Gor Mahia head coach Zedekiah ‘Zico’ Otieno has issued an injury update on the influential duo of goalkeeper Gad Mathews and defender Rooney Onyango ahead of the Tusker clash.League leaders Tusker FC will welcome fourth-placed K’Ogalo in what is the biggest game of the weekend set for Sunday 19 January at Kenyatta Stadium, Machakos as both teams continue with their title push.AFC Leopards suffer first ever loss to FC Talanta who end 3-game losing streakAhead of the high stakes match, Zico, after their Friday 17 January training session at the match venue shared his thoughts on the match and the double injury update.“For Gad, he got injured when we played against Kitara and the doctor advised him to wait for another two weeks. As for Rooney, he got a knock yesterday (Thursday 16 January) and was going for his MRI report today (Friday 17 January). ##NAJAVA_MECA_8640835##We are hoping there will be nothing much and he will be back in training tomorrow (Saturday 18 January) ahead of the match,” Zico told Stephen Ochieng.The former KCB FC coach said that he was satisfied with his team’s preparations since their last league match, about a month ago.Kenya working round the clock to complete stadia despite CHAN postponement“We have been continuing with our post-Christmas training which started with the match against Kitara. We have been doing well and we do not have any problems with the team,” he stated.The Harambee Stars assistant coach acknowledged the Brewers’ strength but outlined what his side needs to do in order to become victorious.##NAJAVA_MECA_8640797##“Tusker has always been a tough team, one of the title contenders every season but for us, we know what we are supposed to do as Gor Mahia. We are just supposed to get in and play very tactically while controlling the game technically, physically and mentally so that come Sunday we are the winners,” he added.Video of CS Joho attending former Liverpool defender’s business launch surfacesThe 56-year-old also noted that the game will be down to the 11 players from each team on the pitch and not statistics or the team’s position.“It does not count for us that we are playing league leaders or whoever, for us, we are playing Tusker and just like against any other team, we are looking for three points. ##NAJAVA_MECA_8640806##Their 11 players who will be on the pitch versus our 11 players is what is important,” he concluded.
