{"id":7061,"date":"2015-07-18T15:41:08","date_gmt":"2015-07-18T15:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=7061"},"modified":"2015-07-19T00:42:25","modified_gmt":"2015-07-19T00:42:25","slug":"winning-start-for-gor-mahia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/winning-start-for-gor-mahia\/","title":{"rendered":"Winning start for Gor Mahia"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/shakava-glay-yanga-15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shakava and Glay celebrate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gor Mahia opened their 2015 CECAFA club cup campaign with a solid 2-1 win over Young Africans of Tanzania. This is unlike last time when Gor Mahia started by not only losing to KCCA of Uganda but were comprehensively outplayed. This time Gor Mahia were in the driving seat.<\/p>\n<p>It was Yanga who took an early lead due to an unfortunate error by Gor Mahia central defender Dirkir Glay : Glay had attempted to clear a dangerous cross from winger Donald Ngoma, but his mis-timed clearance ended up sending the ball over goalkeeper Boniface Oluoch.<\/p>\n<p>Gor Mahia equalized in the 18th minute from a freekick. The freekick resulted when Godfrey Walusimbi was fouled. Karim Nigiziyimana sent one of his inch perfect deliveries into the danger area and Haron Shakava headed past Ali Mustafa in the Yanga goal. The towering Shakava is quickly joining the ranks of other Gor Mahia heading legends like George Otieno &#8220;Vigo&#8221;, Allan Odhiambo and of course Peter Dawo.<\/p>\n<p>5 minutes later, Zambia winger Ngoma received a second yellow card for attacking Shakava, and he was sent off as Gor Mahia and Simba fans cheered. Simba fans were actively chanting &#8220;Gor Biro&#8221;. This raised Gor Mahia&#8217;s morale and they dominated the exchanges with far more attempts on goal.<\/p>\n<p>At minute 32, a wide open Olunga controlled the ball well but sent his shot over the bar, thus missing a glorious opportunity.\u00a0 5 minutes later, a the dangerous Olunga was felled by a Yanga defender but the referee waved play on thus denying Gor Mahia what should have been a penalty.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Olunga who had been active all day saw his efforts rewarded when he scored the second goal soon after the start of the second half.<\/p>\n<p>Godfrey Walusimbi also found himself in the referees book when he was cautioned for a foul in the 62nd minute.<\/p>\n<p>In the 73rd minute, Boniface Oluoch became a hero when\u00a0 he saved a penalty from veteran Kelvin Yondani.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/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\/winning-start-for-gor-mahia\/\"\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 opened their 2015 CECAFA club cup campaign with a solid 2-1 win over Young Africans of Tanzania. 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