Mashemeji derby ends scoreless, Gor Mahia win on penalties
Gor Mahia and AFC Leopards settled for a scoreless draw in their Mashemeji derby encounter at Afraha stadium on May 1. The result prompted post match penalty kicks which Gor Mahia won 5-4 after Vincent Oburu of Ingwe slammed the last kick above the crossbar.
Gor Mahia will now play against Hull City at Kasarani on May 13.
Additional reporting from the Standard
Gor Mahia edged out bitter rivals AFC Leopards 5-4 on post-match penalties in yesterday’s Hull City Challenge Cup at Afraha Stadium. K’Ogalo have thus earned the right to play English Championship side Hull City on May 13 at Kasarani, Nairobi.
After misses by Jacques Tuyisenge and Whyvonne Isuza, Meddie Kagere, Godfrey Walusimbi, George Odhiambo and Joachim Oluoch scored for Gor Mahia.
Ezekiel Odera, Baker Lukooya, Dancun Otieno and Robinson Kamura scored for Leopards to send it to sudden death shoot-out.
Then Bernard Ondiek scored for Gor Mahia and Vincent Oburu blasted over to hand the KPL champions an opportunity to play Hull City.
AFC Leopards goalkeeper Ezekiel Owade put up an impressive first half performance that kept his side in the match. Despite Gor Mahia resting most of their first team players in the first half, the Kenyan champions were still the more aggressive side.
Gor Mahia had nine shots on target with Owade being commanding form.
AFC Leopards on the other hand had just three shots with goalkeeper Boniface Oluoch largerly undisturbed for most of the match.
With the exception of Ezekiel Odera’s first half effort that nearly counted for Leopards, Oluoch who was coming back after a one match suspension had an easy time.
Gor Mahia enjoyed plenty of possession with Kevin Omondi coming close at the half hour mark.
Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga caused a stir at half time when he landed in a helicopter accompanied by legendary Joe Kadenge.
Leopards started the second half strongly, forcing two quick corners, but Boniface Oluoch denied them.
Moses Mburu became the first player to be cautioned when he received a yellow card at the hour mark for a bad tackle on Lawrence Juma
The impressive Leopards goalkeeper easily dealt with the resultant free kick.
Gor Mahia brought in Jacques Tuyisenge for Kevin Omondi while Ephraim Guikan was rested for Meddie Kagere.
The changes saw Gor Mahia create more chances upfront and came close to breaking the deadlock towards the end of the match.
Meddie Kagere was denied by the outstanding Owade in the 90th minute after being put through from the midfield to send the match into penalty shoot-outs.
Before that Gor Mahia rested goalkeeper Boniface Oluoch for Shaaban Odhonji in readiness for the penalty shoot-out.
Gor Mahia coach Dylan Kerr said his side wasted many chances and should have won it in normal time
Good display from the second team,Boniface omondi & Philemon are real kogalo fighters but Guikan is heavy and has no match fitness at all,he might not survive the impending June purge.
This so called ‘patron’ is a real hypocrite, when Gor had no air tickets to S.Africa he was nowhere to be seen yet he has the financial ability to help.At Afraha he caused confusion with the chopper right on the playground at halftime to be seen.He then went ahead to pose for photos in Gor’s victory,somebody tell him that Kenyans and Kogalo fans and kogalo fans in particular are not fools. Let him fight for his premiership position in rallies and not football pitches,akwende kwani nini iiiiiii chokee
@Odhis Muga, you are an idiot and if you have nothing to comment, you should keep your stinking mouth out of Jakom as he is not your caliber. You are foolish with no moral stature to talk I’ll of Jakom. Do not post such rubbish in this site.
@Odhis Muga, this is a foolish posting that you should keep it to yourself. It is nonsensical in this site.
@kanyadudi and @jamigori only the feeble-minded respond through insults. He gave a very good reason why he criticized the patron. Respond to him by giving a counter reason backed by fact why he should not criticize the patron. Short of that he wins the argument by far.
