Nzoia Sugar FC coach Salim Babu is a relaxed man with his Bungoma-based FKF Premier League side slowly moving away from the drop zone.The Millers, who are on a three-match winning streak have managed to steer away from the danger zone and have a 13-point cushion over Vihiga Bullets who occupy the final automatic relegation spot in the table.The team has been on the rise since the former Western Stima, Sony Sugar, and Kisumu All-Stars coach took over at the end of January.With the drop fears easing, Babu says he is enjoying seeing the players grow as they prepare to host Vihiga Bullets in a league match at their Sudi Stadium backyard in a week’s time.Bullets no longer deadly:Vihiga bullets 0-1 Nzoia Sugar FC. Bullets sunk yet again with relegation looming large #Tonight pic.twitter.com/tO9iJ4NFr4— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) March 17, 2022 “We are preparing well for the return leg match against Vihiga Bullets and I am enjoying what I seein training every day, the boys keep improving, and you can see it in matches because they really make it hard for our opponents and I want to urge them to keep growing, ” Babu told Mozzart Sport.During the break, the Millers featured in a friendly match against División One side Luanda Villa, a match in which the tactician handed some of his fringe players playtime and he was impressed by their performance and the level of quality of the opponent.“On Thursday we played División One side Luanda Villa in a friendly game which ended in a one-all draw. I think it was a good preparation game for us because they are really a good team, with some exciting players who are very competitive. It was also a match that I handed players who haven’t been playing much some game time because I have been using around 13 players per game and to be competitive you have to ensure that all your players have that match-fitness and such friendly games allows you to achieve that,” he added. (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-17654-38844”)); Standings provided by SofaScore LiveScore
