Joseph Okumu’s Reims debut lasted for just 21 minutes as he was forced off with an injury in a friendly match played on Wednesday evening at the Real Club de Golf Campoamor Campo 1 in Spain.Okumu was named in the starting team just five days after signing for the club. He looked assured in the opening stages of the game before he was unfortunately taken off with an unspecified injury, and his club will be hoping that it is nothing major.Kenya International Joseph Okumu was withdrawn 21 minutes into his debut for Stade de Reims after seemingly picking an injury in the friendly match against Getafe on Wednesday. Reims won 1-0.#FootballKEpic.twitter.com/WdWFQWMUkN— Murimi Njiru (@muriminjirujnr) July 26, 2023 ##NAJAVA_MECA_7390542##Reims went on to win the game courtesy of a goal from Guinea defender Ibrahim Diakité. Next for them is another friendly match in Spain against Zaragoza on Saturday.Michael Olunga brace in AustriaIn Austria, Michael Olunga scored twice as his club, Al Duhail, put six past lowly-ranked Austrian SV Heiming. Olunga, who played for 50 minutes, scored the opening two goals before Sultan Al-Buraik, Rashid Al-Abdullah, Abdul Rahman, and Abdul Aziz Muhammad joined the scoring party.Duhail will be in action again on Monday in Austria against SV IMST.Victor Wanyama on the losing end in the US Elsewhere Victor Wanyama was left out of the matchday squad as his side crashed out of the Leagues Cup after a 1-0 defeat to DC United on Thursday morning. Erik Hurtado scored the all-important goal of the game in the 70th minute.”We created enough chances to win this game, and the second half was completely dominant. I don’t believe the team could have done more than this. I’m very proud of all the efforts we made to create so many opportunities to score. It’s painful, but we know that it’s going to be like that until the end of the season,” Montreal coach Hernan Losada said in his post-match press conference.Montreal and Wanyama will be in action again on August 21 when they travel to Toronto for a league match.Matano pays glowing tribute to Mieno