We are not in a competition bwana musymo. Jakom has supported the team and we must give credit where it is due.
This guy Cassidy . . .Cant Pass , Cant Control the ball , Cant Shoot , Cant time , Cant Relax , This Guy Guikan cant play like an expatriate and was a huge disappointment , Kevin Ade , another disappointment , Philmon and Boniface , very
encourage input , Overally poor high ball display from the whole team , that is not a Gor Mahia philosophy .
. . . A very boring display to say the least .
Wish the team all the best in Kigali
Congrats all team b players,you stood and gallantly fought.The zeal was evident & we prevailed.Kind of poetic justice on Walusimbi’s return we kept a clean sheet…Lol.My good Sir Kerr,relax we Love you,we value you and respect you.Those bloggers who spewed venom to you on your social media handle should not bother you much,US included so long as you take the positives & keep delivering,legendary status awaits you at K’Ogalo archives.You have surpassed many already so just keep on winning.Shut all & sundry up by beating Rayon Sport away.We are behind you all the way,our comments are always in good faith & geared towards betterment of the team.Congrats to the Team for keeping our bragging rights yet again against an ebullient efusi
Very Good…wow
Congrats imetosha tuwache panganga mingi
Just this morning we were arguing about the need to give more hungry players a chance in the first 11 and i mentioned 4 players: Momanyi, Philemon, Lawi and Omondi Boni…..if you were objective enough you will agree with me that these 4 alongside 1 other who i had forgotten to include: Bernard Ondiek deserve more opportunity than some entitled first teamers. A worrying concern is that Gor’s second 11 seems to be playing better than the first. Good thing that Kerr alluded to having noticed the same thing in his post match rant!!!
Hahaha, “post match rant”!
If Oburu’s penalty shot was against the crossbar then why did it not bounce back into the pitch? How could he have “slammed it against the crossbar” and then it flies into spectators behind the goal. I am a Physicist and my knowledge of mechanics cannot allow me to let that misinformation go unchallenged. Oburu simply blasted his shot over the crossbar. Awacho ayueyo, thoo..
Hehehe…jakom journalist moko jo Nairobi Aviation so i dont know if we should blame the workman or his tools!!
Let’s give the coach a break as he requested. But my sympathy goes to one Oburu Ingwe supporters may not take his hauler kindly, does he remember one Ian Otieno? He should. Otherwise congratulations to the team for booking a date with Hull City
The Derby between AFC Leopards Vs Gor Mahia Is valued more by most of the supporters than even premier league , Our beloved Coach ought to know by the way. Test junior players in any derby pitting Gor Mahia Vs AFC leopards might be costly to you and the supporters Supposing that Gor was defeated, by now what would you be saying.
The Derby between AFC Leopards Vs Gor Mahia Is valued more by most of the supporters than even premier league , Our beloved Coach ought to know by the way. Testing junior players in any derby pitting Gor Mahia Vs AFC leopards might be costly to you and the supporters.Supposing that Gor Mahia was defeated ?
Those you call ‘junior’ players outplayed Efusi in all departments and were better than some seniors….I still respect your opinion though!!
Mark, Ker knows the importance of the derby. He also knows his players and therefore knows what he was doing when he fielded those “junior” players. What do we want him to do? The so-called seniors played on Sunday and are expected to play in Kigali in the coming weekend. What if he fielded them in this meaningless friendly and then they pick nasty injuries? Are we not the same people who will birate the coach as to why he risked our key players? We should know that with their red stomach, Efusi definitely cannot be happy seeing us wrecking home KES 27 million in the same tournament from which they were bundled out. Ker goofed in the Mathare match, but it doesn’t mean he’s brainless. At this rate, I think even Pep Guadiola would sweat to coach K’Ogalo.
