Milimu challenges Leopards to build on derby success to mount title challenge

Former AFC Leopards Team Manager Joseph Milimu has challenged the 12-time league champions to start believing they can lift the KPL title this season.

Milimu termed Ingwe’s convincing 1-0 Mashemeji derby win against Gor Mahia on Sunday as a 'statement of intent' that the Fred Ambani-coached team should lean on, to start dreaming.

 “Like the Mashemeji derby match between hosts Gor Mahia and AFC Leopards gave us a clear picture of what Ingwe are up to.

They outplayed their arch rivals completely in all departments. These boys have the ability and are in a good position to put to a stop the more than two decades league title drought. Only if they start believing in themselves that they can,” he explained. “That win, and that display, in front of that large crowd was a clear statement of intent that it is possible to do what many could think is impossible.”

Milimu also stated that this season’s league has no outright team that can be singled out to be stronger enough for a top finish which gives defending champions Police FC an upper hand to defend the title.

“Kenyan league is very weak and this means that this year there has not been that stiff competition as people may perceive because of the thin gap at the top.

Teams are weak and so any team that will be consistent and focused enough will be able to finish top of the league at the end of the season.

This means that after defending champions Kenya Police were knocked out of the CAF Champions League, they have now fully focus on the league title and it appears to be a tough task for any other team like Gor Mahia, Shabana and the rest to stop them from doing what they did last season,” said Milimu.

Police are atop the tree with 19 points, two behind the second-placed trio of Gor Mahia, Kakamega Homeboyz and Posta Rangers.

Shabana and Tusker FC come fifth and sixth in that order but on 18 points each while Leopards find themselves on seventh with 17 points.