{"id":15305,"date":"2019-10-30T01:19:33","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T01:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=15305"},"modified":"2019-10-30T01:19:36","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T01:19:36","slug":"gor-mahia-face-uphill-battle-against-motema-pembe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/gor-mahia-face-uphill-battle-against-motema-pembe\/","title":{"rendered":"Gor Mahia face uphill battle against Motema Pembe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/team-bujumbura-19.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gor Mahia will take on DC Motema Pembe on Sunday November 3 in the return leg of the CAF Confederations cup. In the first leg at Kasarani, Gor Mahia were the better side for long stretches but could not convert their possession into goals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> &#8220;We will have to be more clinical to stand a chance. I will work to improve on everything, including our defence,&#8221; said coach Steve Polack. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A goal by substitute Yikpe Gnamien was soon canceled by William Likuta. The Congolese striker is confident of vanquishing the Kenyan champions on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We will win in Kinshasa because now we know our opponents well. They are an average side but work very hard,&#8221; boasted Likuta after the game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its a daunting task in Kinshasa where attendance for big matches can be as high as 80,000. Gor Mahia will need to prepare for an intimidating atmosphere.  Coach Polack is very familiar with Kinshasa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> \u201cI have  been in DRC twice as a coach and I know how they treat  opponents. I have  instructed my players not to react to any issue and  leave it to  security officials and CAF. Our main focus will be to win  the game  whatever situation we find ourselves in,\u201d said Polack to the Nation.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Polack denied claims that the players were on a go slow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe team is okay and those who played on Sunday were given time\n to rest. I am impressed with the way our team performed on the pitch \nand am sure we will get a good result away. The team is united and they \nare happy playing for Gor Mahia,\u201d said Polack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile club secretary Ronald Ngala confirmed that Kogalo will travel on Friday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> \u201cWe approached the government with a  request and they have given us the nod, thus we shall leave on Friday  November 1,\u201dNgala explained. <\/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-face-uphill-battle-against-motema-pembe\/\"\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 will take on DC Motema Pembe on Sunday November 3 in the return leg of the CAF Confederations<\/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-15305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15305","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=15305"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15306,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15305\/revisions\/15306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}