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From: B-Haile (eritrea.lave@comhem.se)
Date: Fri Apr 15 2011 - 16:09:56 EDT
U23 team heads to Eritrea
by Collins Okinyo 15 April 2011, 13:27
The Kenya under 23 National team will depart for Eritrea on Saturday for the first leg encounter of their All Africa Games qualifying match against the hosts Eritrea in Asmara on Sunday.
Head coach Bob Oyugi said the contingent of 18 players and five officials will depart from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport early Saturday. The team wrapped up its preparations with a 3-1 win over Kenyan Premier League side City Stars 3-1 on Wednesday.
"We are well prepared and want to go all out. My main objective will be to attack but if we cannot get a win a scoring draw will good so that when we come back home we can finish off the Eritreans and move to the next round."
Oyugi told SuperSport.com he was not worried by the absence of the KPL players saying the conditions set by the league had made it possible for him to incorporate them, "The Kenyan Premier League wanted to release players to only two days before the clash but I found it difficult since they needed time to blend in with the rest of the team as we needed the players to be with us for more than two weeks but we have talented players so we should be ok."
The team draws most of it members from the team that won the under 17 Cecafa championship held in Rwanda early in January with the likes of Bruno Charles,Vincent Otieno,Martin Lemeiyan,Martin Nairoka,Collins Shivachi and Abdul Malik Mohammed expected to make the final squad.
http://supersport.com/football/kenya/news/110415/U23_team_heads_to_Eritrea
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