{"id":3970,"date":"2014-02-19T02:57:07","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T02:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=3970"},"modified":"2014-02-19T03:01:03","modified_gmt":"2014-02-19T03:01:03","slug":"williamson-applauds-team-sets-eyes-on-city-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/williamson-applauds-team-sets-eyes-on-city-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Williamson applauds team, sets eyes on City Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gormahia.net\/images\/williamson-city.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" \/><\/p>\n<p>courtesy of sporton.co.ke<\/p>\n<section>Coach Bobby Williamson says Gor Mahia\u2019s success over US Bitam in Gabon in the second leg preliminary round of the Africa Champions League was largely due to maturity and technical discipline of his squad.And as Gor Mahia shifts attention to Thursday\u2019s Kenyan Premier League match against City Stars at City Stadium, Williamson is telling fans to expect an even better performance from the team both in local and international assignments.<\/p>\n<p>The Scottish-born coach says it was evident the match referee Liberian Gerry Yekeh was hell bent on ensuring the match ended in favour of their opponents but an inspired performance from goalkeeper and team captain Jerim Onyango confined US Bitam to a 1-0 lead which forced post-match penalties after the scores stood at 1-1 on aggregate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a real test of character and we had expected such kind of biased officiating. But the boys played their hearts out. It was a great show of character and technical maturity,\u201d said Williamson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor a team to go to such an environment and come out victorious, it tells you about the level of maturity in this squad,\u201d said Williamson.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Better performance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut there is still a lot to be done and we shall continue working hard to get better performance. Our next opponents are seasoned campaigners in the continent so we need to prepare better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Williamson says Bitam\u2019s opening goal was clean but the free kick awarded in the build up to the goal was suspect. Further, the first penalty early in the second half was questionable though the second one would have passed.<\/p>\n<p>During the game, Gor Mahia played the last quarter of an hour one man down after David Owino was red carded for questioning the referee\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p>Gor went on to hold their opponents and won the game 4-2 on post match penalties with Onyango saving two spot kicks.<\/p>\n<p>Williamson says his attention now shifts to Thursday\u2019s league match against City Stars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe league match has come too soon but I have told the boys there is no time to rest or celebrate our weekend success,\u201d says Williamson.<\/p>\n<p>Gor Mahia arrived on Monday night from Gabon.<\/p>\n<p>City Stars will not be an easy customer for Gor Mahia. The Kawangware-based side has beefed its squad with former Gor Mahia players George Midenyo, Moses Odhiambo, Kevin Ochieng and David Otieno.<\/p>\n<p>Their new coach Robinson Ofomko is oozing with confidence ahead of their first match.<\/p>\n<\/section>\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\/williamson-applauds-team-sets-eyes-on-city-stars\/\"\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>courtesy of sporton.co.ke Coach Bobby Williamson says Gor Mahia\u2019s success over US Bitam in Gabon in the second leg preliminary<\/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-3970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3970","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=3970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3970\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}