{"id":7600,"date":"2015-11-04T02:55:19","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T02:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=7600"},"modified":"2015-11-04T02:58:51","modified_gmt":"2015-11-04T02:58:51","slug":"gor-mahia-take-on-tusker-in-kpl-top-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/gor-mahia-take-on-tusker-in-kpl-top-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Gor Mahia take on Tusker in KPL Top 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/gm-rao-15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Gor Mahia met with CORD leader Raila Odinga who presented the players with Ksh 500,000. He then challenged the team to perform better in continental events.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy only request is to ask this team to perform well in Africa. I know they have the potential and with support from fans and management they can conquer Africa.\u00a0 That should be the team\u2019s motto going into next season. I will also urge the team\u2019s top brass to make sure that they maintain their best players for next season. This will give the team continuity that is very vital. Also let\u2019s have coach Frank Nutall\u2019s stay at the club extended.\u201d said Raila.<\/p>\n<p>Having just finished celebrating their third successive league title, Gor Mahia players will need to get out of celebration mode in order to focus on the next task ahead which is the KPL Top 8 return leg against Tusker. The first leg ended 2-2 which means a draw of 1-1 or 0-0 will see Gor Mahia through to the next round and avenge last season&#8217;s loss to Tusker at the same stage. Coach Frank Nuttall has vowed that the team will not rest on its laurels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTusker is a big team and we must give them all due respect. I have instructed the players not to be carried away by the league win but keep the candle aglow,\u201d said Nuttall to supersport.<\/p>\n<p>George Odhiambo Blackberry who is experiencing a resurgence in the last few games echoed hos coache&#8217;s sentiments and vowed that the playing unit would remain focused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are happy with the KPL win and as you saw, we celebrated as much as we could.\u00a0 The team has been magnificent and we have deserved to be where we are and we thank God for everything. On the other hand, we have two other trophies to work on and we hope to win them make history.&#8221; said Blackberry to supersport.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from staying unbeaten in the league which they have accomplished, Gor Mahia are also aiming to stay unbeaten in all competitions. Tusker would like nothing better than to be the team that ends Gor Mahia&#8217;s glorious run. But full back Karim Nizigiyimana has warned that it will not beat easy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very happy that we have won the league unbeaten but\u00a0tomorrow (Wednesday) we will play to win,\u201d Nizigiyimana said. \u201cWere is a great player, very fantastic, but I don\u2019t think he will punish us.\u201d said the Burundian to the Nation.<\/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-tusker-in-kpl-top-8\/\"\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>On Tuesday, Gor Mahia met with CORD leader Raila Odinga who presented the players with Ksh 500,000. 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