{"id":14872,"date":"2019-07-08T17:24:50","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T17:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=14872"},"modified":"2019-07-18T02:07:05","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T02:07:05","slug":"gor-mahia-down-as-maniema-2-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/gor-mahia-down-as-maniema-2-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Gor Mahia down AS Maniema 2-1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/lawrence-juma-maniema-19.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Lawrence Juma in action against Maniema<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gor Mahias campaign in the 2019 CECAFA Club cup started on a solid note on Monday evening when they downed AS Maniema of DR Congo 2 -1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maniema finished 4th in the 2018-2019 DR Congo League Super League with 57 points, well behind champions TP Mazembe who finished with 83 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The match was played in Rubavu which is a short distance from the home area of Maniema. As a result, a large crowd attended the match to support the Congolese side. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional reporting from the Nation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a goalless opening quarter, Ochieng dispossessed the giant Abedi Masudi at the centre of the park in the 22nd minute. He then dribbled forward, weighed his options and fired a thunder bolt that flew past the despairing dive of keeper Bukasa Mangala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kenneth Muguna and Samuel Onyango lost clear chances to extend Gor&#8217;s lead, but Boniface Omondi made no mistake after the break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He easily beat the offside trap, then produced a cheeky dummy that left Mangala lying on the turf, before slotting the ball into an empty net for<em>&nbsp;K&#8217;Ogalo&#8217;s<\/em>&nbsp;second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Oktay&#8217;s first competitive match of the season, new signing Tobias Otieno impressed in midfield with his tackling and range of passing skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oktay also summoned other new signings Dennis Oalo and Ambundo Dickson as second half substitutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s before Likweya Jeremaya scored a consolation for Maniema from the penalty spot in the dying moments of the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/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-down-as-maniema-2-1\/\"\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 Mahias campaign in the 2019 CECAFA Club cup started on a solid note on Monday evening when they downed<\/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":[612,615],"class_list":["post-14872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-2019-cecafa-club-cup","tag-gor-mahia-vs-maniema"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14872","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=14872"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14876,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14872\/revisions\/14876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}