Kenya’s Under-20 national team coach Anthony Akhulia says the team felt like they let the country down after they were eliminated from the Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) without winning a single match.
The team concluded their Group B campaign in Egypt with just a single point off a 2-2 draw with Nigeria in their last match, having lost 3-2 to Morocco and 3-1 to Tunisia.
Speaking exclusively to Telecomasia.net, Akhulia believes they could have done way better.
I feel like we let Kenyans down. There were a lot of expectations and belief in us because we had a really good team and we had the ability to do better. But it is a learning process. We played against really tough teams all who have won the tournament before and in all those three games, we were not outplayed in any. We only gave away goals from our own mistakes defensively.
He believes that the players and the coaches as well have picked massive experience from the campaign, and competing for the first time ever was a win in itself. Akhulia tells Telecomasia.net that he believes they now have renewed hunger and desire to qualify consistently for the tournament.
