{"id":11658,"date":"2018-12-10T03:11:55","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T03:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=11658"},"modified":"2018-12-10T03:26:12","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T03:26:12","slug":"zico-not-time-to-panic-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/zico-not-time-to-panic-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Zico, Shakava: Not time to panic yet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Despite a poor start to the 2018-2019 season, interim coach Zedekiah Otieno &#8220;Zico&#8221; says its not time to press the panic button yet. Harun Shakava also concurred with the coach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a post match interview, Shakava averred that it was only the first game. He says the team played well and created numerous chances in the second half. But good goalkeeping saved the dockers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shakava also faulted Bandari for their time-wasting tactics which he considered unsportsmanlike. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nevertheless Shakava concluded that the team will learn from their mistakes and correct them before the next game which is slated for Wednesday. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/zico-oluoch-wendo-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"421\" height=\"561\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Coach Zico for his part says the first game is not the time to start discussing the title. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is too early to start talking about the league title. Last season we lost over six matches and still went on to win the title. I can only admit&nbsp;that we have started badly which is not good for any defending champions in any league but we must now focus ahead and start winning matches from Wednesday.\u201d he told goal.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However if all Kogalo did was lose this game then fans would not panic. The reason some fans are already in panic mode is because there has been a precipitous decline in Kogalo&#8217;s performance. It started at the end of last season when Gor Mahia went on a losing streak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They then went to Merseyside to play Everton and their performance was abysmal compared to the show they displayed against Everton when the two sides met in Dar es Salaam. Then came the loss to Kariobangi Sharks. Even the win over Big Bullets of Malawi was far from impressive. To some it appears the players have lost their motivation. To most however, the club simply has no strikers. Coach Zico concurs. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe lost because we failed to score from the many chances we created and ended up conceding very cheap goals. It is unfortunate that a big team like Gor Mahia can give away such goals at this level,&#8221; he went on<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think so, we have the same players as from last season and remember we scored from a striker and&nbsp;not a defender. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;That will not be a good excuse. Let\u2019s accept that we were not clinical upfront and we deserve to improve on the same as many teams will&nbsp;now want to come hard on us and win because they are playing against the champions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zico went on to say that the team cannot use the absence of Tuyisenge as an excuse. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI can only admit that we are missing Tuyisenge (Jacques). He was our\n top scorer from last season but what can you do, if the player is \ninjured? Tuyisenge is out and we must build a team without him as we \nwait for him to return. 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