{"id":21100,"date":"2021-01-18T19:40:46","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T19:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?p=21100"},"modified":"2021-01-18T19:40:46","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T19:40:46","slug":"fkf-premier-league-bandari-coach-mbungo-proud-of-his-players-fighting-spirit-after-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/fkf-premier-league-bandari-coach-mbungo-proud-of-his-players-fighting-spirit-after-win","title":{"rendered":"FKF Premier League: Bandari coach Mbungo proud of his players&#8217; fighting spirit after win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Bandari coach Andre Mbungo hailed his players for their fighting spirit despite playing a man less for more than 50 minutes to win their FKF Premier League\u00a0match against Kakamega Homeboyz on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was my second match since I took over Bandari and I can confidently say there was a lot of amount of fighting spirit in the entire match,\u201d said Mbungo in a post-match interview after guiding the dockers to a 4-3 win over the visiting Kakamega boys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA player down for over 50 minutes and still complete the match with a decent win clearly showed the fighting spirit was impressive,\u201d said the tactician.<\/p>\n<p>Ugandan import William Wardi was given a straight red card in the 40th minute, but not before he scored the second goal for\u00a0Bandari\u00a0after Hassan Abdallah had given the winners the opening goal for a 2-0 lead.<\/p>\n<p>Former Bandari player Moses Mudavadi returned to torment the dockers with two quick goals to level the score at 2-2. Yema Mwana added the third goal for Bandari to take a 3-2 lead at half time.<\/p>\n<p>Abdallah completed his brace for a 4-2 lead before\u00a0Estone Asiye\u00a0reduced the gap in the 86th minute, but the goal was not enough to share the spoils with the hosts.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Mbungo said he had a lot of positives to take from the match. \u201cWe must maintain our speed as we head to our next four crucial matches,\u201d said the coach. Bandari travel to Nairobi to face Mathare United before returning to Mombasa to host champions Gor Mahia and later play Kariobangi Sharks and AFC Leopards. 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