Thursday twenty seventh February, 2025 07:36 AM|
Harambee Starlets head coach Beldine Odemba has ecstatically reacted to Kenya’s 1-0 CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations victory towards Tunisia on Wednesday, February 26, 2025.
Starlets claimed a vital win to guide their tickets to the second leg of the 2026 WAFCON qualifiers because of an early aim from Teresa Engesha.
Heading to the tie after a 0-0 attract Nairobi, the Kenyan girls have been compelled to dig deep and present character away from dwelling for fulfillment.
Starlets’ custodian Lilian Awour was arguably the standout hero, incomes the match plaudits for her two penalty saves at both finish of the half.
After the tie, Odemba took to her X web page to publish a cryptic message on the workforce’s success, attributing the win to Kenyans who by no means stopped doubting the facet.
“Today’s accomplishments were yesterday’s impossibilities. To every Kenyan who believed in us, the win is for you,” Odemba stated.
Odemba’s message may as nicely be premised on the context of the prevailing state of affairs that predated the Starlets’ preparations for the conflict.
The Police FC coach and her technical bench had come beneath sharp criticism after a irritating draw at Ulinzi Complex 5 days earlier.
The first-leg tie in Nairobi noticed Kenya fail to make up for a possible dwelling benefit with followers over Odemba’s workforce choice and general administration of the conflict.
Matters appeared to show for the more serious after uncertainty emerged that the coach was doubtlessly in for her final days on the helm of the senior ladies’s facet as Starlets jetted out on Tuesday for the much-anticipated return leg tie in Sousse, Tunis.
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Despite the challenges, Kenya consolidated the prospect for a second WAFCON look.
Kenya will subsequent face Gambia in October within the second spherical, which is the ultimate stage of the qualifiers. Gambia secured their spot after defeating Niger 4-1 on mixture.