Harambee Stars held Malawi to a barren draw during a friendly international match played in Blantyre.
It was a highly balanced match but strikers in both teams were guilty of squandering a number of chances in the tie on Sunday.
Harambee Stars team manager Peter Serry, who spoke to Sportfest on phone from Malawi said his side played well but could not find the back of the Malawi net. Kimanzi had fielded only the local based players for the match that was part of Malawi Independence Day celebrations.
Top stars like Denis Oliech, Robert Mambo, Patrick Oboya and Titus Mulama didn’t make the trip to Malawi.
Kimanzi has lost only one match since taking over from Jacob Mulee and would be happy to continue with the good run of form before Stars take on Namibia in a World Cup qualifier in September.
It was a good outing for Stars considering that Malawi have had a string of good results and also because they were playing at home.
Malawi had beaten African champions Egypt in a World Cup/African Cup of Nations qualifier and many expected them to also beat Harambee Stars.
The last time the two sides met, Malawi had demolished Stars 3-0 in a World Cup qualifier in 2005 although it was of no consequence as both teams had already being eliminated from the qualifiers.
Sunday, 6 July 2008
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