Gor Mahia edge KMKM 1-0
Gor Mahia concluded the group games of the 2019 CECAFA club cup with a 100% record. On Sunday they beat KMKM of Zanzibar 1-0. The late goal came from Eric Ombija.
Additional reporting from the Nation
or coach Hassan Oktay made a host of changes, perhaps with one eye on the quarter-finals which commence in Kigali on Wednesday.
First teamers Boniface Oluoch, Charles Momanyi, Kenneth Muguna, Haruna Shakava and Nicholas Kipkurui were all rested, with new signings David Mapigano, Elvis Ronack, Eluid Lokuwam and Tobias Otieno playing in their stead.
“We are playing very many games in a short spell and I have to refresh the squad to avoid injuries. We are hoping to win this tournament,” said Oktay.
Still, the Kenyan champions dominated against statistically the weakest team in the group.
With four minutes played, Dennis Oalo, the new signing from Nairobi Stima, had the ball in the net with a wonderful first touch off Samuel Onyango’s pass.
But Ugandan referee William Oloya ruled that wasn’t a goal, as the scorer had strayed in an offside position.
Three minutes later, Oalo missed a one-on-one chance against goalkeeper Nassor Abdalla with the later rushing off his line to clear the ball with his legs.
In between, the Zanzibar champions huffed and puffed. Said Mwinyi headed wide with only Mapigano to beat, while Ibrahim Khamis Khatib’s long range shot blazed well wide.
That was before Oloya sent Samir Yahya off on the stroke of half time for a rash challenge, the player’s second bookable offence.
Gor still lost conspired to lose chances the team would normally bury upon resumption. In the 51st minute, substitute Lawrence Juma blasted wide with a yawning net at his mercy.
Oktay would summon Shakava and Kipkurui midway through the second half and Gor piled more pressure as KMKM soaked it all in.
Congratulations in order!! Big up boys.It’s in kogallo’s blood stream. Gor kitgi gi timbegi.
Congratulations to this new look, much maligned squad that is full of talent, ambition, commitment and promise of a very bright future. Now go and silence the Zambians like your predecessors did in the 70s and 80s and very recently against Nkana Red Devils.
Mara height, mara big names, mara foreigners, mara does he compare with Meddie Tuyisenge? Must they compare with Meddie Tuyisenge? Every serious player has his own unique qualities that they seek to showcase and hopefully enable them to put bread on the table, dress reasonably and pay taxes and rent.
Hehehe! “Gor Mahia coach Oktay was yellow carded by Ugandan referee William Oloya” …….Old habits die hard!
The quarter-finals will be played on Tuesday and Wednesday at Stade de Kigali.
Gor Mahia XI: David Mapigano, Wellington Ochieng’, Samuel Onyango, Joachim Oluoch, Elvis Ronack, Ernest Wendo, Tobias Otieno, Hashim Sempala, Dennis Oalo, Eric Ombija and Eliud Lokuwam.
Subs: Boniface Oluoch, Harun Shakava, Charles Momanyi, Lawrence Juma, Bernard Omondi, Duke Ambundo, Kenneth Muguna and Nicholas Kipkirui.
GLORY to GOD and congratulations Gor Mahia.
Thank you Oktay and TB plus the young squad.
A SPECIAL COMMENDATION for washing the narrow minded may sayers and doomsday prophets.
This squad of youngsters blended with the CAF battle hardened 15 or so players are going FAR both locally and continentally.
Wishing team Kogalo all the best in the quarter finals.
As you take them one game at a time
One game at a time. Can someone please confirm Blackberry status, is he among the leavers?
Blackberry is a free agent. His contract expired, he has declined to renew it and is angling to follow coach Zico at KCB.
Congrats…my team. May God lift you up higher and higher.
Congratulations to the team and we hope they’ll lift the trophy but for Berry he should just leave he was a good player but age is catching up and that could be making him feel frustrated
Congrats team
Kongole timu kubwa. All doomsayers prophets have gone silent. We return all the glory and honours to the almighty God.
