Olunga's Duhail out to turn around opening day loss
Reading Time: 2min | Wed. 10.08.22. | 17:32
Olunga will be hoping to win the title with Duhail in his second full season with the club, but they have to return to winning ways after falling on the opening day.
Harambee Stars skipper Michael Olunga and his side AL Duhail will be out to turn around their start to the season with a man when they take on Al-Ahli Doha in the second match of their 2022/23 campaign on Thursday.
Duhail fell 4-2 to Al Wakra in the opening round last week despite the Kenyan being on the scoresheet which saw him attract praises from his coach Hernan Crespo.
Ahead of the Thursday match, Crespo opines that picking up in the second match will come in handy to kick-starting Duhail's season having been health a blow in that opening match loss.
"It is very important to win our match against Al-Ahly after the loss in round one. We have worked a lot to correct errors and also rehabilitated a number of injured players. The match against Al-Ahly will not be easy as they won the opening game, which increases their to continue winning and this makes the task more difficult." he said.
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— نادي الدحيل ALDUHAIL (@DuhailSC) August 3, 2022
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The Argentine tactician rued missed chance in the defeat to Wakra but upholds that the harmony between his players is great, urging them to strive and avoid as many errors as they did then.
"In the previous game, we made some mistakes that cost us a result that we did not seek to get out of, and despite the defeat, the team had many opportunities, but the players did not take advantage of them, and we will strive not to make mistakes in the next match and win. There is great harmony between the players and our defeat in the previous round was due to mistakes, but the team always strives to win," he added.
