Harambee Stars coach Sébastien Migné on Saturday accompanied five national team players to Ethiopia ahead of Wednesday’s 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier which will be played at the 60,000-seater Bahir Dar stadium in Bahir Dar.
The five were Bandari goalkeeper Farouk Shikalo, Gor Mahia duo of Philemon Otieno and Francis Kahata, Abdallah Hassan (Bandari, Kenya) and Allan Wanga (Kakamega Homeboyz).
The rest of the squad, including foreign-based players, is expected in Addis Ababa on Monday afternoon before the entire contingent proceeds to the northern city of Bahir Dar.
Migne, who has threatened to quit his job if the government does not remit all his dues by October 15, says that he is targeting a win in the away fixture so as to lessen the pressure on the team during the return match scheduled for Sunday next week.
“I will have maximum two days with the full squad before the game. We’ll have to work hard for a good result in this away game because if we don’t then we shall be under a lot of pressure to win in the home match,"
“Of course it won’t be easy against Ethiopia since they are also equally strong, but my players are up to the task and I am confident we will get a positive result,” the Frenchman said on Friday.
Stars are in Group F alongside Ethiopia, Ghana, and Sierra Leone, and they are scheduled to face the Walya Antelopes in Bahir Dar and Nairobi on October 10 and 14 respectively.