But there is a big need for super creative midfielder and a lethal striker if we want to compete continentally becz that is where we belong
Anybody who can find jasego,tell him that this site is for everyone and even if someone got into his nerves, he should not abandon those who love him and believe in him in matters Gor mahia fc. We are always overjoyed whenever he updates us about whatever is happening at Gor mahia fc. Even if he’s having problems dealing with aduda,he should tell us we help him deal with this broker in the name of Gor mahia CEO. We need an update even if we are done with transfer business.
@Michael Ogolo, thanks for calling back @Jasego. I could be wrong but i have noticed that he has a ‘weak’ heart such that when someone irks him he goes into hibernation. He should know that you will only have ‘enemies’ if you matter. Having said that we need him back to tell us how we will get these two players, a creative midfielder and an out and out striker. Is Ulimwengu with his KShs15m tag affordable and the option for Gor?
Otherwise Congrats team and enjoy the preseason as much as you can. This is the best preseason we have had for a long time, and moreover it’s all expenses-paid. Imagine getting all those teams to Nbi or going to DRC, TZ , Zambia and Djibouti for preseason. No team, even Simba would afford that
In fact we need Jasego more than anything else for prompt updates, Jasego should learn that “yath manyago olemo emibayoe e kidi” So wuod kanyada kindly stop hibernation! We are strongly behind you.we want factual updates and direction as far as Gor matters of transfers are s concerned.
Dear Bloggers, taking cognisance of requests that I stop hibernation let me respond briefly to queries herein.
1. It is True I have had torrid difficulties with CEO as regards signings but I am still striving to get good strikers in John Avire…Masoud Juma and a foreigner target man
2. GM lost on Cliff Nyakeya…Bernard Ochieng…Derrick Otanga..Farouk Shikalo and almost Shakava whom i convinced to stay-on due to conmanship and brokerage by club officials
3. Lack of cash in hand has greatly handicapped us competing favourably with Wazito who have ready sign-on fees in full after negotiation so players have leaned towards them.
4. On friday they will bring Karim Nizigiyimana and probably Abouba Sibomana for negotiations as they think they can re-create a K’Ogalo 2015 feat
5. Duke Abuya has 6 months left on his contract at Sharks that we have to buy-out though they dont want to deal and Jules Ulimwengu has a buyout clause of 15M same amount we sold Tuyisenge for. We cannot give it all to him we will negotiate as another foreign target man is also being negotiated with.
Let us support the boys win Cecafa club cup and Long Live Mighty Mayienga
Ja’Asego thank you very much for the update. Try all you can; I mean abduct if you have to, but just bring us this Jules Ulimwengu. As for Masoud Juma, please nooo! We cannot afford another Passenger 27.
Whats the delay with Tuyisenges move to Petro, we need the money for transfer business…and if the they are having doubts then we should renew his contract or invite other interested parties like As vita to bid for him
Timu inaonyesha ishara ya kumiliki ligi msimu ujao. Vijana wapya hawa wanaonyesha ukakamavu na kuwapa wapinzani wao ushindani dhabiti. Tuna waombea dua njema kwenye kinyang’anyiro cha “cekafa”. Bila shaka wanatuwakilisha vyema.
Thanks Jasego. We’ll uphold you in prayer. the hand of God will help you.
@Jasego your point #5 consider the value he could bring. Do you see us getting further than we did with Jausenge in the CAF i.e. money bracket. If yes pay. If No look for someone else which could mean being bundled out early and we remain in the cold and struggle to motivate our “affordable” players and hope they will understand Gor is Broke. Staying in the continentals as far as possible could help maintain some level of ambition and motivation on some players as long as their basic needs are met.
@Jasego, i thought you should be dealing with the Chair direct on these matters? How were you doing it previously? Why has the CEO been difficult this particular transfer season?
How about the Umaru guy? I don’t think he will be very expensive yet he is a good striker.
If the club can’t afford these foreigners, we need to make do with locals. We have Onyango, Kip and Oalo.
Our problem as Gor Mahia is money. Al Ahly of Egypt has 50,000/- registered members paying a membership fee of 62,500/-. How can we increase the Gor Mahia membership? Do we have online registration platform with a paybill number?
