Kenyan internationals Richard Odada and Jonah Ayunga faced off albeit on the bench as Dundee United edged St Mirren 1-0 in a Scottish Premiership clash. The Harambee Stars duo started from the bench in the clash and failed to feature entirely, meaning that they will be fresh when Kenya takes on Cameroon on Friday. ##NAJAVA_MECA_8389309##The match lacked the needed impetus in the first half as both teams struggled to create any meaningful chances with the opening stanza ending goalless.The closing half was not too dissimilar to the first half but Norwich City loanee Emmanuel Adegboyega struck in the 75th minute to net his first goal for the club. Masud Juma joins Harambee Stars training ahead of AFCON qualifier against CameroonAdegboyega profited from a loose ball that was parried by goalkeeper Ellery Balcombe after a corner fell to the feet of Ross Docherty.That goal proved to be the match-winner as promoted Dundee moved to within six points of table toppers Celtic who are on 18 points. ##NAJAVA_MECA_8389288##Speaking after the match St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson was disappointed with the result after missing a number of chances created. “There are plenty of good things. I don’t know how many chances we need to score a goal. The amount of crosses we put in and half chances we had, but the disappointing thing is we haven’t hit the target often enough – which we work on tirelessly.Former Inter Milan midfielder Macdonald Mariga on how Harambee Stars can slay Cameroon”The final product is missing. We have been scoring goals up to now, we’ve created and missed a lot of chances,” said Robinson. Dundee United manager Jim Goodwin was however full of praise for Adegboyega who has impressed him with his development. ##NAJAVA_MECA_8389325##“Emmanuel is a young centre-back that is developing continuously and we’re working really hard with him. He’s got a great profile from a centre-back in terms of his size, physicality, pace and he’s comfortable on the ball despite a few loose passes.He’ll grab the headlines for the goal but that’s now what he’s in the team for. The whole squad have chipped in with goals throughout the campaign and we need everybody to contribute – hopefully the strikers will catch fire at some point.”
