Harambee stars will be making history for the first time heading into CAF confederations cup as the table leaders in group F should they beat or draw with Ghana tonight at 21:00 east African time.
The Kenya side last qualified for continental challenge in 2004 with Dennis Oliech famous goal against Cape Verde away in capital Praia. Oliech scored a stunner goal from 25 yard that sent Kenya to Tunisia.
With inexperienced squad then unlike today Kenya had few professional players that embraced working together. Tonight Kenya will field experienced players the likes of Victor Mugubi and Francis Kahata. the who kick off will see both teams fight to get the top slot in group F.
Stars coach Sebastian Migne made some changes in today’s game with new players coming on board. Defender David Sessey of Crawley City a fourth league team in England, and Midfielder Christopher Tangen Bamba who plays for Swedish side Oskarsgamns have joined stars. Captain Victor Wanyama is back in squad after being on sideline for months.
Upfront will see Michael Olunga leading the attack will be assisted by new call up sofapaka winger Pistone Mutamba who replaced Jesse Were. The decision to drop Jesse from the squad has sparked heated debate among stars fans and local coaches including former Kenyan international Boniface Ambani who feels that the decision was to frustrate Were who is in top form this season.
Other games today will see Burundi face of with Gabon in Bujumbura, Cameroon will host Comoros in Yaounde while pharoes will be away face of with Niger. Zambia will host Namibia in Lusaka While Ivory coast will play Rwanda at home Mali will play Southern Sudan in Bamako and the last game will be Senegal verses Madagascar. 9 teams have already qualified they include are host Cameroon, Senegal, Madagascar, Tunisia, Kenya, Ghana, Mali, Egypt and Guinea.
The road to Cameroon will end this weekend with teams knowing their fate after the last round.
