Harambee Starlets’ striker Mwanahalima Adam says the team has to do better offensively, as they prepare to travel away to Tunisia to face the Carthage Eagle Femeni in the return leg of their 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) qualifier.
Kenya’s Starlets were held to a barren draw by the North African girls in the first leg in nairobi, and they now face a mountainous task to turn the result around in five days’ time.
Speaking to Telecomasia.net after the game, Adam, based in the United States with Kansas City, says they were unlucky not to have earned an advantage from the home leg, but have their work cut out in Tunis.
We did our best but unfortunately we couldn’t get the goals that we needed so much. It was a tough game and with the chances we had, we should have done better. But we have that behind our backs, and we promise to correct and do better in the second leg. It will be tougher, but we are a tougher team as well. The focus remains qualification for the WAFCON.
The Kenyan girls need at least a scoring draw in Tunis to progress to the second and final qualification round. A goalless draw again will take the game to penalties.
