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AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Harambee Stars coach Francis Kimanzi feels there is more to take away from his side\u2019s 2-1 victory over Zambia\u2019s Chipolopolo in Friday\u2019s international friendly match at Nyayo National Stadium.<\/p>\n

Egyptian-based winger Cliff Nyakeya was involved in both goals that gave Kenya\u00a0a morale-boosting win ahead of next month\u2019s two-legged 2021 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers tie against Group G leaders Comoros.<\/p>\n

Kenya took the lead in the 21st minute when Mwape Tandi accidentally redirected Nyakeya\u2019s cross from the right channel into his own net following a clever pass from Kenneth Muguna.<\/p>\n

Muguna once again set up the Masr midfielder for the second goal in the 35th minute before Emmanuel Chabula came off the bench to pull one back for the former African champions.<\/p>\n

But the Kenyans survived a late scare when Milutin \u2018Micho\u2019 Sredojevic\u2019s men were controversially denied a clear equaliser by the referee in 84th minute.<\/p>\n

Though Harambee Stars lacked their normal intensity due to lack of enough preparation time,Kimanzi said he was pleased with his charges\u2019 output.<\/p>\n

Being the first match in the country in over seven months, the Dutch-trained coach expected his boys to struggle with fitness in the later stages of the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a great game for us. I\u2019m more than delighted for the result because I didn\u2019t get enough time to prepare the players and I was even forced to use players with low fitness levels. I knew we would struggle in the last twenty minutes or so and that actually happened with a few players looking exhausted; this because of the situation we have gone through,\u201d said Kimanzi.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the important thing is that we\u2019ve gotten the win against a very tough Zambian team. I think this victory has given us a good platform for the upcoming Afcon qualifiers against Comoros. If we had a bad game, it would have burdened us but since we struggled and got the result, it will motivate us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Zambia coach Milutin \u2018Micho\u2019 Sredojevic’s.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

However, Micho whose team will face Botswana in next month\u2019s Afcon qualifiers had a different view of the encounter.<\/p>\n

The Serbian felt they were robbed an equaliser by the referee as he\u00a0challenged African countries to embrace the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology.<\/p>\n

Having dominated the better part of the match, the former Uganda and Rwanda coach thinks his team did not deserve to lose.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst of all, we knew we are coming to play against a very competitive team and it exactly happened on the field,\u201d said Micho.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe that we dominated from start to an end and cracked in just two occasions. When you play away and concede from counter-attacks this is simply unacceptable. So, we conceded from those two situations (blunders). We regrouped, changed the pace of the game in the second half, come to the opponent, created chances and scored. All those talking that VAR is not needed in football, they could see that the ball clearly crossed the line.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cIt\u2019s not that I thought the ball was in, but people have seen and let\u2019s be clear to that. All those that are talking about VAR not being in football, it needs to be in football especially on big level. Anyway, if we are supposed lose, let\u2019s lose in a friendly match and learn the lessons looking forward to Afcon qualifiers. But I\u2019m extremely satisfied with the way we applied ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Zambia’s Godfrey Nawenya (left) and David Owino of Harambee Stars during a friendly match between at Nyayo National Stadium on Friday, Oct 8, 2020.\u00a0<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AfricaPress-Kenya: Harambee Stars coach Francis Kimanzi feels there is more to take away from his side\u2019s 2-1 victory over Zambia\u2019s Chipolopolo in Friday\u2019s international friendly match at Nyayo National Stadium. 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