Wandera happy to regain starting role at Tusker after injury

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The Brewers left-back is happy to return to the team after suffering an injury during pre-season and missing their opening matches

Tusker defender Hillary Wandera has explained the pain of picking up an injury in pre-season which forced him to miss the start of the 2020-21 FKF Premier League campaign.

The left-back was forced to sit out a number of matches for the Brewers after he sustained an injury while preparing for the new season but he has now returned and clinched a regular starting role for the high-riding side.

Wandera has now admitted his happiness after integrating well into the team and has promised to work even harder to keep the position.

“It was not a good start to the season but I am thankful I have recovered well and I have started picking up,” Wandera said as quoted by the club’s official website.

“I thank the coach because he has given me the chance to be back in the team after injury and I can see myself picking up. I am not yet where I would want to be but I am working towards that.

“I know with time I will be back at the top and playing at my best.”

The 29-year-old also spoke of the tough competition in the left-back position, taking his time to laud Eric Ambunya, who played in the position while he was nursing the injury.

“Competition on the left side of the defence is very tough and every time you need to be at your best,” Wandera continued.

“If you look at how [Ambunya] has performed and also in training how hard Meja [Sammy] is working, then you know it’s not easy, but all this makes us better with each game.”

On Tusker’s next league fixture against Mathare United set for Sunday, Wandera said: “We are well prepared and worked hard in training this week, knowing we are going to face a very tough team.

“We have worked on the mistakes we have picked out from the previous game and rectified them and I believe if we step up a bit from the level we played in against Zoo, then we will be a very tough side and we will get the victory.”

The Brewers have enjoyed a good start to the season and are currently in the second position on the 18-team table with 20 points from nine matches.

2021-01-31 10:00:04

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