Gor Mahia lose to Sofapaka
courtesy of futaa.com
The Kenya Power Charity Cup holders Sofapaka moved a step closer to successfully defending the title they won in the inaugural edition in 2013 by handing the Kenyan Premier League (KPL) champions Gor Mahia a 3 – 1 whipping in the two sides’ game at the Nyayo National Stadium on Sunday 2 February.
Gor Mahia went into the game as the favorites, fielding a star studded side but failed to make use of a good opening as they dominated the proceedings with Rama Salim and George Odhiambo culpable of a number of misses while Sofapaka targeted attacks on the counter.
Miheso opener
Sofapaka won a throw in on the half hour mark and Enock Agwanda’s long delivery was flicked on by Felly Mulumba to find a waiting Cliffton Miheso who unleashed a right footed shot to the top left corner for the opener.
Sofapaka held on to the advantage going into the break but had to wait for about 40 minutes as rowdy AFC Leopards and Gor Mahia fans clashed causing the stoppage.
Second half action
On resumption, Gor Mahia threatened on the 56th minute with Rama Salim finding George Odhiambo well placed in the box but Felly reacted fast to smother the danger.
From the clearance, Sofapaka started a counter attack with Humphrey Mieno and Cliffton Miheso the key men, finding Agwanda who from a tight angle failed to test Jerim Onyango.
Mieno threat
He however atoned for the miss three minutes later when a Mieno – Anthony Kimani counter attack found him well placed in the box to beat Jerim to the bottom left of the goal for the second goal.
Another counter attack in the 64th minute saw Mieno race through the midfield after getting to the end of Kimani’s pass and from a tight angle he released Miheso who fired his second of the afternoon.
Consolation
Gor Mahia got the consolation goal in the dying minutes courtesy of Kenyan international David Owino who rose high to head Innocent Mutiso’s corner.
Sofapaka with thus take on Mathare United in the final after the 2008 KPL champions eliminated AFC Leopards on post match penalties.
3-1 !……sasa hi ni nini? Williamson must go! …Shout with me…Williamson must go!
It was our starting eleven therefore I will not criticise the team. Lets not be negative. The difference was in the midfield…mieno and this man called Ndolo was simply too much for gor Mahia. Perhaps we should have stuck to the 4-3-3 formation to contain the marauding mieno and Ndolo. Am not sure the coach knew how strong sofapaka have become, very intelligent signings!
Otherwise, I think the coach has learnt some lessons and we can only improve on the weaknesses- formation. Though I still question the fitness and committment of some players who still can not make it to the bench for the 6th straight game I.e oboya and Kevin “ade”.
As for gor Mahia Sacco, am willing to offer my services for free. It could be a solution to some of the challnges the club face. Please can someone reach me on personal email so that we engage !
@ Jakoyo Ade picked an injury while playing Nakumatt. The team is OK only Musa’s position is worrying.
gor mahia and afc drove fans from
stadia, sai we cant even watch on tv
i told them their flop returnees will not
do anything and in africa only sofapaka
did it in the modern era
probably bitam will beat them but i
hoped you would play taraji and see your
pathetuc level
gor ni political party afc ni ya kusign
waluhya, those clubs will go nowhere…ati
SACCO na mafans hawaezi lipa ticket kwa
get ama kuvote sms, which pro club is
run by a sacco?
taraji annual budget is almost 2 billion
shillings and take this; desabre, coach
who led coton sport to cl last four 2013,
is now coaching taraji YOUTH TEAM
@ Ingo …What up with you Ingo ??? Gor Mahia is not AFC!!!! Abaluhya Football Club lost by similar margin to Mathare United; no Gor Mahia fun is casting negative comments on the Abahluya Football Blog.
the team was hurriedly assembled for africa yet the preparation has been nxt to pathetic. i wonder what the sacco issue is supposed to do, help gor qualify? gor does not need knee-jack decisions at this moment. if gor is going to loose sponsor it’s simply coz of one thing, HOOLIGANISM. tuzo has no other reason to walk out but considering that they have an image to protect, being seen as promoting hooligans is not good for biz. ofcourse the gor fan will come out bragging on how they can do this or that. so much for ppl who walk in the stadium wearing shirts that have NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CLUB. gor planners are obviously a brainless lot. for now gor should now simply go thru’ the motions of africa but come out more strongly on defending the league. start searching for the nxt players for africa now! if kpl will not change the league dates then gor must do somethng on it’s own. right now gor is simply being let down by poor planning. at this stage what gor can achieve or could have achieved is not because of a sacco. look at what sofapaka et mathare did. they prepared for the particular matches despite their ltd resources and won. gor should have planned. otherwise the next stupid idea will crop up; GOR PLAYERS SHOULD BE GIVEN LAPTOPS. for the league, gor should not panick but for africa, thnk 2015. for this loss, i blame the gor planners.
