Gor Mahia coach Dylian Kerr has asked Kenya not to blow the chance they have to reach the 2019 Afcon finals set for Cameroon.
Harambee Stars will face Ethiopia for the second time in four days knowing that a win will improve their chances of making it to the finals since 2004.
In the first leg played at Bahir Dar Stadium, Kenya withstood a tough second half surge by the home side pushed on by a full-to-capacity stadium to pick up a vital point, in a 0-0 draw, that moved them closer to Cameroon.
And coach Kerr, who won a second Kenyan Premier League title with Gor Mahia last season, is now urging the national team not to blow away the hard work they have achieved so far in Group F that also has Ghana and Sierra Leone.
“The team have given themselves the best chance of qualifying for the Afcon finals and their focus must be to keep a clean sheet, no goals conceded and try finish the job. I pray not only for my players but the whole squad to see the big prize awaiting them and to make Kenyan football very proud again.”
Gor Mahia have a number of players in the Kenyan squad among them midfield star Francis Kahata and defender Joash Onyango, who is set to return to the squad, after missing the first leg fixture owing to suspension.