It would have been an travesty of justice if efusi had won this unneccessary derby that was purportedly meant to determine who was to tackle Hull City. We are the one entitled to that match being Sportpesa Cup, League and Super Cup winners. I thank the team for rubber stamping our supremacy. Lastly to coach Ker as you have decided please take full charge of player recruitment in the June transfer window. Do not fear the expected resistance from the “agents” who push for the signing of “passengers” just like we will not accept this trend of blaming players who you have or should have final say on whether or not they are signed for GMFC. THE BUCK STOPS WITH THE YOU THE HEAD COACH, NO MORE BLAME GAMES AFTER JUNE TRANSFER.
Wazza just fit in like a glove in that LB position.just imagine a fit Karim
And I think it’s very uncouth to attack patron in the manner am seeing from some of us here, let’s mature up, that’s my word, you have a right to your thoughts
It is also uncouth to abandon your flock at their most helpless moment then come for ‘selfie’ moments with them when they find glory….and where I come from only God should not be criticised!!!
Mark, Ker knows the importance of the derby. He also knows his players and therefore knows what he was doing when he fielded those “junior” players. What do we want him to do? The so-called seniors played on Sunday and are expected to play in Kigali in the coming weekend. What if he fielded them in this meaningless friendly and then they pick nasty injuries? Are we not the same people who will birate the coach as to why he risked our key players? We should know that with their red stomach, Efusi definitely cannot be happy seeing us wrecking home KES 27 million in the same tournament from which they were bundled out. Ker goofed in the Mathare match, but it doesn’t mean he’s brainless. At this rate, I think even Pep Guadiola would sweat to coach K’Ogalo.
Congrats Kerr. Every team has its strength which it must take advantage of at the same time exploit the opponent’s weaknesses. Could you be concerned that your the team”s wing power that it is known for has nothing to show for. – many corners and crosses .What about set pieces atleast some deliberate effort was there by your predecessor but ..
…. ,In the confederation stage I have seen those set pieces win cups.
By the way ker is a good coach, he shoul be able to absorb any kind of criticism from any quarter and concentrate on his duties. Football fans will always try to comment. I hope he will be used to such like situations
today there were no fouls in near our box like before.On corners Momanyi always gets the headers but he should work on accuracy because he has pretty powerful headers.He should score soon.
Tume anza na zile draws, draws, draws….Remember how these draws haunted us before? well, Zico remind Kerr draws are very backfiring. By the way where i come from Kerr means the highest authority in leadership. So kerr akuwe Kerr. Donge?
It’s unfortunate that the Coach is reacting to some armchair coaches who wouldn’t even coach a kindergaten team. That’s how it is worldwide and some of the criticism you need to ignore while some you build on. What i noticed yesterday is that we have physically strong players but with wanting individual brilliance.Due to this we can employ power-play and win matches. AFC looked more comfortable on the ball than our players despite Afraha being a bumpy ground
Some comments are not worth being posted here.
Let us criticise the TB , coach and players even the officials but not Jakom.
Why should Jakom not be criticized Sir?
@musymo I Have Always Held That You Have Brains. Simple Minds Discuss People. For Zstarters Tell Us Who Persuaded Sportpesa To Reactivate Their Sponsorship Of The Two Clubs? Wasnt It Telling That The Patron Arrived In Company Of Sportpezsa Ceo? Ero Un Gi Odhis Muga Ulawo Aidha To Ok Une Mwanda. Fuwo Lilo.
Karauri was at Afraha before the game started. Raila arrived at halftime. So next time attend a match or watch your TV before you spew such ignorance!!
Still not impressed with the scoreline whether it is first team, second team or third team.
The point is whatever team shows up, they must show hunger, passion and commitment to get good results no matter the circumstances.
mano wachni
Fortunately, liberal minds don’t worship anybody.Sonko deserved to be part of that victory and not somebody.
Odhis Muga just raised one valid point, when the team was in financial crisis the patron was nowhere to be seen, why use vulgar language on him?
If stench from the mouth is measured by the content in our postings the kweli nyani haoni kundule.
Congrats to 3rd 11 for taming the leopard.
