{"id":7161,"date":"2015-08-03T22:46:51","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T22:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=7161"},"modified":"2015-08-03T22:47:53","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T22:47:53","slug":"olunga-and-oluoch-bag-individual-cecafa-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/olunga-and-oluoch-bag-individual-cecafa-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Olunga and Oluoch bag individual CECAFA awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/oluoch-kick.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Michael Olunga bagged the scoring title at the recently concluded CECAFA club cup. He scored 5 goals. Olunga also received the most plaudits of any player at this tournament for his clinical finishing, his precise assists and ability to take on defenders. His dexterity with the ball at his feet is excellent for a player his height.<\/p>\n<p>Other top scorers were: Saleh Eldin Osman Bilal (Khartoum National) and\u00a0Kipre Chetche (Azam), who scored four goals each.\u00a0Malimi Busungu (Yanga) and John Bocco (Azam) scored three goals each.<\/p>\n<p>Goalkeeper Boniface Oluoch was named as the best goalkeeper of the tournament. Oluoch has already established himself as the best keeper on the local scene. Adding a regional title is another feather in his cap.<\/p>\n<p>Ivory Coast defender Serge Pascal Wawa Sfondo was named defender of the tournament and also player of the tournament. Despite playing with a 3 man defence, Azam did not concede a goal throughout.<\/p>\n<p>Olunga though happy with his award, was unhappy at the final result.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were very optimistic as a team to try and give our dear fans something to smile about as they had travelled in large numbers to Dar es Salaam to give us support but it was not to be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a gruelling game but in football you win some and lose some. Maybe we failed to click, but at least we gave a good performance throughout the tournament and it&#8217;s only fair to accept that it was not our day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Individual rewards are good like the golden boot but I feel it would have been fantastic to be on the winners\u2019 podium as a team. We have to now go back and concentrate on the league,&#8221; Olunga told supersport.com.<\/p>\n<p>Gor Mahia have a lot to be proud about. It is a vast improvement on their performance from last season. The home team (in this case Azam) is always favoured to win. And No Kenyan team has come close to winning this tournament since Tusker won it over 5 years ago.\u00a0 Gor Mahia can build on this success to challenge for honors in 2016.<\/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\/olunga-and-oluoch-bag-individual-cecafa-awards\/\"\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>Michael Olunga bagged the scoring title at the recently concluded CECAFA club cup. He scored 5 goals. 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