@Ingo though we agreed not to respond to your blogs i am sorry that we will not succumb to what I heard from Ingwe fans that Nandwa cannot last post-March.
Whoever watched our match will realize that the team is fine though we have to be ruthless in finishing as well as closing the gaps behind. The first eleven was OK, though Musa could have been the weakest link but that is something i believe BW will work on. For a long time i saw the players being confident on the ball and taking on the opponents one on one. I believe Kenga, Walusimbi and BB will take us places. Viera is also on form and Cantona might have to fight for a 1st eleven place as Onyango is also available. I am confident we have the depth to ake on the Gabon team and if we qualify then the big boys from Tunisia
We have quality players, the coach only needs to do a bit of reogarnization at the back and formation. Matches are sometimes lost and thats areality we must accept
@ Dinga the Sacco & many other practical/progressive ideas should b initiated by bloggers. Left 2 AR & Co. the ideas will not see the light of day/if they do will mutate into something strange coz sorry 2 say some want 2 be seen as GM’s lifeline.
I speak plainly as Jakoyo did & anticipate the usual vitriolic attacks.
In 2 months if EC is serious the sacco cn b up & abt.
As 4 the team let’s give it 5 competitive games i saw promise though y does Jerry panick & resort 2 his aimless punts upfront.
Blah blah blah blah blah blah this that there we go again. One thing for sure i aint worried like someone here is because it is a tournament and this game gave us an opportunity to see where we are at as a team. I believe we are work in progress. I want to point out something which i have mentioned some time back and am glad someone has noticed; How i wish we had played Shakava earlier on and let calabar play as a right back. Musa should be used as a sub. Who was playing as a defending midfielder probably Kizito and if it was him then good people he has to pull his sock up. Indeed Denis Onyango proved himself and should be given more playing time. All the goals were due to defensive lapses and schoolboy errors to which the coach must read a riot act on the culprits.
We have too many fake fans coz really how do you walk away just because we are down, indeed that is the time the team requires our support.
At least most of us are still optimistic and that is a good thing. Iam watching the replays now starting with the AFC game and then Gor. This maybe will give me a better judgement than what i have currently.
I also noticed our marking is still not good at the center and i want to think its due to two things; match fitness and players not coordinating well.
The scoreline though worrying is however reflective of our priorities which we must change. We simply must put football & players first not elections/officials. The last 2 months have been disruptive with the team/bench not knowing their fate.
As for hooliganism again I appeal 2 EC 2 implement the simple practical suggestion of this site(BB’s).
BILLBOARD BOTH THE THUGS NAY “HUMAN WASTE” & THE RECKLESS POLICE
@ODUOR12 my only worry is currently how do we deal with this negative publicity when we have a contract that is expiring an an intensive CAF/CECAFA and TPL campaign? We have a good squad but expensively assembled which we need to maintain over and above the normal.As it is even the cost of BILLBORADING this goons is costly. A billboard costs roughly 500m to host and develop and host. Who will foot that bill? I hope not the club since that money can be used to motivate the players. Maybe fans can fundraise for it.
On these goons vice can someone help me to find out why the security team find it hard to contain these goons. Is teargassing anybody and anything in sight the only option? There was a time a security expert from G4S came from London to take our stakeholders through this vice . looks like we learnt nothing. If Alco-blow is making us behave rightly why can’t the same approach be done in soccer. Arrest a few of them , show them on prime TV news and newspapers, fine them dearly and ban them by making sure that when Gor or AFC is playing they report to the police station
OUR CHAIRMAN IS A CHAIRMAN OF HOOLIGANS. I THOUGHT HE PROMISED TO DEAL WITH THIS MENACE ON RE ELECTION AND ALSO AT KPL BOARD LEVEL? HOW WILL HE GO ABOUT IT IF HE HAS FAILED AT THE CLUB LEVEL?????
Lets be focused. All these ideas are good. Lets believe in ourselves and our te
Lets define our priorities. The sacco will work. It will help finance Gor. Secondly the team is good. I mentioned Chakava early in year. He deserves central defence start. Lets build not destroy. Does someone remember how Arsenal started the league. Loss after loss. Are they not lesgue leaders now.
SHAME SHAME SHAME
I must i am a disappointed fan. Yesterday i invited a friend to join at the Nyayo national stadium to watch the one day Kenya Power Charity cup games. No sooner had we entered the stadium through gate 2 and took our seats the left side of the gate, a commotion ensued at the usual troublesome Russia side of the stadium where hooligans are known to congregate. It was visible which side Gor Mahia supported when the Mathare United and AFC Leopards were taking spot kicks after scoring barren draw after full time.
My friend an ardent fan of the English Premier League urged to stay but i insisted we should exit the stadium as soon as possible. I wanted to be sure of his security. We hoped into a matatu and returned back home. I don’t know whether my friend will ever come back to the stadium again but I have prepared him in advance.