Odhis Muga, leave Baba alone if you want peace. When Gor needed money, did Odhi Muga donate anything other than entering the stadium without paying? You did not and Raila did not. You were in Afraha and Raila was in Afraha. What is the beef about? Or is it because in ijaliero to Baba ja chopper. Give Baba a break. Bora Raila ngima.
Amor, Baba Mor, Piny mor Polo bende Mor. For God and my beloved club – Kogallo
I have a very big problem with Tuyisenge.The guy guy is supposed to be our lead striker but up to now we still rely on Kagere more than him .Something is wrong with him .All the same Gor is still strong technically and we should give the coach some space .
I beg to differ with those on Odhis Muga case that Baba should not be criticized. Isn’t he human ? Doesn’t he make mistakes? Wasn’t he around when the team was desperate for funds to go SA? Weren’t our county Governors of Kisumu, Siaya, Migori and Homa Bay around? Don’t be surprised to see/hear the same guys trying to ‘attack’ Sonko for getting political mileage out of that act.
The truth is politicians like where there are crowds and fun but avoid where they are going to be asked for handouts. And Baba as a politician is no different,
Back to the game I liked the fighting spirit of Momanyi. Reminds me of Mosoti. On Ade he is either overweight or just not industrious enough and unfortunatel he tries to do those things he could do 5 or so years ago. On Guilkan I think we haven’t used him perfectly. He likes shooting so we need to feed him with such balls effectively.
If Gor can combine aggressiveness and coolness/precision then the team will go far
@Dan Original, why do we glorify handouts which in most cases comes from ill-gotten wealth? Baba has been an advocate of systems and working systems at that. Why should a team representing Kenya be funded by Raila or Sonko for that matter? Where is the government? Sports has a full cabinet portfolio. How do they spend the funds allocated to that ministry? Why do we like blaming everything on Baba? I think we are used to the bad culture that Moi cultivated in us. It is high time we changed this for a a better future. We must stop calling all cooking oil Kimbo or all toothpaste colgate. Things have changed.
Amor, Baba Mor, Piny mor Polo bende Mor. For God and my beloved club – Kogallo
“….why do we glorify handouts which in most cases comes from ill-gotten wealth?”…. Because that is what the political elite from Luoland want from those they lead. Keep them poor so that you and your kindred can be
their Lords from generation to generation.
If I am wrong then the KES 50B that the handshake earned should have already been seen trickling down to develop communities in Luoland. Remember that those women in Luoland are not just widows, but also lost their young sons and daughters to Matiangi’s trigger- happy Mungiki. The only crime that those youths and husbands committed was to heed “Baba’s” call to pour into the streets and defend their right to go to Canaan. By the way even 6 months old baby Pendo is no more.
Ask yourself what you have done to improve your own life and NOT what Raila has done for you. Truth be told, we love living large as a community and blaming everybody for our own failures. Our brothers from central live in Thika, Murang’a and travel to the city everyday in some old pickup. That pickup carries milk which he supplies in Nairobi offices. In the evening the same pickup is used to carry chakula ya Ng’ombe. And what does a Jaluo does, He lives in upmarket, spending almost half his monthly salary in paying rent. He buys an expensive car and live lavishly. Back in the village, he has nothing. Then he shout loudest, ni Raila this Raila that. Opportunites come, Central will thin of a brother first, Jaluo will not even think about a brother. Ami owadwa tich mondo oloya, ongee. And many others. We are our worst enemies. ASK NOT WHAT RAILA HAS DONE FOR YOU BUT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR EXTENDED FAMILY. ITS STARTS WITH YOU NOT RAILA.
