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Afcon: Harambee Stars have respect for Algeria but we don’t fear them, says Eric Ouma

Kenyan defender Eric ‘Marcelo’ Ouma has maintained that Harambee Stars will not fear any team at the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals.

The Kenyan side is making a return to the competition after a 15-year absence and will face Algeria’s Desert Warriors in the opening Group C battle.

The former Gor Mahia left-back, who currently turns out for Swedish club Vasalund, is confident that they will gun down Algeria despite coming into the fixture with big names among them Riyad Mahrez of Manchester City.

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“We are determined to make Kenyans proud and we respect Algeria but we do not fear them, we need to go out there and play our game and it doesn’t matter if it is Algeria or any other big team, even giant teams are always beaten and that is what we want to achieve on Sunday,” Ouma told reporters in Egypt.