{"id":2948,"date":"2013-09-03T13:06:41","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T13:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=2948"},"modified":"2013-09-03T16:58:40","modified_gmt":"2013-09-03T16:58:40","slug":"gor-mahia-vs-sony-to-be-replayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/gor-mahia-vs-sony-to-be-replayed\/","title":{"rendered":"Gor Mahia vs SoNy to be replayed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gormahia.net\/images\/gm-sony-when.jpg\" width=\"424\" height=\"238\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The match pitting Gor Mahia against SoNy will be replayed at a later date. According to futaa.com the KPL reviewed\u00a0 all the reports from the match, and ruled that the match be replayed.<\/p>\n<p>We have looked at both reports- the referee\u2019s and match commissar\u2019s- and we have also considered the fact that no team has been blamed for the stoppage, the KPL CEO Jack Oguda told Futaa.com.<\/p>\n<p>As confirmed by Oguda, SoNy could not be held accountable for the security breach, as they had put in place acceptable security measures before the match.<\/p>\n<p>-The match was almost ending with no issue. When the crowd invaded the pitch, we had to give preference to the security of the officials and players, Oguda further told futaa.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>Refereee Speaks out<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Referee Nasur\u00a0Doka who officiated the match has broken his silence over whether the goal was genuine<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ball hit the cross bar and my assistant (Leonard Oyiengo) said it had crossed the line. It was a goal and that\u2019s the conclusion we arrived at\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a centre referee the most reputable person I can rely on is my assistant because he is best placed to make the call\u201d He told michezoafrika.com<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe stadium was packed with over 10,000 fans and after that they invaded the pitch and the perimeter fence down, there was no way we could continue the match though both sides were in agreement to have it resume. We did it on security grounds\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>SoNy have been adamant that the ball never crossed the line and only a case of poor officiating allowed Gor Mahia to equalize.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>KPL have now sent a communique which indicates that the match will be played at Afraha Stadium, Nakuru on Wednesday September 18, 2013 starting at 3:00pm and that KPL will take control of the match. KPL have also exonerated both teams from responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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-vs-sony-to-be-replayed\/\"\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>The match pitting Gor Mahia against SoNy will be replayed at a later date. According to futaa.com the KPL reviewed\u00a0<\/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-2948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2948","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=2948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2948\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}