Ze Maria faces first acid test
Gor Mahia’s Brazilian tactician Ze Maria has a chance to prove his mettle when the club takes on top of the table side Tusker on Saturday at Nyayo stadium. Gor Mahia will be looking to make up for dropping points against Ushuru FC last weekend, while Tusker are coming off a morale boosting 2-1 win over Western Stima.
Ze Maria’s record so far is two wins and one draw. But the teams he has played so far are in the lower half of the table. Tusker will be his first test. He might have Jacque Tuyisenge back for the match. The Rwandan striker trained with the team on Thursday.
“He is not fully fit but he is okay, we are expecting that all shall be well by the time we face Tusker FC. He has been running and we expect him to be fit, though that shall be determined by the doctor. His knee and ankle had little pain, which we hope shall be over by Friday. We do not want to risk him because that might put him out for long.” said a source to goal.com
Without Tuyisenge, Kogallo have had acute difficulty scoring. But coach Ze Maria vowed to work on finishing after last weekend’s dissapointing draw.
Ball control, ball control, ball control
anticipation, anticipation, anticipation
accurancy, accurancy, accuracy in passes.
pressure on fans is back because there is no clear Abass magongo, Charles otieno
It is a big game. And I think the pressure might be on the players to perform not even Ze Maria as a coach. Should Tuyisenge not be there, the guys charged with striking, might even feel it much more. It would be very unfortunate for them not to score because that simply translates to interpretation of inability. My word is that we may be patient with them as much as is possible. on their part as the strikers let them take chances when they are created. Recently when Man United was playing West Ham United, Van Gaal so the opportunity Rushford had and the Coach shouted his voice hoarse to shoot and when he did, a goal was scored. They must therefore use every slightest opportunity in the most unlikely situations.
There is nothing like acid test…Tusker is average team, has a very weak defence line infact , they leak at least 1 goal every game and furthermore, we beat them home and away last season.
all the best
May the almighty God bless Kogallo with a win.
I still believe that the 3 teams topping the KPL table exist there simply because Kogallo has underperformed.
We have recently exposed our underbelly by confirming that goals can’t be scored without Tuyisenge. Let us hope that this week of training allowed discipline and commitment into our players. Ze Maria, you have just learnt that fielding Kelly in the starting berth is the surest way to derail our quest for goals. Please quell our fears to some manageable levels by allowing Aucho, Sibomana, Kelly, Blackberry and Gatusso to start from the bench.
Kelly, Im looking for you to laugh even more during this game….to the Gor fans, you know when he is laughing what that means ha?
@Jambita well said
In fact June is around the corner.But we all tend to forget Musa’s blunders at the back
we lost. Let’s put our house in order in terms of players. We actually need to do an overhaul of the team by bringing aboard players who still have the zeal to prove something. The current crop after the unbeaten have nothing to prove
Those fans who think that we are still in the age of throwing stones should forgive us. There is a different regime in charge and we cannot afford to be docked points and MOREOVER we have sponsors whose images we have to protect