Newly promoted Mara Sugar FC’s attacking midfielder Brian Ochieng is happy with the club’s achievements in the just concluded season.Additionally, despite not hitting the targets he had set for himself at the beginning of the season, he is content with his show.Mara Sugar won the National Super League (NSL) 2023/2024 season and earned promotion to the topflight, the FKF Premier League having accumulated a total of eighty two points and with that ensure that top-tier football returns to Awendo Green Stadium, home of the defunct Sony Sugar FC.Congratulations Mara Sugar 👏👏👏#FKFNSL pic.twitter.com/8InXA4pjKh— FKF NSL (@FKF_NSL) June 30, 2024 Having finished the 2022/2023 season in fourth position with sixty points, two shy of third placed Migori Youth, who lost to Muhoroni Youth in the playoffs/promotion slot, Mara Sugar were keen to make ammends and avoid another season of heartbreakThe team embarked on early preparations and a proper strategy that would make them earn the much coveted promotion to the FKF Premier League. They did so with style and not only got promoted but also won the league.One of the key figures in that Mara Sugar side has been Ochieng. The small bodied attacking midfielder who has been bringing flair to the game, ignites the attacking threat of the team, creates chances for his team, provides assists and even takes matters in his own hands to bang goals for the sugar millers.Gor Mahia unveil trio set to bolster club in upcoming Kagame CupThis season, he admits was not an easy one but a fulfilling one in the end“The season has been a long and demanding one for all of us. It has not been easy. It has been a tough one but at the end of it, we are all pleased and delighted to see the fruits of our labour,” stated Brian.“There were games where we thought we could not come out with positive results but we kept on lifting and motivating each other to keep pushing. The technical bench did not allow us to lose hope either and that went a long way in ensuring we gain promotion,” he added.In the end, the job was done. Promotion was achieved despite Brian not attaining his personal targets of the season.“I had a target of 7 goals and 10 second leg assists but I managed to get 4 goals and 7 second leg assists. The most important thing though is that the team was promoted,” he concluded.##NAJAVA_MECA_8197943##
