Waire finally handed the team selection reigns to coach Hillary with the coach looking to name his first team. Whether it was based on how people trained during the week or the enthusiasm they showed during the warm up, it was surprise galore in the lineup as the coach tested the ability of the team to gel together. No surprise with Babu starting in goal with Omosh a doubt for the day’s game. John Sembe was handed his first start by the new coach having showed great intensity during the week the kind of aggression that the coach wanted. No surprise in Droopy Droopy maintaining his starting birth as he continued his impressive selection regardless of coach. Talanta ni kama mimba haifichiki. It was Captain IQ who received the first chopping as he was dropped for Lefty who had showed immerse consistency in the week. Lefty number 1 in the coach list was as surprised as the rest of the team as the coach preferred a left foot playing center back. Lefty capabilities as a centerback had already been tested with Nyoso and found to be excellent however, in the previous match he had shipped 9 goals. The pairing of Lefty and Droopy is not new having started in the Mombasa trip two years go. Waire maintained his position having already impressed with his overlapping runs that has become an added arsenal to his game supplementing his Freddy Krueger slasher skills. He came he saw he concurred, call him false six or the land lord for he just made the position his own. Central Midfield, Thiago Alcântara, Sergio Busquests, the choir conductor the heartbeat of the team or simply Collinso. For support the coach continues to find the best people to compliment Collinso this time going with the energetic Masoni and the box to box Senji Dr. Sugar, spices and everything strong were the ingredients used to make the power puff midfield the only question is will they perform. Johnny Mtembezi or more fondly John skuma was deployed in the flank as Delle Mutua and the 17 year old Nigerian wonder kid giving Victor Osimhen sleepless night started upfront. The plan was simple go and kill the game as soon as possible, but a young Dawa FC had other plans. The Medicine men with painkillers and were quick to diagnose Parklands FC and provide instant injection. The striking was was found to be infertile unable to shoot even on goal. The best effort being Waire round the keeper before releasing a baby shot cum pass that failed to trouble anyone. The midfield was found to demonstrate symptoms of hebephrenia an act of disorganized behavior and emotion. The conducted a postmortem on the defense and found it to be prosopagnosia aka beyond recognition, untreatable. The Medicine did what they know best, administer three strong doses of methadone to cure the pain albeit inflict more pain on Parklands. It was Babu’s effort in goal that was preventing the scoreline from turning embarrassing. The Medicine men were two quick for Parklands, effortless moving the ball and creating chance after chance. Meanwhile Parklands were struggling to string passes together. The John Sembe to John Skuma combination was not cooking, and if it was then it was unpalatable. One a technician and another a destroyer clearing and forwarding, the two hardly exchange two passes together. On the other side, the Richie Gang combination of Waire and Mutua was having an off day. Mutua’s miss passes were proving costly as he failed to get into gear for the game. Not his best game after staring in the previous week. At the center of the pitch, Senji and Masoni we working extra hard to make Collinso be dropped to the bench. Ilikataa as the Medics dominated the midfield hardly giving the midfielders space to breathe. In defense, the Medics were splitting it like a hot knife to butter, at will. On the bench kiti iliku imekua moto kwa coach. The coach was barking instructions lakini mambo yalikua yamechemka. 3-0 is how the first half ended with Parklands looking at a second defeat of the season. Like for like substitution as Karani and Rasco on in fullback, Drury and Captain IQ in centerback, Zlatan for Collo, Chubar returning for his first start of the season, 2023 MVP Izo on the wing, Top scorer SIsqo and top assist Tiger in. The team hard an uphill task to redeem themselves but vile coach alisema “team ya second half haina mzigo” I am still wondering who the “mizigo” in the first half were. A quick start and Tiger combined with Izo to pull one back for the hosts. Parklands continued to pile pressure as a dead ball routine saw Captain IQ release Sisqo to score with a thunderous volley. Reading from a similar script another deaball routine with Captain IQ releasing Rasco who crossed for Chubar to open his account of the season. 3-3 and Parklands had completed the comeback. The coach has asked for only 4 goals and the team not to concede and the Ugandan tactician was about to get his reward. A missed chance by Ogochee who rather than finesse the short made a baby short that was calmly collected, this was followed by Rasco going close with an angled short before Drury skyed a header over the bar having been set up by Tiger. Atafutaye hachoki, akichoka kesha pata. Tony Tiger received the ball from Karani before attempting to drive towards the goal, however, his effort were met by hard tackle from the medicine men. Whoever, knows Tony knows that he can shrill, a cry so high pitch it can wake up the dead, we are lucky that in Parklands the dead are cremated or else it would have been a zombie pandemic. Trust a Lawyer to convince the judge, and in the game where the referee is the judge and jury, the shrill cry combined with a Lupita-esque landing post tackle was enough to win a freekick. Of course Mwai wanted to take it, there are three types of movement in football; walking, jogging, running and sprinting. Zlatan having walked the whole game made his first sprint to take the free kick. You could hear Cpayain IQ at the back shouting “Mwai peleka height kwa 18” as Tiger prepare to curl the ball. But Mwai alikua amekodoa macho kodo kodo putting Diamond Platinum and Ray C to shame. Whoever has seen Zlatan laugh those eyes know he means business and his mind is set. Tiger handed the ball away as everyone lined up awaiting the freekick. From the angle it was only one way he was going to take, his favored out boot. You can have 20 skills in your arsenal but nothing beats that one skill that has been shoe honed and perfected with a sure result. Calm and concentrated, Zlatan eyed the ball and the goalkeeper getting into the zone and shutting out the noise. The Nike Vapour boots imported from UK official boots store kissed the ball and sent the love to the back of the net. A football symphony bone and bread in Kerugoya 4-3 to Parklands as the home team took lead. Dawa FC revamped their charges as they looked to equalize but Parklands experience in managing the game triumphed as the home team held on for the win.
