Gor Mahia edge Chemelil
Kogalo resumed their 2011 KPL campaign with a hard fought 1-0 victory over Chemelil at Afraha stadium. Chemelil has proven a tough nut to crack for Gor Mahia in recent years. In fact the equivalent fixture last year ended in a 0-3 loss for Gor Mahia.
On a day when virtually every other KPL match ended in a scoreless tie, Kogalo triumphed thanks to a goal by defender Collins Omondi. He rose to head home a corner kick taken by Moses Odhiambo.
Collins Omondi pictured here, scored the winner
The game was an evenly balanced affair and either team could have won had they taken their chances. Eric Masika stood tall in the Kogalo defence to stave off attacks from Chemelil. He had an excellent game. Why he is not a national team regular in a team whose defence is porous and is in desperate need for help is beyond this writer.
The game availed fans the opportunity to see the new signings such as Hajji Mwachoki, Demonde Selenga and Wycliff Ochomo, the latter two who came on as subsitutes. There were no fireworks from them however and it will take time before the new group gels into a unit.
It was welcome news for Kogalo fans who have suffered through sub par results of late in addition to the Supersport ban and the heavy fines levelled against the team. Gor Mahia are now in 5th place with 23 points.
Gor results. This is improved performance compared to last season where we had 21 points at the end of the first leg. Lads keep it up.
signing of demonde selenga was a good move now bring in also bob mugalia and the kpl league title will be within sight,otherwise i must commend the team for a job weldone for now.
Well done Kogallo. Soldier on!!! Let the doubting Thomas’ continue doubting. I believe we have what it takes to be crowned champs this season. Some of us are still mourning the move by Kitawi to Tusker. Gor is bigger than an individual player. All the 30 registered players are capable of delivering. Let us have faith in the boys. For God and my club – Kogallo
congrats for winning, i saw the goal on TV meaning DSTV ban can stay. Who did we sign mid season
most teams with new signings will struggle to get their rythm, Gor will do better leg 2 with the same players
i was there n it was just mwaaa…,lets improve our midfield by converting the likes of Moses Odhiambo,Selenga,Kiplagat and Odera to play as both attacking and holding midfielders and Lavatsa and Ochomo as lead strikers.This will make Makori and Tony Onyango to wreck havoc on both left and right wings…,go for goals K’OGALO
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Bravo! Bravo boys! I wish to congratulate the boys for keeping the k’ogalo fire alive. This was a very deserved win. Albert, welcome on board! I have found a great partner on this forum.
I also join my colleagues to welcome the new signings. I do hope they will gel with the team sooner or later. No amount of intimidation, harsh penalty can retrain us from realising our vision this season.
I wish you yet another exciting cheering season!
I was at Afraha and was happy eith the points. However our midfield was a complete let down making our defence (Masika mostly) to carry a very heavy load of incessant attacks from CSL while our strikers (Lavatsa all the time) had to go back to their own half to get the ball. Why was Akumu made to play full back (he really struggled to contain the short but fast strikers from CSL)..kwani Musa yuko wapi?
Otherwise well done to the team and Gatuso in particular for a well deserved 3 points.
Well done boys.Congratulations to Citizen Radio for all the good work.Gor should consider partnering Citizen TV.The rest is your guese.
Could Zedy confirm Mugalia’s move to Gor?
Great game yesterday, the new signings brought something different. (power and strength in the case of Ochomo and Selenga and guile in the case of Haji) I thought we are a litle thin in defence maybe Pascal Ochieng of Rangers will be a welcome addition to provide cover for Musa and the “Rock of all Ages” Eric Masika. Ivan was a bit of a disappointment as he constantly neglected to pick the Chemelil attacking midfielders thereby over burdening the defence and Gatusso.
kudos kogalo this league is ours’come, rain come sun,come supersport,oguda,ulinzi , refs, n other haters.Am sorry haters u will die of jealousy, when will be lifting kpl trophy this year.Kogalo pendo la football we are unbwogable ata barca wanatatutambua,simba aki nguruma nani ata baki?
With teams no longer winning easily all we need is to pick up our form of last year and we will go one better than last year. For the midfield we will soon land Moses Odhiambo from Tusker (I don’t know if it was a swap with Kitawi in this case) and hopefully our issues there will be gone. With the strength from Ochomo and Selenga I hope our other strikers should now find enough room for manouvre. Congrats for last weekend’s win and let’s continue cheering the team.
I was in Afraha and i lack words to express myself.The team is SUPERB.
May you people please keep the fire burning.The signing were WOW.Yani all was well.
haya haya pawa akuche nisha kubali vile ulinishow last week coments THANKS KBC NA CITIZEN NYINYI NI WETU kogallo let the fireburning guys even the player should know they r 30 players so if u cant play number zee
I am happy with the 3 points. However Gor should easily rise above relegation candidates like Chemelil. This is like Barcelona vs Getafe or Man U versus Stoke City. How come Gor struggles to beat every team including the bottom ones. I want to see continental football. And to get there, Gor must be dispatching teams like these with relative ease. Gor has 5 or 6 national team players and Chemelil has none. We must keep pressure on the club officials to deliver results.
guys AFC isnt as expensive as Gor yet they have spent alot during this window. can someone tell us how many recruits we’ve made? I hoe not just the two or is it three?
