Gor Mahia youth romp into semis
Gor Mahia U20 came from behind to beat their Chemelil Sugar counterparts 3-1. They will now meet Ulinzi in the semis.
Additional reporting from Citizen FM
Gor romped to the semis when Amos Nondi, Wilson Mwenda and Joseph Waruinge scored three unanswered goals in the second half to turn around the game they trailed after 15 minutes when Felix Oluoch confusion inside the K’Ogalo box to notch the opener.
Just before the break, Waruinge who is marking himself out as a superb dribbler,combined well with Nondi who laid the ball off to Mwenda but the latter blasted his effort wide in the notable chance for Gor in the first half.
Chemelil came out intent on doubling their lead after the break and fashioned two quick chances that lacked an end product but K’Ogalo battled back to equalise in the 60th when Nondi beat the diving Chemelil keeper Aimo Richard with a neat finish.
Waruinge then dribbled into the box and Aimo hacked him down to earn the spot-kick that Mwenda made no mistake to give Gor a 2-1 lead ten minutes later.
Maurice Ouma’s charges smelt blood and turned on the screw with Waruinge hitting the woodwork with Aimo well beaten before he got the goal he richly deserved when he fired in K’Ogalo’s third in the 87th to keep his hunt for the Golden Boot alive with his third of the tourney.
AFC Leopards were eliminated after losing 4-1 on penalties to Mathare United.
Kudos our boys. Wapi Ingo?
The under 20 deserves a part on the back. I watched them when they played AFC fell 2 to nothing. I was personally happy and told some of the people we were with that they played better than their opponents. Yes in football the desire is always to win but entertaining is also part of it. They played well no wonder they are still at it while their opponents have fallen by the way side. May they continue to excel to the final and get the Gold.
They fell in their opening fixture to a team that plays 2 games in a season. That explains why Gor juniors are advancing while Ingwe juniors crushed out at quarters.