50,000 registered members
Its been said many times and it is worth repeating. Membership will only increase if handling of financial matters is transparent. If the club starts publishing audited accounts, you will see membership increase significantly.
Right now people don’t want to become members because they think the money will disappear into an officials pockets.
But when you tell this to officials, they insist that non-members should not demand audited accounts. In fact the chairman himself said as much on Citizen TV.
Also When I talk to fans about why they no longer want to pay to go to the stadium, they insist that gate collections are being stolen by officials.
If whoever is the next chairman believes in financial transparency, I can assure that Kogalo will have 10,000 members
Correct, lack of transparency discourages fans from registering.
Whereas its perfectly valid , reasons or excuses that people given for not registering as members e.g transparency and accountability , not registering as members is the cause and consequence of doing so , because the so called non transparent members are elected directly by members who turn up to vote and indirectly by non members who cant vote because they dont qualify to vote , hence in my opinion , the biggest problem in Gor as far as the lack of transparency is concerned is not the corrupt and inept EC but rather those whose acts of omission made them be in those positions by lazily coming up with lazy excuses and lazy lamentations when they themselves are the problem .
Elections are due , only a corruptible measly 400 people out of the projected 1million fanbase will turn out to vote , then after absenting ourselves , we will again start the new cycle rituals of wailing , weeping and gnashing of teeth because we seem to be very good at getting reasons to mourn and bash , if it is not wailing and weeping annualy about the lack of big name signings , a tall striker , it is a non transparent EC .
Now that the team is winning albeit it being just a preseason , the professional mourners have once again, like they have done before , retreated to their cocoon but waiting to pounce at the next slightest opportunity .
Their is even one Rachier must go adherent who declared his candidacy on this wall , but rather than giving members his vision , has been very busy enumerating the elephants in the room in Gor’s room on this wall .
Elections are coming , officials will be elected and then again , like has been before , the rituals will begin , a ritual perpetrated and sustained by problems who call themselves Gor fans and who even demand that audited accounts be published, it sounds nice making those demands , but you are demanding as who , when again one has the audacity to manufacture excuses for something as noble as paying gate charges .
@teddy, have you attended any Gor Mahia elections? Bro in Gor Mahia elections it is not the 400 registered members who vote. It is goons ferried from Kariobangi and Kibera and God knows where who turn up to heckle, disrupt and vote for their benefactors. Now you can rewrite your essay and spread the blame further so everyone is captured.
@teddy
When you own a business and no one is buying your product, the solution is to improve the product. NOT to blame the customer.
Maisha ni ngumu Kenya. Many fans are broke. Hata pesa ya rent and school fees ni ngumu kupata.
If you think fans will register only to see their money disappear, you are mistaken. You will wait year after year, after year and nobody will register.
The definition of insanity is to repeat the same thing over and over and then expect different results.
And many fans are no longer lamenting. They have simply left. Only die-hard fans are left. See how empty the stadium is nowadays?
@Joe Riaga, I get your point and I agree with your example of a customer vis a vis a business , however in this case , you have the power to choose who runs the business and it is foolhardy to live this task to people who end up choosing the wrong people and then expect good service and if there is a way you can get this leadership without first registering as a member then I would really wish to hear it , anything short of that is defeatist and the consequence is what you are complaining about , its just approximately ksh 4/day which comes to approx . ksh 100/month , its not too much to ask , if what you are getting is the opportunity/Power to choose those men and women to be in charge of what we all claim to love .
So register , vote who you want and be part of the solution , dont register , dont vote and be part of the lamenting choir , But again I request to be educated how one can do this without registering as a member because all both of us want is a solution .
Even if you choose different people, they will never publish audited accounts. I have spoken to officials past and present at both Kogalo and Ingwe and they are deathly afraid of this concept.
The only way it can be enforced is not through elections. It is through changing the club’s constitution.
Just Breaking…kogallo to pull out of CAF as sportpesa financial sponsorship falls into disarray.
More to follow…
Jakoyo you always look for an opportunity where Gor mahia is likely to fall. Always negative.
What and why are you celebrating?