{"id":10900,"date":"2018-06-23T15:06:23","date_gmt":"2018-06-23T15:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=10900"},"modified":"2018-06-23T15:51:28","modified_gmt":"2018-06-23T15:51:28","slug":"gor-mahia-blank-ulinzi-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/gor-mahia-blank-ulinzi-2-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Gor Mahia blank Ulinzi 2-0"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/kahata-celeb-ulinzi-18.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-medium\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mieno and Blackberry congratulate Kahata<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gor Mahia&#8217;s fine form in the 2018 Kenya Premier League continued on Saturday when they recorded an impressive 2-0 win over Ulinzi at Afraha stadium. Impressive because Ulinzi stars has been one of the sides that has been difficult to beat. Last season they forced a 2-2 draw at Kisumu. This time however Gor Mahia took command with Francis Kahata and Jacque Tuyisenge scoring in the 12th and 86th minute respectively. <\/p>\n<p>Coach Dylan Kerr credited his players for always remaining focused and battling. <\/p>\n<p>Every team wants to be the first to beat Gor Mahia and therefore there are no easy matches for us. We knew this coming into this match and expected a tough match. We made a couple of basic errors and gave them chances. We got a goal early on and that calmed things down. We\u2019ve had a tough week and to be honest my players looked jaded \u2013 they really battled for the points and credit goes out to them. \u2013 said Kerr after the match.<\/p>\n<p>Ulinzi coach, Dunstan Nyaudo, who is a former Gor Mahia player, rued missed chances.<br \/>\n\u201cWe had a good game and created very many chances that we unfortunately did not convert. Gor Mahia got several and made use of theirs and that is what made the difference. My defenders also lost concentration especially towards the end of the match and we were punished for it.\u201d \u2013 said Nyaudo<\/p>\n<p>Additional reporting from futaa.com<br \/>\nMasuta Masita missed two glorious chances to steer Ulinzi ahead in the 4th and 6th minutes. Joash Onyango could not clear the ball as the home team pumped into Gor Mahia&#8217;s area.<\/p>\n<p>Francis Kahata punished the soldiers in the 12th minute as he slotted home from close range. George Odhiambo ran down the right flank to deliver the ball and he took his time to beat the advancing Jacktone Odhiambo. Kahata was left with the easiest of options of tapping in to score his third goal of the season.<\/p>\n<p>A tepid first fifteen minutes saw Ernest Wendo pick the first yellow card after a bad challenge on Bernard Ongoma. The visitors, although ahead goal wise, lost the ball rather easily with Elvis Nadwa beating Godfrey Walusimbi twice on the left flank. All the Ulinzi efforts were not rewarded as their finishing was not as clinical as to bring the much-sorted goal.<\/p>\n<p>A rough collision between Meddie Kagere saw the Ulinzi man bleed from the mouth as the Rwandan elbowed him. The referee did not punish the Gor Mahia&#8217;s top striker though as Ongoma went out to receive treatment before resuming the action.<\/p>\n<p>Hassan Mohamed was unlucky to be denied by the bar after he lobbed a long-range ball over Boniface Oluoch in the 57th minute. Philemon Otieno just cleared from the line as everyone in the white shirt looked beaten when Ulinzi invaded Gor&#8217;s area in the 62nd minute. George Omondi had launched a swift counter attack from the home side left flank as an equalizing goal for Ulinzi looked all but elusive.<\/p>\n<p>Debuts<\/p>\n<p>Both Elijah Mwanzia and Omar Boraafya were handed their debuts. Jacques Tuyisenge scored the second goal for the league defending champions from a corner kick. Defensive errors handed Gor the winning goal to stretch their points to forty-three.<\/p>\n<p>Ulinzi Stars Starting XI: Jacktone Odhiambo (GK), Cylus Shitote,  Omar Mbongi, George Omondi, Hassan Mohamed (C) Bernard Ongoma, John Kago, Daniel Waweru (Cliff Kasuti), Elvis Nandwa (Elijah Mwanzia), Masita Masuta, Michael Otieno (Omar Boraafya).<\/p>\n<p>Unused subs: Timothy Odhiambo (GK), Hamisi Abdalla, Geoffrey Kokoyo, Ibrahim Shambi.<\/p>\n<p>Gor Mahia Starting XI: Boniface Oluoch, Philemon Otieno, Godfrey Walusimbi,  Joash Onyango, Harun Shakava (C), Ernest Wendo, Francis Kahata,  Humphrey Mieno, Jacques Tuyisenge, Meddie Kagere, George Odhiambo ( Lawrence Juma).<\/p>\n<p>Unused subs: Shaaban Odhoji (GK), Wesley Onguso, Bernard Ondiek, Sammy Onyango, Ephrem Guikan<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/gor-mahia-blank-ulinzi-2-0\/\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground:  !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gor Mahia&#8217;s fine form in the 2018 Kenya Premier League continued on Saturday when they recorded an impressive 2-0 win<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[524,203],"class_list":["post-10900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-2018-kenya-premier-league","tag-gor-mahia-vs-ulinzi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10900"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10905,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10900\/revisions\/10905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}