Tusker FC emerged with a 3-1 victory over fellow FKF Premier League side AFC Leopards in a training match on Saturday morning at the Ruaraka Grounds.Deogratious Ojok, former Vihiga United striker Lawrence Luvanda, and Erick Kapaito scored for the beer makers with Ingwe’s consolation coming from Brian Yakhama.##NAJAVA_MECA_7962938##The game was played in a unique format, with three 40-minute periods, as both coaches used the opportunity to test the depths of their squads and different systems of play as the league takes a recess to create room for international matches.Tusker broke the deadlock in the ninth minute of the first period when Ojok ran onto a through ball before nudging it beyond the keeper.Victory for Hussein Mohammed as court thwarts FKF’s AGM exclusion bidOjok almost scored his second in the 26th minute when he was sent through on goal by James Kibande, but Leopards custodian Humphrey Katasi made a brilliant save from close range.In the second stanza, Tusker doubled the lead seven minutes in when Luvanda curled a magnificent freekick into the top right corner, taking responsibility after he had been appended at the edge of the box.AFC however halved the deficit almost immediately when Yakhama headed home unmarked inside the six-yard box from a cross on the left.Tusker scored the third in the third period of the game, Kapaito breaking the offside trap with a cheeky run before blasting the ball past keeper Maxwell Mulili.Okatch confident of Muhoroni Youth’s survivalWith the international break and no competitive matches for the next two weekends, the game was important for coach Robert Matano and Tomas Trucha to keep their boys in check and ensure match fitness does not drop.Elsewhere, FKF Premier League defending champions Gor Mahia made light work of FKF Division Two outfit Thika Cloth Mills battering them 6-0 in a bounce match staged at the M-Pesa Foundation Grounds in Thika on Saturday.Christopher Ochieng, Rogers Ouma, Austin Odhiambo, and Boniface Omondi were on target for Mahia with Omondi netting a brace.Additional reporting by the Tusker Media team
