{"id":4027,"date":"2014-02-27T13:01:58","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T13:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=4027"},"modified":"2014-02-27T13:10:15","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T13:10:15","slug":"williamson-discusses-calabars-absence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/williamson-discusses-calabars-absence\/","title":{"rendered":"Williamson discusses Calabar&#8217;s absence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gormahia.net\/images\/owino-chemelil.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>courtesy of goal.com<\/p>\n<p>The defender was red carded during their preliminary duel against US Bitam in Gabon making him ineligible to face Esperance in first round<\/p>\n<p>Gor Mahia coach Bobby Williamson has admitted that the team will miss suspended defender David \u2018Calabar\u2019 Owino when they play Esperance in Saturday\u2019s Caf Champions League match at Nyayo Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The defender was red carded during their preliminary match against US Bitam in Gabon making him ineligible to take face the North African side in the first round fixture.<\/p>\n<p>Williamson said: &#8220;He has been very key and influential for us but there is nothing we can do in his absence. We have to go back to the options we have to help us navigate through the hurdle,&#8221; the Scott told <strong>Goal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In the absence of Owino, Ugandan Israel Emuge is likely to step in. Williamson remained upbeat that\u00a0<em>K\u2019Ogalo<\/em> will register a convincing result to take to Tunisia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am optimistic we will do well. We have a good team and our start to the season has been brilliant. We have played four matches and conceded only one goal in open play. That is something positive and we look forward to continue with the same form.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that there has been bad history as far as North African opponents are concerned but we have what it takes to make history of our own. It is possible. They are a tough side, but so are we.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Williamson is hoping that keeper Jerim Onyango, who injured his shoulder over the weekend, will be available for the clash. He is also encouraged that Patrick Oboya and Kevin \u2018Ade\u2019 Omondi are back in full fitness and will be ready to face Esperance.<\/p>\n<h3>Ticketing Info<\/h3>\n<p>courtesy of futaa.com<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the first leg of the Caf Champions League match pitting Gor Mahia and Esperance are slated to go on sale starting tomorrow Friday 28 February 2014 in various venues.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 22 000 tickets have been produced; 2500 for VIP to be sold at Kshs. 1000 and the rest for terraces to go at Kshs. 200.<\/p>\n<p><b>From Friday<\/b><\/p>\n<p>As revealed by club\u2019s Organizing Secretary David Kiilo, Wells Fargo will avail the tickets at Kenya Cinema, City Stadium, Kengeles, Riadha House and Diamond Trust Bank centers.<\/p>\n<p>-Tickets will be on sale from Friday at various venues with fans advised to start purchasing early as they will not be sold an hour to the kick off, confirmed Kiilo to <i>futaa.com<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Anima <i>Ferrari<\/i> Aketch<\/b><\/p>\n<p>His sentiments were echoed by Deputy Secretary General Anima <i>Ferrari<\/i> Aketch.<\/p>\n<p>-The FIFA rules clearly state that tickets are not supposed to be sold around the match venue, we therefore call upon fans to buy as from tomorrow so that by Saturday all will be set than running up and down looking for tickets, she said.<\/p>\n<p><b>Nyayo National Stadium<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The match pitting the one time versus the two time African champions kicks off at 1600hrs local time on Saturday 1 March 2014 at the Nyayo National Stadium.<\/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\/williamson-discusses-calabars-absence\/\"\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 goal.com The defender was red carded during their preliminary duel against US Bitam in Gabon making him ineligible<\/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-4027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4027","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=4027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4027\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}