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Firat has explained how the Malawi tournament has enabled him to work on some details ahead of their clash against AFCON winners Ivory Coast and Burundi in June.
Harambee Stars head coach Engin Firat has explained how the Malawi Four Nations tournament has shaped the team to be ready enough for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in June, when they will be playing Ivory Coast and Burundi at home.
Kenya beat Malawi 4-0 in their first game of 2024 courtesy of a brace by captain Michael Olunga, and other superb finishes by Ayub Timbe and John Avire.
Olunga would then bag a hat-trick when they downed Zimbabwe 3-1 to lift the trophy on Tuesday.
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Now, Firat has revealed how the tournament has helped his charges.
“There are two components we have worked on. One of them is the tactical part, how we go on as a team, develop as a team in tactical matters and second thing, which is important, which players I will have in June,” Firat said.
Firat has revealed that, although all the teams that have participated in the tournament, being Kenya, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Zambia, are not full of top class players, playing together for a while and understanding each other’s roles in the team could put them in a good place to try and slay the big giants, including Ivory Coast.
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“These teams that are here are not Senegal or Morocco, who have 25 top players, so therefore they depend mostly on having one or two key players and if they are unavailable, it affects these kind of teams a lot," he added.
“If I put all these things together and we are also ready mentally, I think we will have good results.”
Meanwhile, Firat has rallied his charges to be proud of wearing the Harambee Stars jersey, which should be extra motivation in itself.
“Everybody should be honoured to play for the national team and I think that they should not need any extra motivation, it doesn't matter who you play," he said.
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