Despite losing the Elite Preseason Cup final against Kenya Police FC, Nairobi City Stars head coach Nicholas Muyoti has lauded the tournament for handing his budding players some experience.Goals from David Simiyu and Marvin Nabwire delivered the cup for Kenya Police who outplayed City Stars in the final staged at the Nyayo National Stadium on Saturday.Elite Preseason Cup: Simiyu, Nabwire on the mark as Police thump City StarsMuyoti who has a number of young players in his squad this season noted that the tournament has handed his fledgling talents the needed experience against top sides.“It was really important for my young boys to get minutes in this tournament, I wanted to see if they could match up with other KPL teams and now I know what to do before the start of the season. ##NAJAVA_MECA_6686227##We need to have some more build-up matches which will be against tough opponents and with time they will be good and ready to go,” said Muyoti.City Stars only suffered a single loss in the tournament which came in the final with the side parting ways with a number of experienced players in the off-season transfer window.Muyoti revealed why his side lost against Police on Saturday as he went on to add that such preseason tournaments need to be made regular.Okumbi explains ramifications of FIFA suspension on Kenyan football“Defensive-wise, we were not compact enough to be able to stop Police and in the final third we were just not present.I’m happy with the experience my players had today, we need more of such matches with pressure so that we can know what we have as a team,” added Muyoti.
