Tusker Youth head coach Peter Kariuki has revealed the strategy that the team has adopted to help them gain promotion to the FKF Division One.Follow our WhatsApp channel for more newsKariuki, who initially served as the assistant coach of the team, took charge of the FKF Division Two outfit at the start of the season following Charles Okere’s promotion to the senior team to replace veteran head coach Robert Matano.Match-fixing suspects could soon cost FKF millions in compensationThe tactician has guided Tusker Youth to third place at the end of the first leg with 27 points, 10 shy of league leaders Royal Fresh.With only one team guaranteed automatic promotion, Kariuki is aware of the task ahead and shares his Division Two promotion strategy.##NAJAVA_MECA_8867621##“We have a plan for the 15 matches of the second leg. We are just going to approach one game at a time with an aim of getting maximum points because we are about 10 points from the top and therefore cannot afford to drop points at this stage.We will be analysing every opponent that we are going to face,” said Kariuki.FKF’s plan to build new headquarters away from KasaraniThe CAF B license holder admits that he is under more pressure from the management, the fans and himself to ensure that the team not only performs well but also gains promotion.“The pressure has been there. Tusker is a big team that demands results. The biggest pressure on me is to promote the team to Division Two,” added Kariuki.##NAJAVA_MECA_8867626##For Kariuki and his technical bench, they draw satisfaction from seeing players from the youth team getting promoted to the senior team and across top-tier and second-tier sides.“The priority of our youth team is to serve as a feeder team for the senior team, and we are glad to have promoted at least one player every time, with several others also joining other top-tier teams and the NSL (National Super League),” he said.Shabana FC forward still dreaming of lifting FKFPL after Mozzart Bet Cup exitThis season, David Polepole- a youth team striker has already featured for Tusker FC and continues to train with the senior team, who are trying to fill in the gap left by the injury of Ryan Wesley Ogam, who is sidelined with an injury for the whole season.
