{"id":5180,"date":"2014-08-15T16:54:45","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T16:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=5180"},"modified":"2014-08-15T19:19:15","modified_gmt":"2014-08-15T19:19:15","slug":"gor-mahia-2-apr-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/gor-mahia-2-apr-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Gor Mahia 2 APR 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/ruhagoyacu.com\/local\/cache-vignettes\/L600xH400\/DSC_0228_New1-b94f0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gor Mahia fought valiantly to draw 2-2 with APR of Rwanda. APR dominated the match and had taken a 22nd minute lead through\u00a0 through Baptiste Mugiraneza.<\/p>\n<p>Gor Mahia came into the game more in the second half. The introduction of Dan Sserunkuma for Eric Ochieng spurred Kogalo as they went forward in search of an equalizer. The equalizer\u00a0 came in the 60th minute via Geoffrey Kizito. It came from a free-kick which David Owino took and Kizito scored from the rebound.<\/p>\n<p>Gor Mahia were now dominating and threatening the APR goal as\u00a0 Timothy Otieno blasted wide from close range.<\/p>\n<p>Williamson also blamed his attackers for failing to capitalize on a few chances that came their way. &#8220;It&#8217;s a game of chances and when we fail to utilize chances we create, our opponents will do that even with the few chances they get to punish us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat&#8217;s what has been happening and like we&#8217;ve seen in our last matches, we failed to make use of many chances we had in first half. Those are matches that we would have won but now we have ourselves to blame. Disappointing indeed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Gor Mahia continued to press forward, they were rewarded with a\u00a0 second goal when Walusimbi scored via a direct freekick. At this point, Gor Mahia probably should have packed the bus.<\/p>\n<p>In the 85th minute, Dan Sserunkuma scored but was adjudged to have fouled the goalkeeper. It was debatable call from the Tanzanian referee as sserunkuma appeared to have latched onto a loose ball that was not handled properly by the keeper.<\/p>\n<p>A 92nd minute goal by Barnabe Mubumbvi of APR squared matters and eliminated Gor Mahia from the 2014 CECAFA cup.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Bobby Williamson once again lamented lack of concentration in the defence that gifted APR the second goal.<\/p>\n<p>Gor Mahia coach Bobby Williamson admitted once again that lack of concentration at the back had cost the team. \u201cWe were cruising to a very important victory but our defenders were costly yet again.&#8221; said Williamson to goal.com.<\/p>\n<p>It was a creditable performance against a team that currently leads the Rwandese league, a team that beat Gor Mahia comprehensively in 2009 and eliminated Tusker in 2011, A team that is directly funded by Rwandese president Kagame. But still not enough to salvage the tournament. With three teams already on six points in group B, Gor Mahia are now out of the 2014 CECAFA cup. Their last match against Djibouti Telecom is a formality.<\/p>\n<h3>Kizito named MVP<\/h3>\n<p>Midfielder &#8220;Baba&#8221; Kizito who scored the equalizing goal was named man of the match according to futaa.com.\u00a0 &#8220;I really don&#8217;t know what to say because that was just close enough but we lost out in the last minutes. That is however the nature of this game and we shall keep on pushing and hoping for better days ahead, he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gor Mahia Line-up<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jerim Onyango. 5. Musa Mohammed. 18. Harun Shakava. 15. David\u00a0Owino. 2. Godfrey Walusimbi. 3. Baba Kizito. 17. Eric Ochieng (Dan Sserunkuma)\u00a0 6.\u00a0Collins Okoth. 11. George Odhiambo\u00a0. 9. Timothy Otieno. <i>1<\/i>9. Daniel\u00a0Onyango.<b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Subs:\u00a0<\/b>12. David Juma. 20. Joseph Kariuki. 13. Bruno\u00a0Charles. 8. Dan Sserunkuma. 7. Simon Mburu. 16. 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