{"id":3945,"date":"2014-02-17T02:55:21","date_gmt":"2014-02-17T02:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=3945"},"modified":"2020-12-28T18:43:29","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T18:43:29","slug":"flashback-gor-mahia-vs-esperance-in-1987","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/stories\/flashback-gor-mahia-vs-esperance-in-1987\/","title":{"rendered":"Flashback: Gor Mahia vs Esperance in 1987"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[ (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); \/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Story by Muroro Pacho<br \/>\nMilimani-Strathmore<\/p>\n<p>The stage is set for an epic rematch between Gor Mahia and Tunisian Champions and perrennial African giants Esperance. The last time these two teams met was in the final of the 1987 Africa cup winners cup in which Gor Mahia emerged triumphant by forcing a 2-2 draw away in Tunis and a 1-1 draw in the second leg at Kasarani.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 389px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/ndolo-esperance.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"389\" height=\"259\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">On this day, Esperance resorted to all manner of rough play. Here Anthony Odhiambo Ndolo receives a kick<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Gor Mahia Return to Continental Football<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/esperance\/esperance2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"467\" height=\"258\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>1987 Mandela cup showdown<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/esperance\/esperance3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"340\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Doubts over David Ochieng &#8220;Kamoga&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/esperance\/esperance4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"412\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>1987 Cup winner cup 1st Leg:<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/esperance\/esperance5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"479\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>1987 Mandela Cup winner cup 2nd Leg:<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/esperance\/esperance6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"518\" \/><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 294px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/hicheri-dawo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"294\" height=\"156\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hicheri Toufiq gouged, pinched and strangled Dawo throughout the game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/esperance\/esperance7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"473\" height=\"383\" \/><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 227px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/dawo-head-esperance.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"213\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dawo beat Nacur Choucane to the near post and thundered the ball home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/esperance\/esperance8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"472\" height=\"171\" \/><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 391px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/moi-cheer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"391\" height=\"283\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Moi led the cheers at a packed Kasarani<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/esperance\/esperance9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"465\" height=\"379\" \/><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 452px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/charles-otieno-esperance.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"452\" height=\"237\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charles Otieno came closest to scoring in the second half. Nacur Choucane had to dive full length but was well beaten. But the ball missed the target narrowly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/esperance\/esperance10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"156\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Aftermath<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/esperance\/esperance11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"463\" height=\"52\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/austin-cup.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"327\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/esperance\/esperance12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"529\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/stories\/flashback-gor-mahia-vs-esperance-in-1987\/\" data-layout=\"standard\" data-action=\"like\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-share=\"true\"><\/div>\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\/stories\/flashback-gor-mahia-vs-esperance-in-1987\/\"\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>Story by Muroro Pacho Milimani-Strathmore The stage is set for an epic rematch between Gor Mahia and Tunisian Champions and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16785,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[714,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gor-mahia-in-africa","category-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3945","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=3945"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16786,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3945\/revisions\/16786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}