Harambee Stars captain Michael Olunga made his third straight appearance for his Qatari side Al Arabi as they secured a 2-0 away victory over Al Sailiya on Thursday, 3 September.Download our MozzartSport App For More NewsOlunga, who is slowly making progress after returning from a lengthy pelvic injury last week, was introduced in the second half of the match played at the Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium in Doha.##NAJAVA_MECA_9930427##The 32-year-old came on as part of an Al Arabi triple substitution in the 69th minute, replacing former Paris Saint Germain forward Pablo Sarabia, to clock 21 minutes on the field.The brief cameo, which saw Olunga also take up the captain’s armband, was the third match in a row the Kenyan was making a substitute appearance, having lasted a similar 21 minutes in the team’s previous match against former side Al Duhail.Gor Mahia players rally fans ahead of Pyramids clashPlaying on the road, Al Arabi led at the stroke of halftime, when Youssef Snana nodded in a corner from Rodri to secure a 1-0 advantage going into the break.It would take till the 77th minute for the visitors to ice the game, when man-of-the-match award winner Issa Laye connected with a fine cross from Oussama Tannane, to put the result beyond doubt, and grant Al Arabi their first victory of the season.After three games, Al Arabi are now third on the log with five points, thanks to their unbeaten start.Fabian Adikiny reveals father’s influence in switching jersey number at TuskerOuma inactiveElsewhere in Poland, Harambee Stars left-back Erick ‘Marcelo’ Ouma was unavailable as Raków Częstochowa extended their awful start to the Ekstraklasa with a 2-1 defeat to Gornik Zabrze.The 29-year-old defender was labelled as ‘inactive’, and did not appear on the team sheet.Why former Gor Mahia defender will miss Tusker's CAF Confederation Cup openerThat marked the second game in a row where that tag had been applied on Ouma, who last featured for Rakow in a UEFA Champions League qualifier against Hajduk Split on 27 August.Playing in front of their crowd at the Miejski Stadion Pilkarski, Rakow trailed 2-0 in the first half, thanks to goals from Janis Antiste and Rafal Janicki in the sixth and 34th minute.##NAJAVA_MECA_9930448##The hosts would later on grab a consolation in the second half through Mahir Emreli, but that was not enough to see them avoid a fifth straight defeat to start the season.With their result, Rakow are bottom of the Polish top-tier standings with zero points, and a negative seven goal difference.
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