“We know that they are very experienced players and they make the team strong. However, we just want to go there and play our game. We want to go back home with a positive result. As a team we are not afraid of any names,” coach Matano said.
Football Kenya Federation Premier League champions Tusker FC are ready to take on a star studded Arta Solar 7 side when the two teams lock horns in the preliminary round of the CAF Champions League in Djibouti City on Saturday evening.
Arta boast of experienced faces in Alex Song, Diafra Sakho and Alain Traore, but the Kenyan side is not cowed by that and insist they will give their all to pick maximum points away from home.
“We know that they are very experienced players and they make the team strong. However, we just want to go there and play our game. We want to go back home with a positive result. As a team we are not afraid of any names,” coach Matano said.
The coach adds; “We also have big names in our team. We have almost seven players who were away on international duty.”
Goalkeeper Emery Mvuyekure added; ““We are starting away from home and so this will give us a slight advantage but nowadays in African football, being home or away has become almost the same thing. But we want to start off with a win and give ourselves a calmer approach to the second leg next weekend.”