Former West Ham forward Diafro Sakho has heaped praise on FKFPL champions Tusker FC following a solid display in their Champions League qualifying round clash against his current club Arta Solar 7 of Djibouti.The Brewers fought hard to carry a point home after a 1-1 draw in the first leg, with new signing Ibrahim Joshua scoring on his debut, and will be seeking to finish off the tie at home in a week’s time.Tough outing in difficult conditions in Djibouti. All to play for in the return leg in Nairobi next weekend.#KenyaMilele #Brewers4Life pic.twitter.com/Q1MfyniEQE— 🏆Tusker FC (@tusker_fc) September 11, 2021 The Senegalese forward noted that despite it being a tough game for both teams, a draw depicted the exact picture and went ahead to point out individual brilliance from Jackson Macharia and Apollo Otieno.Macharia was in the starting 11 but was replaced by John Njuguna while Apollo came on for Clyde Senaji in the 60th minute.”It was a difficult game for both teams but I think a draw is good for the two teams. Tusker FC is a good team and have good players in number 16 (Macharia). Number 4 (Apollo) is a good player who made us work hard in the midfield and I think the next game will be very interesting. I am not ready. I am coming from an injury. This is my second training and I think I will build up before the next game which I hope we win.” Sakho said.We make our first change. Apollo is on for Senaji. pic.twitter.com/RA6Af4JFq3— 🏆Tusker FC (@tusker_fc) September 11, 2021 On why he chose the Djibouti outfit, the 31-year old noted that former Arsenal and Barcelona player Alex Song influenced his move as well as the club’s president, adding that Arta Solar have a perfect project for the future of African football.”I came here because of our club president and Alex Song. They have a very good project for the future of African football. I hope most of the players who play in Europe are going to come to play in Africa before they go to China or somewhere. This is just starting with Alex and I and other players and I hope other players will see the growth and come here. This is my first year of African football and I see it is very hard more so with the synthetic pitch. I played at a high level for 12 years and I think this going to be the next Diafro Sakho and I hope my teammates are going to help me to build to score more goals,” he added.60: We make the second change. Njuguna comes in for Macharia pic.twitter.com/MDze8wK7cJ— 🏆Tusker FC (@tusker_fc) September 11, 2021 Tusker will host Arta Solar in Nairobi for the return leg next weekend when a barren draw or a win of any kind will see Robert Matano’s charges proceed to the second preliminary round
