Asike terms Mathare win confidence booster

Tusker FC captain Eugene Asike believes the win against Mathare last Thursday will boost the team’s motivation heading to the new year, after a difficult start to the campaign.The brewers served Mathare football lessons, thumping in four goals and conceding one to finish the year on a high as well as redeem themselves from a 1-0 defeat in the hands of Kakamega Homeboyz.Asike who contributed to the huge win by notching in a goal said the win inspire the team to get their title defence back on track after a rather poor start. Tusker have played nine matches so far, winning four, losing a similar number of matches and sharing points once.🚨| Interview with skipper Eugene Asike:◾️ Finishing off the year with a win◾️ How the team motivated itself to get three points◾️ Getting on the scoresheet.🔗| https://t.co/SbR4xU9n2h pic.twitter.com/OkFCQ7A6xC— 🏆Tusker FC (@tusker_fc) January 2, 2022 “We had a very good game and we needed a reaction especially coming from a loss in our last game and that is what the boys did. We knew it would be an important game and we needed a huge performance from everyone .It has been a difficult start to the season but in the dressing room before the game we talked and we said we needed to finish the year on a high and that is what we did. It will give us a confidence boost heading into the new year,” said the centre back on the club’s website.The former Sofapaka man who managed a couple of goals last season was in the meantime happy after opening his account in the season after admittedly trying to do so in the past rounds without success.🚨| Ibrahim Joshua speaks after his first hatrick of the season.◾️ Breaking his goal drought◾️ Confidence moving forward◾️ His celebration🔗| https://t.co/keJlICsZZ5 pic.twitter.com/A5nCtIpgnU— 🏆Tusker FC (@tusker_fc) January 1, 2022 The Kenyan international who returned to the starting team against Mathare after watching the Homeboyz duel from the substitutes bench is hoping to pick from where he left last year when they tackle a rejuvinated Bidco United on Wednesday.“For me to get on the scoresheet was great. It was important for me to open my account for the season. I have been getting into good positions but not scoring but at least today, I got a goal. It is a confidence boost for me and the team as well moving forward,” said the skipper.

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