{"id":4411,"date":"2014-04-18T23:33:37","date_gmt":"2014-04-18T23:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=4411"},"modified":"2014-04-19T12:59:15","modified_gmt":"2014-04-19T12:59:15","slug":"good-effort-by-gor-mahia-u19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/good-effort-by-gor-mahia-u19\/","title":{"rendered":"Good effort by Gor Mahia U19"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/amos-honda-italy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"293\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amos Honda takes on Barzagi Riccardo.Perhaps they still wear Tuzo jerseys due to lack of funds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gor Mahia U19 team went down 3-1 to Italy Lega Pro U18. However the 3-1 loss is nothing for the young lads to hang their head down.<\/p>\n<p>They were playing against a team that has been together much longer than they have. This is a team that has played in several tournaments both in Italy and abroad. Secondly it is a team that has much better facilities, better trained coaches and is generally better funded.<\/p>\n<p>Yet the young Kogalo lads gave a good account of themselves, playing free flowing football and entertaining the fans.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that they were able to limit the Italians to three goals and score one means this is a decent team whose players have a good future ahead of them if they continue working hard on their game.<\/p>\n<p>Fans must also play their part by supporting this team financially.<\/p>\n<p>Match report courtesy of futaa.com<\/p>\n<p>Visiting Italy Lega Pro U18 cruised past Gor Mahia U19 with a 3-1 win in an international friendly match played on Friday 18 April at the MISC Kasarani starting 1600 hours local time.<\/p>\n<p>Dellovo Andrea drew the first blood in the 12th minute before Zottini Francesco claimed a brace in the 60<sup>th<\/sup> and 70<sup>th<\/sup> minutes with Cliff Nyakeya pulling one back in the 80<sup>th<\/sup> minute.<\/p>\n<p>Gor started brightly and had the first attempt in the opening minutes but Emmanuel Olinga\u2019s shot from a Hajj Achkobe cross was saved by Italian goalkeeper.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/waruinge-u19.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"407\" height=\"259\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Italy then went ahead in the 12<sup>th<\/sup> minute after Dellovo Andrea unleashed a low shot into the back of the net from inside the box.<\/p>\n<p>Three minutes to the half hour mark, Cliff Nyakeya saw his cross well collected by the Italian keeper before Gor keeper Vincent Odhiambo produced a fine save from a free header with the ball rattling off the post for a fruitless corner in the 43<sup>rd<\/sup> minute. Gor went for the breather trailing 0-1.<\/p>\n<p><b>Second half<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In the second half, Amos Nondi thought to have leveled matters in the 51<sup>st<\/sup> minute but his long range shot from outside the box was easily picked by Italian custodian.<\/p>\n<p>In the 57<sup>th<\/sup> minute, Gor youngsters protested for a penalty in vain after their opponents\u2019 defenders seemed to have handled the ball from a corner cross.<\/p>\n<p>Five minutes later, Zottino Francesco doubled the lead for Italy, heading home a cross from the left wing.\u00a0Francesco was on the mark again in the 70<sup>th<\/sup> minute this time round getting past Vincent Odhiambo in the Gor Mahia goal before turning home for his second on the day.<\/p>\n<p><b>Nyakeya pulled one back<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Cliff Nyakeya pulled one back for the Nairobi County League (NCL) side in the 74<sup>th<\/sup> minute.\u00a0Nyakeya had another chance to reduce the deficit in the dying moments but his attempt went straight to the Italian keeper before the centre referee blew the final whistle<\/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\/good-effort-by-gor-mahia-u19\/\"\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>Gor Mahia U19 team went down 3-1 to Italy Lega Pro U18. 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