch the 2022-2023 Ooredoo Cup – the club’s first league cup in history.Nam Tae-hee scored the decisive goal for Al Duhail in the 37th minute of the game played at the Jassim Bin Hammad Stadium.Consequently, the club’s striker Olunga was officially declared and awarded as the competition’s top scorer and Golden Boot winner having scored a total of 10 goals throughout the 12-team competition.Harambee Stars captain @OgadaOlunga grabs his third Golden Boot since signing for Al Duhail.After bagging the award in the AFC CL and league last season, the Kenyan has now clinched it in the Qatar Cup that Al Duhail won yesterday for the first time in their history🔥#Olunga pic.twitter.com/jsO02yCBGd— Ochieng’ Stephen (@soo_ochieng) March 29, 2023 Olunga’s dominance was so huge that the closest challenger – Hassan Ahmed Blank – had four goals, with Umm Salal’s Sardov Rashidov and Al Sadd striker Baghdad Bounedjah capping off the top four places with a similar goal tally.The golden boot gong is Olunga’s third for Al Duhail, with the former Gor Mahia striker having scooped the AFC Champions League and Qatar Stars League award last season.Olunga strikes on 8-year anniversary but two errors cost Harambee Stars in IranOn Saturday 19 March, Olunga scored twice for Al Duhail in a 3-1 league win over Qatar SC just before he left for international duty. He tops the league’s scoring chart with 13 goals in 16 matches.
