{"id":4706,"date":"2014-06-07T13:52:46","date_gmt":"2014-06-07T13:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=4706"},"modified":"2014-06-07T14:15:05","modified_gmt":"2014-06-07T14:15:05","slug":"gor-mahia-take-on-afc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/gor-mahia-take-on-afc\/","title":{"rendered":"Gor Mahia take on AFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/gm-clap-machakos-14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"281\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gor Mahia will return to Nyayo stadium after a hiatus to take on arch rivals AFC Leopards in 2014&#8217;s first edition of the Mashemeji derby. Kickoff iS set for Sunday at 3pm.<\/p>\n<p>Gor Mahia fresh off their aggregate loss to Tusker will be hoping to pick up where they left off having won several games in succession to plant themselves at the top of the league. AFC fresh from their outing in the regional Nile Basin cup which they reached the final before loosing to Victoria of Uganda will be hoping to continue their recovery under new Dutch coach De Jong.<\/p>\n<p>Rama Salim has been in sensational scoring form of late and will be counted on upfront along with his partner Dan Sserunkuma who always saves his best performances for the derby. Supplying them with passes will be Eric Ochieng who has also found a rich vein of form , overlapping defender Dan Walusimbi who leads the team in assists, and fellow Ugandan Geoffrey Kiztito.<\/p>\n<h3>Geoffrey Kizito eager for derby<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cI have heard about the derby and here I am now expecting to play. I can\u2019t wait for the match against AFC leopards,\u201d said Kizito who has also played in Austria.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cDerbies are very exciting because they arouse passion. Each team plays to win regardless of their form. AFC Leopards is a big team, I have watched them play and I think it is going to be a big clash,\u201d he said to the Nation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Fan Support<\/h3>\n<p>The players have so far done an excellent job of putting aside the instability that has plagued the club for several months now. Fans should come in draws and offer unconditional\u00a0 support to the team regardless of what the referee is doing or what the score is. A win for Kogalo will see them strengthen their lead at the top of the table.<\/p>\n<h3>Tickets<\/h3>\n<p>Gor Mahia will host the match. 18,000 tickets have been printed for Sunday\u2019s Mashemeji derby involving powerhouses Gor Mahia and AFC Leopards.<\/p>\n<p>Ticket sales begin on match day across the city from Wells Fargo outlets. They include in Kenya Cinema, City Stadium, Riadha House and the Nairobi West Stage according to michzeoafrika.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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-take-on-afc\/\"\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 will return to Nyayo stadium after a hiatus to take on arch rivals AFC Leopards in 2014&#8217;s first<\/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":[106,107],"class_list":["post-4706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-gor-mahia-vs-afc-leopards","tag-mashemeji-derby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4706","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=4706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4706\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}