Harambee Stars fans have taken to various social media platforms to react to Kenya’s chances of making it to the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations finals following the back-to-back defeats to Cameroon.After a heavy 4-1 defeat in the first leg on Friday, 11th October, Stars had a better game in the second leg, played on Monday afternoon in Uganda, but could yet again not avoid defeat.Stars lost the second leg 1-0 courtesy of Boris Enow.What made the defeat more sour is the fact that Zimbabwe, who are Stars closest challenger for the second available ticket to AFCON, won their match against Namibia 3-1.##NAJAVA_MECA_8412314##Kenya sits in position three with four points, while Zimbabwe are placed second with eight points. Cameroon are already through to the AFCON.Mozzart Sport sampled some of the reactions from the fans and it was clear that Kenyans feel that the team will only spectate in the finals, set for Morocco.In the popular fan group KPL Chat, Abulzack Mwangi noted the difference in the goalkeeping department.Firat yet to give up on Harambee Stars 2025 AFCON qualificationEnock Ochieng said the squad that played in the second leg ought to have been deployed in the first leg.“The lineup in the second leg was well balanced. At least we had players playing in their natural positions save for that awkward substitution that had Nondi play as a striker. Too little, too late though,” he said.“Jagoal wa leo (today’s goalkeeper) was way better than Matasi,” he stated.Popular sports content creator Mosh Junior believes it is time to part ways with coach Engin Firat.”Let him not even try to tell us that we played away from home. Stadiums don’t play. Firat must go,” he posted.Harisson Kimutai on his part believes Kenya stood no chance over the two legs.“Let us be honest with ourselves. Did we really think we could beat Cameroon? We are worlds apart in footballing standards. Let’s hope we can win the remaining matches and Zimbabwe loses. That was always our realistic route,” he said.On Mozzart Sport senior writer Kevin Teya’s Facebook page, Safe Haven Steve believes the referee and the missed chances by captain Michael Olunga contributed to the second-leg loss.“The Ref was so poor and hard on us. Cameroun scored from a free kick which didn’t happen in the first place. Olunga missed a lot of chances, Ayunga played so well last minute that, we generally did well today. We live to fight another day,” he stated.Conrad Magutu on the other hand, believes that Stars have themselves to blame as the team had clear scoring chances.*We have shot ourselves in the foot. Zimbabwe stands the best chance as far as qualifying is concerned. We got some 2 good chances but we were not clinical enough,” said Magutu.AFCON2025Q:Substitute Enow Takang sinks Harambee Stars in UgandaFans continued to share their thoughts on Kenya’s chance to qualify for Africa’s elite tournament.“It’s over. We are still miles away from assembling a competitive team,” said Collins Koyo.Min Blessin felt that Kenya stood no chance of making it to Morocco based on the standings after the four rounds.“Zimbabwe are ahead of us with four points. The best we can do is finish at position 3. We cannot even insult this coach because we owe him 9 months’ salary,” she said.Gor Mahia fan Maustine Moshue on his part, said that as long as it is still mathematically possible, Kenyans must maintain hope.“Mathematically we still stand a chance. We pray that Zimbabwe loses all their remaining games and we win our remaining games. Inawezekana (It is possible).”Popular fan and president of fans outfit Rooftop FC Denis Okoth thinks that coach Engin Firat is the problem.“Stars have zero chances. With Firat as the coach of the national team, we are going nowhere,” he stated.Eyes on the semis as Rising Stars take on Sudan in final U20 AFCON qualifier group stage matchOnce again, a fan cheekily suggested the takeover of Harambee Stars by Adani.“They are out. They should be given to Adani to be managed by Adani if they qualify for the World Cup,” said Sayia Musa.Admin of KPL Chat, Wuod Ongare on his part discussed the slim chances of Kenya to feature in Morocco next year.“If Zimbabwe wins or draws both their matches, they will finish ahead of Kenya regardless. Ideally, We would want Zimbabwe to lose their match against Cameroon and then lose against Us,” he said.
