Kenyan champions Tusker continued with their impressive form in the pre-season after narrowly edging Murang’a Seal 2-1 in a test match played on Saturday morning at Ruaraka grounds.Tanzanian international Ibrahim Joshua and Erick Otieno were on target for the beer makers with Fabian Adikiny netting the consolation goal for the visitors.Tusker who are bidding to hold on the league title in the new season haven’t lost any pre-season battle and will be hoping mimic the same form when the season gets underway.##NAJAVA_MECA_6706229##The club had earlier in the week beaten another second tier outfit in Naivas 2-0 at the same venue.Reacting to the result, Seal head coach Ezekiel Akwana said he was satisfied with the courage his players depicted and how they defended.The tactician who was appointed two weeks ago said the players had grasped the defensive tactics he had been imparting for a while and tipped them to keep as many cleansheets as possible in the league.”If you look at the past fifteen matches the team has played, you will notice that cleansheet were rare and thus, my first assignment was to fix the backline .Our aim in the game was to test whether the players have fully understood the defensive drills and tactics. I am happy we did not concede from open play, neither was the defence at fault for the two goals. Our custodian made errors which we will rectify in the remaining weeks. The players expressed themselves with confidence and maintained a good shape when not in possession,” he said.Ouna stirs hornet’s nest with claims Rwandan players work harder than KenyansSeal had lost their previous test matches against KCB and AFC Leopards in 4-1 and 3-1 scorelines respectively.The club lost to Wazito in the promotion/relegation playoff on goal difference grounds.
