Tusker will represent the country in next season’s edition of CAF Champion’s league after edging out Ulinzi Stars to remain top of the log on June 30, as communicated by the federation earlier.Chris Ochieng’ came off the bench to score the fourth goal just minutes after Kevin Okoth had scored Tusker’s third, and his coach Robert Matano believes that is football. Getting what you did not expect.Brian Marita thumped a powerful header past James Saruni after being set up with a nice cross from Henry Meja in the 46 minute to see Tusker lead for the first time in the game, a pocket of hope for their turn around.Just a minute into the second half, Meja cuts in a low cross from the left, Marita arrives at the backpost and taps the ball home!!! pic.twitter.com/jY2cYmGerz— Tusker FC (@tusker_fc) June 30, 2021 Tusker’s tactician said that total football had been witnessed against Ulinzi Stars, adding that in football sometimes you get what you do not expect.”That is football. What you do not expect is what you get. They scored first but we recovered and scored more. I told them to go back and get a goal in the early minutes and more would follow. We got our chances in the second half and we used them perfectly today,” a smiling Robert Matano said.His counterpart, Benjamin Nyangweso, said that he did not know what exactly happened, saying that losing is part of the game and they will go back to training and work on the areas they made errors.”We conceded just on getting back from halftime. That goal shot down our morale and we ended up conceding two other easy goals toward the end of the second. We have lost, and it is part of the game, I do not know what happened. We will go back and rectify our mistakes,” Nyangweso said.🍻 FULL TIME 🍻 ….and yes it’s TUSKER FC Ulinzi FC 1 Tusker FC 4#TuskerOrKCB#BKPL pic.twitter.com/duydMS1W4B— Betking Kenya Premier League (@Officialfkfpl) June 30, 2021 Ulinzi Stars had threatened Tusker’s participation at the continental stage in the ninth minute after Boniface Okinyi headed home to give Ulinzi stars an early lead in the tenth minute. 10 minutes later, Tusker drew the scores level after Birgen guided Luke Namanda’s low cross into his own net in an attempt to clear it. Ulinzi Stars started the game on the front foot, constantly attacking Tusker but they slowly grew into the game after the equalizer, with Hashim Sempala bossing the midfield and forcing Ulinzi to play wide.Ulinzi Stars made changes at halftime, bringing in Clinton Omondi who has been on fine form for the Soldiers for Oscar Wamalwa.🔴 | WOW IT’S ALREADY 4 ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️Ulinzi FC 1 Tusker FC 4#TuskerOrKCB#BKPL pic.twitter.com/4ZEb42DTMq— Betking Kenya Premier League (@Officialfkfpl) June 30, 2021 Robert Matano reiterated on the hour mark bringing in Humphrey Mieno and Boniface Muchiri for Faraj Odeny and Brian Marita. Later, he brought in Chris Ochieng’ for Henry Meja.With 20 minutes to play, Nyangweso brought in Kevin Thairu for Ibrahim Shambi in an attempt to draw the team level.Tusker lead the log with 47 points while Ulinzi drop to ninth after Wazito beat Nairobi City Stars to leapfrog them.Earlier, Sofapaka had seen off Western Stima at the same venue in the early kick off to go ahead of Posta Rangers on 27 points. (function (el) { window.addEventListener(“message”, (event) => { if (event.origin.startsWith(“https://www.sofascore”)) { if (el.id === event.data.id) { el.style.height = event.data.height + “px”; } } }); })(document.getElementById(“sofa-standings-embed-17654-34876”)); Standings provided by SofaScore LiveScore
