{"id":13824,"date":"2019-02-01T00:07:07","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T00:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=13824"},"modified":"2019-02-01T14:22:54","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T14:22:54","slug":"oktay-gor-mahia-can-beat-zamalek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/oktay-gor-mahia-can-beat-zamalek\/","title":{"rendered":"Oktay: Gor Mahia can beat Zamalek"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/oktay-gesture.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Coach Hassan Oktay was satisfied with his side&#8217;s performance against SoNy Sugar and is now looking forward to the challenge of continental giants Zamalek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> \u201cAlthough we are unable to win all the matches, victory against Sony Sugar has instilled confidence in my players ahead of the match against Egypt&#8217;s Zamalek on Sunday.&#8221; he told the Standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zamalek is a club of higher pedigree than Gor Mahia whose performance of late has not been inspiring. Still Oktay is confident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> \u201cIt is not a big deal to beat Zamalek. A section of the media have created a wrong impression. We are equal to the task and my boys are ready. &#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kenyan teams usually end up on the recieiving end of beatings from Egyptian sides. Gor Mahia under Zdravko Logarusic lost to ENPPI of Egypt by an aggregate score of 3-0 in 2013. Prior to that Gor Mahia had been eliminated by Zamalek three times and Ismailia once. Among Kenyan clubs, only Sofapaka has ever eliminated an Egyptian side.  But Oktay is unmoved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> \u201cWe are capable of breaking the jinx against the Egyptian clubs who have in the past beat Kenyan teams in almost all continental matches. We want to change the trend.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the club&#8217;s local form, Oktay says that he has been frustrated by referee decisions. According to him, the referee in the match against SoNy Sugar denied Gor Mahia a penalty and a clear goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\n\u201cEarlier, we had been denied a goal after the referee pointed at the centre only for him to change mind after consulting with an assistant referee,\u201d he claimed\n\n<\/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\/oktay-gor-mahia-can-beat-zamalek\/\"\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>Coach Hassan Oktay was satisfied with his side&#8217;s performance against SoNy Sugar and is now looking forward to the challenge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13824","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13824"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13830,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13824\/revisions\/13830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}