Ulinzi Stars new tactician Bernard Mwalala opines that the Elite Pre-season Tournament has served its purpose so far according to the plans he had with his technical bench for the Soldiers.Mwalala crossed over to the four-time Kenya Premier League champions barely two weeks ago, taking over from Vincent Otieno who served as an interim coach when Benjamin Nyangweso was ousted.Feckless Ulinzi Stars crumble under City Stars’ dazzling comeback##NAJAVA_MECA_6677763##The Soldiers won their opening match against MCF, coming from a goal down to win the match 3-1, all the three goals for Ulinzi being scored from the 85th minute onwards.They then played to two-all draws against Kenya Police FC, and against Nairobi City Stars on Monday. Against Police, they came from behind twice to equalize but gave away a 2-0 lead towards the end of their encounter with City Stars.Despite the result, Mwalala believes that the pre-season competition served its purpose fully as he got to field different players and evaluate their performance.”The aim of the tournament for us was to offer me as a new coach the platform to watch the team I have and I have used it well. The tournament has served the purpose and I think we have gained more than we have lost in the tournament,” he said.Boniface Muchiri and Hillary Simiyu will score so many goals between themselves. Such good acquisitions for @UlinziStarsFC . However, my team still lacks that winning mentality… Once we get that one back, we are good to go. We need to find it soonest#GBUS— Murimi Njiru (@muriminjirujnr) September 26, 2022 While referring to taking an early lead against Simba wa Nairobi, the former Kakamega Homeboyz coach said that he had seen what he was looking for the entire tournament, that being the only match that his team had take a lead in.”I have seen what I was looking for in the tournament. In our initial matches the opponent scored first and we had to fight from behind but we scored first in the game,” he added.
