Eric Kapaito scored a brilliant bicycle kick in the 26th minute as Tusker FC edged out newly promoted APS Bomet 1-0 in a friendly match played at the Finlays Ground in Kericho on Tuesday afternoon.
The friendly match was the first of three organized during the team’s pre-season boot camp in Kisumu. Kapaito, who has returned to the team after a one-season stint in Tanzania scored with a brilliant overhead kick, finishing off after skipper Charles Momanyi had nodded down Issa Lumumba’s recycled ball from a freekick.
Kapaito had been a threat all game, picking the ball deep in midfield and making incisive runs to the danger area.
The brewers could have made it 2-0 minutes later but Lumumba’s low strike from distance hit the upright with the keeper left dazed. New signing Ronnie Otieno also had an opportunity when he sneaked to pick a backpass but slipped just as he prepared to pull the trigger.
In the second half, coach Charles Okere made changes bringing in the likes of Dennis Oalo, Eugene Ikutwa, Vincent Owino and Thomas Omolle.
“It was a great match for us because mostly we wanted to have a look at the new players and how well they have integrated into the team. There were a lot of positives and of course some areas that we feel we can do better and we will improve in the next coming matches,” coach Okere said after the game.
The team will next fac e off against TBM Health in Kisumu on Thursday before playing Kakamega Homeboyz in Kakamega on Saturday and concluding the week-long camp.