@Joe Riaga, you must realise that this league is one of the most competitive. All teams are strong. You must also realise that these small teams always play extra hard when meeting Kogallo. Even stoke city hammered Man U, as well as Arsenal. For your information, this very team hit Gor 3 – 0, last season. I am therefore contented with the 1 – 0 victory. For God and my club – Kogallo
@Joe as @Albert puts it there is no weak team this year. Even City stars who are behind are playing as good as the top team no wonder apart from GOR nobody won over the weekend. On recruitment I think we need to do it wisely and not compete with the other team. We are not building the team from scratch but just re-enforcing the few weaknesses that existed. So far I think we are fine. Maybe a keeper and an extra strong defender would have done. The best we can do with what we have currently is to support them both morally and financially
I think gor is playing well,and their is no weak team this year, but their is still something missing in this team.Why is it that hardly ever do we score more than one goal in any match this season, we always win struglling.I think our strikers should take this challenge,they should increase their sharpness for God sake.Lavatsa is very talented infact he plays like benzema, so cool and intelligent, but he should concentrate more on scoring if he realy want to be a star, coz a striker perfomance is judged strictly on his scoring prowress.zico quickly find the winning combination.
Whether teams raise their games against Gor or not, Zico must find a way of scoring more than 1 goal a game. That formula lies in midfield play. If we dont feed our strikers then they will not get many opportunities to score. Chemelil dominated us in the midfield yet we have good midfielders but they seem to be struggling, perhaps because Zico gives different instructions.
Thanks, lets hope the new signings will do well and gel quickly. Looking forward to the threesome attach of Lavatsa, Ochomo and Selenga. But where are the defenders? That department needed some revamping. Masika might burn out then we will have a big problem. When exactly is the SONY game? and AFC?
Thanx 4 the result we had at the weekend.Musonye has made me laugh.He said he cannot bring CECAFA in Kenya due to poor attendance.what i can advice him, it depends with team that plays. Let him try Kogalo Movement he wont regret.
Truly we are completely handicaped in the midfield, those who travelled to afraha saw it, actually we escaped with the points, it was a case of so many strikers and defence but near zero mid..s’thing must change we’ll not be lucky in all the 17 matches. Thats the bitter truth.
go kogallo go!second leg kogakko boys must impruv mo so in midfield if dey gona want KPL.
go kogallo go!second leg kogallo boys must impruv mo so in midfield if dey gona want KP trophy.
I am glad to see that I am not the only one who thinks Gor Mahia must improve. Hii mambo ya 1-0, 0-0, 0-1, 0-0, 1-0 kila siku ni bure. At this rate Kogalo will never win the league. A team with better players should find a way to win consistently. Chemelil is a team full of nondescript players. They should not be giving Gor Mahia a tough time.
Joe..you saw it , if you were at Afraha you saw how we played the entire game..my question was and is we are signing strikers where are defenders..then where was Awilo when we had teddy playing defence with GM completely outplayed in the mid? Guys our game went out after selenga n Anguyo were brought in for kevo n Roy. Guys you also noticed some three awkward attacks in the box that ref ignored n chemelil were very bitter about even after the whistle..were it another big team n ref…anyway am just concerned about lifting the trophy with that kind of show! Just comments.
FOR US TO SCORE MORE GOALS WE NEED A CREATIVE MIDFIELD-GATTUSO& AKUMU, WITH THE OPTION OF GOOD WINGERS-SELENGE&ODHIS TO PROVIDE BALLS FOR OCHOMO AND LAVATSA.WHY IS ZEDDY PLAYING AKUMU AS A DEFENDER YET HE CAN ASSIST GATTUSO PUSH THE BALL FORWARD.ANGUYO CAN BE THE HOLDING MIDFIELDER WHILE NASIO,COLLINS,MASIKA AND MUSA WILL TIGTHEN THE DEFENCE.AWILO SHOULD JOIN THE BENCH TO MOTIVATE THE PLAYERS WHILE MOSES THE WORKHORSE ODHIAMBO SHOULD BE HANDED THE CAPTAINCY TO DRIVE GM FORWARD.TONY IS TOO WEAK FOR THIS LEAGUE.ODERA SHOULD BE INTRODUCED IN THE ECOND HALF AS HE IS GOOD IN POSITION PLAY.THEN GM WILL LIFT THE TITLE.
Wuon pap i share my sentiments with you, never the less KUDOS SIRKAL…Now let’s prepare for Migori…
Ochomo and Lavatsa and Selenge is good combination because Odhis plays the same position with Selenge, so Akumu shud get out from mid and get a position at the defence with Masika since he is best there at Defence.
But do I say. K’ogallo’s green army raided Afraha and Nakuru town. All that happened and the results were a manifestation of a total fanatical commitment. All I would ask from our players is that they should convert our outbreak on pitches to real goals. I look forward to continued results at Awendo.
Guys..there is some confusion..can someone give me the correct line up for the match?
Please confirm if this is it: Goal – Jerry Onyango; Defence – Julius Owino, Anthony Akumu, Eric Masika, Collins Omondi; Mid – Collins Okoth, Roy Okal (Ivan (Anguyo 50th min), (Tony?); Strikers – Edwin Lavatsa (Wycliffe Ochomo 70th min), Kevin Omondi (Demonde Selenga 50th min) , Moses Odhiambo Rasta
Who started between Tony Onyango & Haji Mwachoki?
good weekend gift to the followers in south sudan. We in Kogallo shall overcome all just as the Bahr El Gazhelis overcame Bashir’s bombs……Jahkaruoth, Wau Bahr El Ghazel
all comments r good guys we saw it in nakuru mid kidogo must do the supply tosha then we need undercover overlapa with speed to help masika nyuma no players now goes past masika even them they all knows ,they hv changed to tony postion is where they r using if am wrong am free to be corrected kogallo fans migori tunakam