By Fred Mwambu,

CAF Champions League, Preliminary Round 1st Leg;
Date: Saturday February14,2015
Match: KCCA vs Cosmos De Bafia  Venue: Mandela National stadium, Namboole

The Abdallah Mubiru side hope to build from last year performance where they eliminated El Merreikh but were later suffered exit after a late goal from Zambia’s Nkana Fc. The team has however faced a shaky preparations; loosing to a lowly ranked Zanzibar Police side in Mapinduzi, a 2-1 loss against El Merreikh and recently 1-0 down against the Uganda U23. However the coach is optimistic- “Our performance isn’t bad but am worried of the low conversion rate. What gives me optimism is the fact that we create chances and I believe
we’ll iron out the finishing bit before the weekend.”

The hosts will miss Michael Birungi who was stubbed by robbers, Tom Masiko pulled a hamstring in training while new signings Francis Olaki, Savio Kabugo are also out.

Ahead of the match, KCCA FC entered camp on Tuesday while Cosmos is expected in the country on Thursday.