{"id":5131,"date":"2014-08-15T02:44:19","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T02:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=5131"},"modified":"2014-08-15T14:49:51","modified_gmt":"2014-08-15T14:49:51","slug":"gor-mahia-face-apr-in-do-or-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/gor-mahia-face-apr-in-do-or-die\/","title":{"rendered":"Gor Mahia face APR in do or die"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/musa-kcca-14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"290\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Musa Nassur in action against KCCA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After a disastrous start that has seen them lose their first two matches. Gor Mahia are now facing a must-win situation against APR of Rwanda. A loss to APR will effectively end Gor Mahia&#8217;s campaign.<\/p>\n<p>It will be an uphill task especially considering that APR will be playing at home.\u00a0 against a team that eliminated Gor Mahia from the CAF cup in 2009 and also eliminated then Kenya champions Tusker from the Africa Champions league in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>In 2009 A young George Odhiambo &#8220;Blackberry&#8221; was in the squad along with Zablon Otieno &#8220;Pro&#8221; , Julius Owino, Dan Odhiambo, Tonny Onyango, Elisha Ochieno, Peter Opiyo, Ibrahim Kitawi and Eric Masika. Almost all the players then were between 19 and 21. At the time, APR had a number of Congolese players like Fuadi Ndayisenga who scored two as well as Moses Odhiambo &#8220;Dube&#8221; who was at the centre of their midfield.<\/p>\n<p>Blackberry is the only survivor from 2009 and will be eager to earn a measure of revenge to exorcise the demons of that loss. That is if he is fielded. The off colour striker did not play against Atletico on Monday. Gor Mahia fans will also be hoping for a win not just for revenge but to get the the campaign back on track.<\/p>\n<h3>Musonye ebcourages Gor Mahia<\/h3>\n<p>CECAFA chairman Nicholas Musonye has challenged Gor Mahia to emulate the glorious squads that won the CECAFA club cup in 1980, 81 and 85. At the time, Musonye was a sports journalist firstly with the Standard then the Weekly review, a magazine that used to cover Kenya Kenyan football better than any other publication.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cI have travelled with you (Gor Mahia) across Africa since 1981. I covered many of your matches during my time as a journalist and I know what you are capable of. I want to urge you to show your true character by winning the two matches,\u201d Musonye said to the Nation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Calling the players by their names, the Cecafa boss particularly asked the team skipper Jerim Onyango\u00a0to show leadership on the pitch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cJerim, you are the captain. I want to see your leadership. You have to do it. Owino (David) I want to see goals and Kizito (Geoffrey) I want to see what you are capable of doing,\u201d he said before\u00a0handing the players a cash token of\u00a0 $ 1,000 (Sh87,000).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>An upbeat Jerim, who has so far been compact between the goal posts\u00a0said they are highly motivated and ready for the match.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cWe are okay. We have no issues troubling us and we are focused on the match. We believe all is not lost and we can still progress to the quarters and go all the way to lift the title,\u201d Onyango told Daily Nation Sport.<\/p>\n<h3>Gor Mahia need plenty of improvement<\/h3>\n<p>Gor Mahia&#8217;s defence which looked shakey against KCCA will need to improve dramatically to contain the APR trio of APR\u2019s threesome of Jean-Claude Iranzi, Jean Baptista and Michel Ndahinduka which has proven to be dangerous. But they will have to defend without full back Walusimbi who is still out sick. And they will have to be sharper than they were against Atletico when they missed chance after chance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Group B Standings<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 P \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0W \u00a0\u00a0D \u00a0\u00a0L \u00a0\u00a0GF \u00a0\u00a0GA \u00a0\u00a0GD\u00a0 \u00a0P<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">APR \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a00 \u00a0\u00a00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a06<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">KCCA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a00 \u00a0 \u00a01\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a04\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Telecom\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a02\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Atletico\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a03\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 -1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a03<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gor Mahia\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2\u00a0\u00a0 1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 -2\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a00<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Starting Line-Up<\/h4>\n<p>Sserunkuma has shockingly been benched for Blackberry<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Starting Xi:<\/b>1. Fredrick Onyango. 5. Musa Mohammed. 18. Harun Shakava. 15. David\u00a0Owino. 2. Godfrey Walusimbi. 3. Baba Kizito. 17. Eric Ochieng.\u00a0 6.\u00a0Collins Okoth. 11. George Odhiambo\u00a0. 9. Timothy Otieno. <i>1<\/i>9. Daniel\u00a0Onyango.<b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Subs:\u00a0<\/b>12. David Juma. 20. Joseph Kariuki. 13. Bruno\u00a0Charles. 8. Dan Sserunkuma. 7. Simon Mburu. 16. 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