Kenya coach Engin Firat - Photo FKF Media.
Kenya coach Engin Firat has revealed the reason he thinks denied Harambee Stars a ticket to the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco.
Kenya’s chances were shattered on Friday after they battled to a 1-1 draw against Zimbabwe at Peter Makoba Stadium in South Africa. The draw enabled the Warriors to join Cameroon as qualified teams from Group J with one match to spare.
Speaking after the game, Firat said as quoted by FARPost: “I can understand everybody. It’s their right to be angry because we wanted to go 100 per cent. So, none of us is happy about it.
“But we have to realise what we have and stop dreaming. You remember how many times I have spoken about problems in Kenyan football, and they never fixed the problem. Things are getting worse. As long as we don’t solve these problems then it will take more years.
“Why don’t we go after the reality that we have in Kenyan football and stop dreaming? Solve the problems.”
“In Kenya, it’s only we want, we want, we want. By giving what? In three years, we have never played a match at home [in Kenya]; show me another nation that has gone through that. We have no fans, nothing, we have no support.
“We don’t even have a training field in Kenya. Show me one training field. Which training field can you compare to another country? he asked.
“As long as we don’t solve these problems, what would you want to do? Do we change something, federation change? Coach change? What will change at the end? Nothing. There is a reason why the national team did not qualify for the last two AFCONs.”
Kenya will wind up their group matches against Namibia on Tuesday same day Cameroon will host Zimbabwe.
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