AFC Leopards hosts Posta Rangers this Sunday at Kenyatta Stadium, Machakos in an FKF-PL round 2 match that will be played kick off at 3.00pm. We sit pretty on the top of the league table after beating league returnees Mathare United 4-0 in the opening fixture before breaking for the 2 weeks international break. The club’s media caught up with the head coach Thomas Trucha this week. He shared what he has been up to during the break and talked about our upcoming fixture.
How has the international break been?
We had three different sessions during this break. We first had to recover from the rigorous pre-season we had and secondly was the fitness part where we had to recharge batteries and finally prepare for our next league match. We have played three friendly matches during this period to give all our players game time and test different players’ combinations.
We had 6 players called up for National team duties. Do you feel like this is a positive step for the team?
It is always a reward to players for their hard work during the season to be called to represent their country and also feedback for us coaches that we are pushing our players to have national team quality. We are a big club, and we must be prepared to have players in the national team. On the other hand , having players in the national team also comes with the risk of injuries.
Coach Trucha also shared his views on the effect of the international break to clubs : When your team have good record with positive results the break can have a negative impact but if you are on a bad run gives you time a good as a coach to bring players back to the winning track.
The league resumes this Saturday. Do you have anything to say about our Sunday’s opponents?
Posta Rangers is one of big teams in the FKF-PL and it looks like their coach finally found an understanding with his players which was visible in their league opener against Bandari FC . We respect our opponents very much and we must do our best to show that our win against Mathare United was not a fluke.
