{"id":4053,"date":"2014-03-01T14:15:38","date_gmt":"2014-03-01T14:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=4053"},"modified":"2014-03-02T02:03:51","modified_gmt":"2014-03-02T02:03:51","slug":"gor-mahia-vs-esperance-currently-tied","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/gor-mahia-vs-esperance-currently-tied\/","title":{"rendered":"Gor Mahia 2 Esperance 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 384px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/kenga-chanaa-2014.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"256\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shaban Kenga in action against Chanaa of Esperance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>courtesy of futaa.com<\/p>\n<p>Visiting Tunisian side Esperance Sportive de Tunis eased past Kenyan side Gor Mahia with a 3-2 win in a pulsating first round of the Caf Champions League match staged at the Nyayo Stadium this afternoon Saturday 1 March 2014 starting 1600hrs local time.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Sserunkuma drew the first blood in the 14<sup>th<\/sup> minute before Ahned Akaichi equalized with Yannick Ndjeng firing Esperance into a 2-1 lead but Haron Shakava cancelled in the 77th minute as Haithen Jouwi scored the third in the 89<sup>th<\/sup> minute.<\/p>\n<p><b>Lapse in concentration<\/b><\/p>\n<p>From an action packed first half, Esperance came back a rejuvenated side and pressed on with constant attacks at goal but it was Dan Sserunkuma\u2019s goal in the 47<sup>th<\/sup> minute that was ruled for offside after the Uganda Cranes talisman had been put through.<\/p>\n<p>In the 63<sup>rd<\/sup> minute, Yannick Ndjeng fired the Ruud Krol lead side into a 2-1 lead, turning home after a lapse in concentration of Kogalo defence.<\/p>\n<p>Bobby Williamson then made changes, pulling out Shaban Kenga for Patrick Oboya and Kevin Omondi for George Blackberry Odhiambo in the 68<sup>th<\/sup> and 69<sup>th<\/sup> minute respectively.<\/p>\n<p><b>Shakava equalizer <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Two minutes later, Esperance introduced Ali Dhedbi for first goal scorer Ahned Akaichi as the visitors controlled the versed majority of the game.<\/p>\n<p>The attention then shifted when youngster and former Kakamega Homeboyz high-rated defender Haron Shakava went high to head in a Joseph Wanyonyi corner to make matters 2-2 in the 77<sup>th<\/sup> minute, his free header sending fans into frenzy, the goal was his second for the club and in the competition.<\/p>\n<p><b>Jouwi netted third<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Harrison Aful was the man tormenting the Gor Mahia flanks with threatening runs. The Ghanaian attacking midfielder contributing to the winning goal that Haithen Jouwi nettted in the 89<sup>th<\/sup> minute after Israel Emuge let Jouwi free when in the box.<\/p>\n<p>With four minutes of added time, it was Esperance pushing on in order to stamp their lead packed with three away goals.<\/p>\n<p>Going into the second leg, the Kenyan champions will have to score two goals and ensure they do not concede to be assured of a qualification slot.<\/p>\n<p><b>Starting IX:\u00a0<\/b>Jerry Onyango (GK), Musa Mohammed, Israel Emuge, Haron Shakava, Godfrey Walusimbi, Geoffrey Kizito,\u00a0 Anthony Teddy Akumu, Timonah Wanyonyi, Shaban Kenga (Patrick Oboya 68&#8242;), Kevin Omondi (George Odhiambo 69&#8242;), Dan Sserunkuma.<\/p>\n<p><b>Unused subs<\/b>: Joel Bataro (GK), Kevin Oluoch, Daniel Onyango, Rama Salim, Innocent Mutiso,<\/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-esperance-currently-tied\/\"\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 futaa.com Visiting Tunisian side Esperance Sportive de Tunis eased past Kenyan side Gor Mahia with a 3-2 win<\/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-4053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4053","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=4053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4053\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}