It was also very clear from the kind of noise the fans were making that they were high on something. Some unshamedly displayed what they are taking. Today, I was ashamed to be associated with Gor Mahia. Many of you are expressing after word filtered out that Tuzo, our title shirt sponsors many not renew the contract after it expires on April. SuperSport may once more shut their cameras . The Sport Stadia Management Board may again impose a ban on its facilities. The Football Kenya Federation may slam a hefty bill on us. This is a reality this club may be staring. We may be forced to rethink our loyalty to the club if things continue this way.
Gor sacco is the future…………!!!!
I’m fearing for Gor especially at the African stage. We may concede as many as 5 goals against Bitam if this is the quality of football we intend to display.
@PAREYIO YOU SHOULD NOT BLAME THE CLUB.GOR DOES NOT SUPPLY CHANGAA AND BANGHI TO THOSE UNCIVIL CHARACTERS SPOILING THE BEAUTIFULL.MY APPEAL IS THAT SECURITY MEASURES B STEPPED UP,FANS EDUCATION B LAUNCHED, ALCOBLOW TO KEEP AWAY THE DRUNKARDS,CCTVS TO IDENTIFY THE CULPRITS.RUNNING AWAY AND BLAMING THE CLUB WONT HELP.EVEN THAT EPL IN EUROPE USED TO HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH HOOLIGANISM BUT THE WAZUNGUS TOOK THE BULL BY THE HORN, BECAME CREATIVE AND FOUND SOLUTIONS.LET US BUILD OUR SPORTS EVEN IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITIES AND FIGHT HOOLIGANISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE.THANK U.
On the pitch and match result I have nothing much to say, thats for the TB to correct and am sure they will do something about it.In my opinion the boys played a beautiful game.
On everything else that happened at the stadium and environs am appalled to the bone. My question to organizers, THE BLAME IS SQUARELY ON YOURSELVES, this is not the first time an event of such magnitude is taking place. Was it too difficult to anticipate such occurances? Anybody who attends soccer matches at Nyayo will know the hot spot, where trouble begins; So why is it that there cannot be a buffer zone between fans of AFC and Gor on the Russian side, properly manned by armed police who keep their eyes firmly on the trouble makers rather than watch the game.
Who was in charge of the police at the stadium? How can police be sitting pretty watching game as people are jumping over fences into the main stand, what does it mean for people in main stand to pay more than the terraces. Some police were comfortably sitting in the press box as people were jumping in to to the main stand just under their noses!
Why are we courting disaster, is this not the same place where we lost over ten people just in 2010? Yesterday we were clearly on our own,people had children/babies, and the way the tear gas were lobbed the stampedes could have resulted in to some too tragic to fathom. Nyamweya,where were you,the sponsors of the charity cup, where were you.WE WANT TO SEE PEOPLE ARRESTED AND CHARGE IN COURT.
Lastly, shame on you if you did any of the following
– threw stones or any objects either at police or anybody else
– Jumped over a wall
– broke a chair, or carried a chair to your wife/husband/children
– blocked a road/interfered with traffic
– stole anything in the confusion
– watched the game in police uniform,instead of providing security
The police teargassed the fans, right, but then, the fans also beat up the police in equal measure! Remember the corporal who received thorough beatings from the pitch? Guys, let us sober up
The match was fluid till second half, Icannot comprehend what happend after that, but even last season, the same Sofapaka won against us, but ended up finishing 10 points behind us, therefore I say, better we lose at this stage and finish the league with respectable points, rather than dwell on pre season friendlies and forget the bigger picture
According to my observation i believe we r ready to go,what i saw in the first half was just positive though we lost but we r right there,will not comment on what happened because this is something we always discus here n nothing is done,i always say the police,the media n the federation wants what to write n who to blame so that they can be seen as working,we always talk of buffer zone between rival fans but always the police have been there enjoying football just forgetting they r at work seriously if these guyz were trained to lobby teargas to the crowd what do u aspect them to do n that was the instruction from their bosses surely.
Was listening to Radio Jambo when a person who identified himself as a constable was narrating how he tried to tell his colleagues that lobbying teargas is not the option to the fraca but pro-active policing of the situation. Crowd control I believe doesn’t need a neurosurgeon to come up with a solution. A few marshals and some GSU will do the trick. Drunk driving is being contained by enforcing the law why can’t this other lawlessness be contained. I tell you seeing your fellow goon arraigned in court and on telly as they do for alco-blow suspects will do the trick. It looks like Kenyans we understand the language of court fines and jail. We cannot talk of fan education anymore because we are not dealing with juveniles here. These are people who go to school or work and therefore follow the rules in those places
Arrest,arrest,arrest arrest arrest n prosecute then send to jail without fine even for four months only and u r home n dry
Pareiyo, i would want to point out something that u and your EPL watching friend failed to see maybe bcoz of your prejudice.Gor Mahia fans never caused any trouble.AFC fans provoked them ,they kept their cool and the police reacted by teargassing the Gor fans who were singing peacefully.To the Gor Mahia fans who stole chairs from the stadium,shame on them.They r giving the club a bad name n i told them as much to their face. On our squad formation ,i think Kizito is kind of a let down considering the price at which he was bought.He has been out of active football for some time and that may av affected his output.BW should be decisive enough to bench him till he gets the requisite math fitness.Plus both him and Teddy are defensive midfielders.How do we get creative and offensive with both on the pith? U wd expect us to play with one striker with Rama dropping a little bit to fill the creative role,something i did not see happening much yesterday!
