Tusker FC head coach Robert Matano has called on his side to rise up to the task of fending off strong opposition presented by five time African champions Zamalek when the two sides meet in the second round first leg clash of the CAF Champions League set to be staged on Saturday afternoon at Nyayo National Stadium.After comfortably beating Djibouti’s AS Arta Solar 4-1 on aggregate to advance to the second round, the Brewers were scheduled to face the Egyptian powerhouse at the last hurdle of preliminaries for a spot at the priced group stages of the continental competition.📆| Countdown to the big one this Saturday!As the game will be played behind closed doors, we have some good news! The game will be relayed LIVE on our Facebook page and YouTube channel.#KenyaMilele #Brewers4Life pic.twitter.com/Yo047RTXWw— 🏆Tusker FC (@tusker_fc) October 13, 2021 With the games just coming on the back of an international break where four key Tusker players namely Daniel Sakari, Eugene Asike, Brian Bwire and Boniface Muchiri had to attend to country duties on top of other foreign nationals also being away, Matano reflected on the break in the ideal momentum that he would have liked to have ahead of the crucial first leg where they have the home advantage.“We started getting back together as a whole team on Wednesday after the international break. We were just training with the rest of the boys who were not called up by their various national teams,” the coach told Mozzart Sport.⚽️| The boys stepped up training today ahead of Saturday’s clash against Zamalek SC in the CAF Champions League.#KenyaMilele #Brewers4Life pic.twitter.com/3SwAhkEqi3— 🏆Tusker FC (@tusker_fc) October 12, 2021 Historically, Kenyan teams have always come up short against North African teams with record Kenyan champions Gor Mahia bearing the brunt of most beatings on the continental stage.##NAJAVA_MECA_5896374##Against Zamalek, however, Matano who guided his side back to the continental scene after a four year absence labelled the dreaded Zamalek as just human beings who are also beatable as he called on his team to fixate their eyes on emerging from the contest with the three points and the advantage going into the second round to be played a week later.“We are prepared for them. We know they are champions but that does not matter because we are also champions. What is there is in us is confidence and commitment because we are going to play as a team. They are not super humans, they are just human beings and our target is to win that match no matter where we play or how we play,” the coach remarked.Heading into the fixture, the decorated Brewers coach has a range of options at his disposal after his key players who were nursing injuries were passed fully fit for the clash.Full house at Tusker as quartet return ahead of Zamalek test