Amor, Baba Mor, Piny mor Polo bende Mor. For God and my beloved club – Kogallo
@Kosero, our discussion here is in relation to Gor almost not making it to SA yet we expected the Patron to do something for his team.AR has been reaching to all persons who can assist, even going to ‘perceived enemies’ of Gor fans. The leadership of a team is what helps it to get sponsors. Our Patron is known worldwide. The question is why he cannot use that network to even get Samsung or Flying Emirates or even Safcom to be either the main or just one of the sponsors? Alternativly let the 4 counties co-sponsor Gor and it markets them their shirts. As it is some legislators are threatening to shoot down the bill reducing betting tax from 35 to 15%. In case they succeed then we go back to begging. By the way can’t we sell maybe 5% of the club to potential buyers? Yanga , or is it Simba did that and now is one of the riches clubs in Africa. We cannot operate 1900 club model in 2018
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. Getting sponsorship is not as easy as easy as you want to make it sound. Come down to earth. Its a different ball game. And who told you that the patron has done nothing regarding the sponsorship. There is a lot that happen behind the scene, so let us not assume here that we know everything in the club. Baba okuonguni.
Amor, Baba Mor, Piny mor Polo bende Mor. For God and my beloved club – Kogallo
@Kosero, I am in total agreement with you. Baba has done a lot to Gor Mahia and bloggers with no ideas are writing nonsensical comments to blame baba even for poverty at their homes. Why do we rely on people to support the club whilst we as supporters are busy making noise and contributing nothing apart from gate crashing to watch our matches free. Shame on such good for nothing bloggers and social media fans.
Great thinking…
Kwani, when will we reach Canaan ?.
Ask youself when will you own a chopper?
Am amongst the many who appreciate the fact that Sonko came to the aid of our begging bowl but very disappointed that it had to reach that stage solely out of our organisational and structural mediocrity .
From the moment we won the league , we knew that exclusive of the many political promises extended to us by the goverment , we had to put in place measures to remedy such situations when they arose but what did we do instead . . .nothing , the little avenues within our control , we stole from ourselves , the other avenues we launched with pomp and glamour , we lazily let them fizzle out and in other circumstancesforced ourselves Into the stadium to avoid paying 200 or 500/- , just to turn around and start looking around to see who failed to bail out the flock when the flock needed us.
For time immemorial , Oduor 12 has painstakinly been doling out common sense measures the club can use to raise revenue , measures that any office holder with an iota of brain should be having within his / her grasp
But alas that doesnt happen and then what happens next , people with simplistic conclusions to matters that are otherwise not that simple rush to fill that gap to display their “bravado ” by blaming others for the mediocrity of others who have been given the mandate to run the day to day affairs of the club .
Its the height of folly and with a lot of regret that we have engrained it into our minds that it is the obligation or responsibilty of politicians to always pop up to remedy our shortcomings and shortsightedness .
What pray should somebody have an issue with one or any of us attending a match . .ati he didnt bail us out , if that is the attitude we have then we should forever have permanent begging bowls at the ready , the other option is to account for why we fought
Sweat and blood to be elected to run the club and that is irrespective of whether you are liberal or conservative .
My question to myself is , WHAT HAVE I DONE FOR GOR MAHIA
Ati Raila Was Not There When Gor Needed Tickeys! Ok Where Were You Odhis Muga? Where Were Tou Musymo? Where Were You Dan Original? Even Vermins Who Gate Craszh Kogalo Matches Thus Denying The Team The Much Needed Revenue Have The Temerity To Call Baba Names. Bure!
From your reasoning i wish you had a quick look in the mirror before you called anyone a vermin. You would have seen one of frightening proportions. I simply asked why should Baba not be criticised and none has responded to that exact question!!! That in itself is a very loud answer!!
‘ baba this, baba that ‘ this baba syndrome is what makes luo nyanza live in abject poverty and so is the club- 50 years of hand to mouth politics….look at thika United, quite the opposite!
Have a ‘babaful’ day !
I am not poor and I will continue to support baba. If you are poor just blame yourself as God has given us hands, brains, legs, energy etc to work and God will bless the works of our hands. If you are glorifying poverty, it is upto you and you should not blame anyone for poverty.
is raila in your success equation, such that he must be there for financial breakthrough ….
Awacho an be
is raila in your success equation?
Jokanyanam duwore kendgi….tomitna. Mitna wachuruu tetete. Anguro chioleree gi more.