Kimanzi has the last laugh in Thika

With the battle for the Kenya Premier League racing to the wire, Thika United hosted Mathare United in Thika with the hope to beat them to close in on the leaders who are becoming more and more unreachable, untouchable and furthermore uncontainable.

Thika looked set to beat Mathare as they continued with ferocious attacks which kept their local fans on their toes the whole afternoon. But the killer blow was to come sooner rather than later. It is now becoming clearer and clearer that Kimanzi’s tactical approaches are far too superior than other coaches. He has instilled tactical discipline in his side, never witnessed in any other of the Kenyan Premier League Clubs. The meticulously built up team patiently waits for the right time to strike. Mathare convinces other teams to attack them, leaving so many gaping spaces in their own midfield and defence lines.

Kimanzi has built his team’s way of play around ruthless counterattacks which are executed with lightning speed and accuracy that leaves many teams shocked with the clinical nature of the counters.

It happened again against Thika. Innocent Mutiso scored the all-important goal in the second half. The industrious midfielder scored the all important goal in the second half of the match. Mathare United now seems to be the outright favourites to win the league although Sony Sugars FC is still breathing behind them. Sony also beat Agro-Chemicals 2-0 in Awendo yesterday. But Mathare leads the pack with 4 points more than Sony and it seems the league is Mathare’s to lose. The team that is known for its entertaining style of play has never won the Premier League title before and Kimanzi looks set to break this jinx.

Just a week ago he broke the jinx of Kenya losing to Namibia every time they met. Kenya beat Namibia by 1-0 at Kasarani to book a ticket to the next qualifiers round for the World Cup and the African Cup of Nations in 2010.

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