guys team is gd lets calm kwani nilazima 2shinde !
ingo iknw mashemeji hawana aibu n take long 2 undastnd bt blog site ya fc
nasio shld go 2 his position othwz tm ok wacheni kulia
Well done boys and the TB, the mistakes were minor to worry about. The coach will do his job. I can’t compare with my in-laws.
JERRY have been busy in Bondo with his tournament. Was it a must that he play Yesterday? Hi was NOT blending well with his defenders. Please TB watch out those who think that they are above others in the team. GOOD JOB BOYS
Ben Omondi grow up,if you were not there ask for clarifications. You can ask Arocho what happened.We should not participate in this charity cup. Kenya power should pay injured fans.I think that we can organize a good tonerment than charity cup. YOU PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW THAT FOOTBALL IS OUR GAME. Did you see any Mathare Sofapaka fan and who voted for them? Munro and Kalekwa cheated.
I think for those who are condemning Gor fans as hooligans are very wrong. I was seated @the russia side innocently watching the game only to see a teargas canister next to me. While escaping from it, another One exploded in the middle of peacefully seated fans. so to me the Police colluded with the Afc fans to provoke Gor mahia fans. On the team the boys played well only Musa and Jerry were wasteful. Well-done boys let’s beat Bitam come next weekend.
Great game Gm.Next match i think we should start by 5 defenders and employ counter attack.Idea of hurry for early goals can costly.study opponent in the first 30 minutes and change TO suitable game plan.We have the best strikers in KPL.
If it wrong for Ingwe fans to support Gor opponents then should also be wrong vice versa.This is the 2nd time Gor fans are giving this as a reason for causing troble.The 1st was when we met city stars at kasani and we stated trouble when they stated cellebrating their score.police or football management can not change this situation.Only fans can do this by being accommodative,tollerance and changing their attitude by attending matches when sober only.
Happy new year my fellow comrades. This is my first post this year since I was nursing ulcers of last year. For a start I must say the team which played yesterday was much better than that of last year same time. The match was lively and you could see it in the fans faces. Actually there was a lot of excitement from the fans and that is what we have been yearning for tik tak tik tak football style yawa.Just some few corrections which am sure the TB is working on and wow lete efusi watakiona.Weekend ifike haraka I want to see more of yesterday DONGE………..
I commit the team to the Lord almighty above everything else. I did not feel any pain of losing because this is but a good tournament to gauge our strength. The mark of quality has to do with the staying power and solidarity of a team. Many factors play into this. Some of these teams lack depth and that will decide which team will take the league.
I believe we need to ensure that the defense is leak proof and this will include playing a solid no nonsense defensive midfielder (who fits the bill?). A word of caution to Akumu, you a fine young player but please please stop playing to the gallery and play a solid game the sky will be the limit. See what Calabar does a good grounded defender who does not take chances no wonder he was mad at Emuge, what indignant! That is a passionate player. We have all the opportunities to make amends.
it is comforting to know that the fans appreciate that we played well though we lost. Now that’s what a fan should be. The idea of walking out just because we conceeded three goals should not happen if you really love your team. I know some of us are weak emotionally but that’s the time to keep in solidarity with the team and empathise with the boys. I also like but does not fully appreciate those who went to the bench after the game to greet the players. It shows the players that we are with them whether we lose or win. Unfortunately we still have those who abuse our players for mistakes done in the pitch. As fans we had to remind some that even running on that field for the ball in that crowd can be a challenge to them. At least some of them concurred that the players are human and are bound to underperform on some occasions.
I look forward to the weekend duel and pray that God grants us a comfortable win.
I watched the match at TV Branch and was very happy the way we played in the 1st half. I was surprised that we were socked 3 goals.
I can tell you all that we have a great team. they should just know when to do what in the pitch. I am afraid they could have run out of energy at later stages. or Stamina missing.
BUT, GOr funs will enjoy a season of good football
all the best
Kogalo. tumeiva mbaya! Sofapaka were, more physical but We were playing cautiously because of the big game we have on the weekend. We didn’t want to succumb to more injuries. am happy than ever.