Gor Mahia loose to Sofapaka in Charity Cup Final
Final
Gor Mahia lost to Sofapaka 6-5 on post match penalties. It was an evenly balanced match. Gor Mahia were the first to create a chance via Rama Salim whose shot went inches wide.
New signing Paul Kiongera gave Kogalo the lead via a well struck free kick in the 33rd minute. Sofapaka equalized through Elly Asieche in the 73rd minute.
In post match penalties, Sofapaka scored through Anthony Kimani,James Situma,Koko Manupi,George Owino, Collins Shivachi.Kennedy Oduor.
Gor Mahia penalties were scored by Ivan Anguyo.Moses Odhiambo ,Kevin Omondi,Edwin Lavatsa and Rama Salim while Paul Kiongera’s final kick was saved by the keeper.
Sofapaka as winners pocketed Sh 850,000. Gor Mahia took home sh 510,000
1st round
GOR Mahia left it late but beat Mathare United 2-1 in the opening match of the Kenya Power Charity Cup tournament at the International Sports Centre on Saturday morning.
The winning goal came via defender Ivan Anguyo who had earlier been sidelined by injury, but came back and scored with a late effort to give Gor the edge.
Mathare United took a 1-0 lead with Gabriel Nduru’s 15th minute goal. Gor Mahia were awarded a penalty when Rama Salim was fouled in the penalty box by Lloyed Wahome. Dan Sserunkuma converted the resulting penalty for Gor Mahia to tie the game.
Gor Mahia will play Sofapaka in the final
Kizito aka Rodriguez could have made the difference. Why didnt coach field him? Ugh……..na huyu coach pia!
We might have a chance winning the Omweri cup this year
The team is good,there is depth in the bench and morale is high among funs, the remaining task is only jelling to the top so that Abey,Rama,Sserkuma,Kiongera and Lavatsa can get the tune of one another.In defence Emuge has allready won the no. In central deffence all will be well.
I think the team is good and I cant say that we lost because we drew. At the same time Ithink this match to us it was more of a friendly than a competetive much as was taken by sofapaka fc .I also think that David Owino has shown that he is a player to count on bcoz when Loga substituted him the chance to score for sofapaka was there and they did exactly that. this happened also in uganda on the final match against uganda when he had an unjury and uganda scored almost imediately he was taken out of the field.
The team is good. Shida ni speed, but this does not only apply to gor but to all teams in the country.
Coach aangalie hiyo mambo ya speed.
Kudos to all and especially Ma-fans for the beyond par behavior during and after the match.I for see a bright future of entertaining football from the display witnessed during all the three matches in the charity cup.
God bless you all and let us have a peaceful electioneering period in our beloved country Kenya. Be ready to accept and support whatever leadership God will provide us with after the elections so that we can cherish football as the next sporting industry.
Dont worry, we will win the Omweri cup
overall we have a solid team capable of going places.However we must work on our finishing.We need to outscore teams with more than just 1 goal.Against sofa we tried to hang on to the 1 goal and it proved costly at the end.
Our new signings…Emuge and Kiongera are good buys!!
Ingo, u r abandu fan, stop imposting on GOr! senji
The team is good. It was the subs that costed us the blunnder. There was no need removing Ssurunkuma, Owino and Musoti. All these clearly created loopholes for Sofapaka to put pressure on us that resulted into Agwanda’s cross easily tapped for an equalizer. If we played the formation we played agaist Mathare in the second half we could have won the match by a huge margin. Anyway I know the coach took this match as a way of gauging player’s perfomance and so it’s good he now know clearly the weaker areas to improve on.
Let us take it positively and accept the results. The coach has also leant that Jerry is not good when it comes to penalties and where there is too much pressure…
The team is good. It was the subs that costed us the blunnder. There was no need removing Ssurunkuma, Owino and Musoti. All these clearly created loopholes for Sofapaka to put pressure on us that resulted into Agwanda’s cross easily tapped for an equalizer. If we played the formation we played agaist Mathare in the second half we could have won the match by a huge margin. Anyway I know the coach took this match as a way of gauging player’s perfomance and so it’s good he now know clearly the weaker areas to improve on.
Let us take it positively and accept the results. The coach has also leant that Jerry is not good when it comes to penalties and where there is too much pressure…
Pls admin delete my no. 11 comment and leave no. 10; It has come as duplicate though I wanted to post only once.
It was a good friendly game but I saw something unique in David Owino. This is a great defender who should be fielded regularly. He kept out Agwanda completely and I think the Coach will be fielding him on regular basis.
Meanwhile we need to work on the midfield in order for our strikers to get neat passes upfront and crosses. Kiongera was a good buy and this lad has a great future.
I think Gor Mahia need two more friendly games to look at transition of the ball from midfield to the attack.
I think our striking is just OK with the inclusion of Kiongera up there, what kills our game is the midfield that’s where something needs to done so that our strikers can get the supplies
I think the game was good and gave the team a chance to try and jell together. Everybody was a bit slow only that I want to encourage Rama to resist going down so easily even if he is wronged. Football in Africa is very physical so to add on to his slick passes, let him develop on stamina. This will give him the opportunity to protect the ball better.
Guys the below looks like a sweet deal…Can you imagine Gor Mahia Playing Liverpool. This can really be good.Let me hear your views
http://www.futaa.com/football/article/fkf-stanchart-to-launch-tournament
Football Kenya Federation (FKF) in conjunction with Standard Chartered Bank will launch a football tournament dubbed ‘’ The Road to Anfield’’ on Tuesday 5 February, at Impala Grounds.
In a press release sent to media houses, the winners of the inaugural tournament will be paid for all expenses to go and play English Premier League giants Liverpool FC in May 2013.
Dignitaries
In attendance will be Sports Minister Ababu Namwamba, FKF Chairman Sam Nyamweya, Standard Chartered Bank Kenya CEO Richard Etemesi and other stakeholders.
Standard Chartered are the officials sponsors of the Reds.