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Stars coach Firat issues rallying call as Cameroon lie in wait

Harambee Stars

Harambee Stars Coach Engin Firat (center) monitors his players during a training session at Kenya Police Sacco Stadium in Nairobi on October 9, 2024.

Photo credit: Chris Omollo | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Ahead of the clash, Cameroon’s camp was divided, with coach Marc Marc Brys threatening to resign after Cameroonian Football Federation (Fecafoot) had omitted the name of his assistant, Joachim Mununga, from the official match sheet in the game against Kenya.
  • “I am extremely angry. We had started working well together with Fecafoot, but I was shocked to see my assistant’s name was missing from the official match commissioner’s list. I was furious. Let me warn you, if this happens again, I will quit,” said Brys.

Harambee Stars coach, Engin Firat has urged his players to play better and reverse the heavy defeat his team suffered on Friday when Kenya hosts Cameroon in the reverse fixture of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers Monday.

Kenya will host the Indomitable Lions today at the Mandela National Stadium in Kampala from 4pm (Kenyan time) behind closed doors. Stars suffered a heavy 4-1 defeat in the first leg match played at the 42,000-seater Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium in Yaounde, Cameroon.