Gor Mahia went down 1-0 in the 2016 DSTV Super cup match played at Mbaraki sports club. Gor Mahia asserted themselves well in the first half but were left to fight an uphill battle when Harun Shakava was sent off for an unsportsmanlike tackle on Dan Sserunkuma.<\/p>\n
Additional reporting courtesy of futaa.com<\/p>\n
If there is one man Gor Mahia will blame for their unsuccessful attempt to bag their third DSTV Super Cup on the trot, then it has to be Bandari skipper-Wilson Oburu.<\/p>\n
The experienced shot stopper saved Bandari blushes in a game of two halves that saw Gor Mahia squander a cache of chances in the first half before Anthony Kimani delivered the punishment that a wasteful Gor Mahia deserved in the 68th<\/sup> minute with a memorable strike.<\/p>\n Enock Agwanda was the first to call Oburu into action as early as the 4th<\/sup> minute capitalizing on a Felly Mulumba error to fire a tame shot towards goal but Oburu was at hand to smoother it with Jacob Keli lurking.<\/p>\n Keli though he had given the Green Army the moment they craved for in the stands five minutes later but his goal was disallowed after Raymond Onyango adjudged him to be offside.<\/p>\n An inch perfect ball over the top form George Blackberry<\/i> Odhiambo found Agwanda on the right and the youngster beat Mulumba for pace sending in a searching cross that Oburu parried as far as Walusimbi on the edge of the 6 yard box.<\/p>\n With Keli being played onside by Mohammed Shariff, the Kenyan international contrived to\u00a0 side-foot Walusimbi\u2019s feeble shot into the net. Indeed a contentious decision from Onyango!<\/p>\n The Oburu show was interrupted briefly at the quarter hour mark when Agwanda\u2019s show-boating cost Gor Mahia yet another glorious opportunity to take the lead. Isolated upfront the burly forward took his time to juggle the ball at the edge of the box allowing Mulumba to recover and make a timely intervention.<\/p>\n Bandari\u2014uncharacteristically slow off the blocks at home\u2014made their status as hosts felt soon afterwards with Musa Mudde and Anthony Kimani dictating play with neat passing triangles at the centre of the park.<\/p>\n Gor Mahia looked content to sit back and soak in the pressure but still looked dangerous on the break. It was this tactic that bore the best chance of the half when Collins Okoth found himself on the right end of a great passing manouever only to be denied by the lively Oburu.<\/p>\n Agwanda feinted past Mulumba on the right to deliver a deep cross that Keli headed into Okoth\u2019s path. Under pressure from Shariff Okoth did well to shoot into the bottom left corner but his effort was palmed out to safety by Kagere.<\/p>\n Oburu was not done yet. Another finger tip save saw him keep out Shakava\u2019s header from the resultant corner kick before it landed on the top right corner.<\/p>\n For all their positives, Gor Mahia suffered a major setback just before the breather when Shakava was sent off.<\/p>\n In a completely innocuous situation, Shakava high booted Sserunkuma shortly after Karim Nizigiyimana and the diminutive Ugandan were involved in a moment of retaliation.<\/p>\n It was a bad day in office for the former Gor Mahia man who was struggling to make a telling contribution to the game. Handing his side the numerical advantage turned out to be his last meaningful moment on the pitch as he was replaced by Meshack karani at the hour mark.<\/p>\n With an extra man it was just a matter of when the Dockers would score and the breakthrough arrived in spectacular fashion. Anthony Kimani connected Karani\u2019s delivery from a corner with an angled header that bounced off George Odhiambo\u2019s core into his path.<\/p>\n Presented with a second chance, the creative midfielder showed composure and class to beat Boniface Oluoch with a looping ball that bounced off the inside of the right bar into the net.<\/p>\n The rest of the game in brief: Nuttall introduced Eric Ouma and Ronald Omino for Keli and Agwanda but the Coastal outfit held on comfortably to their slim lead.<\/p>\n The result means Bandari have clinched their maiden DSTV Super Cup in the process ending Gor Mahia\u2019s dominance in the competition that had seen them emerge champions twice in a row- in 2013 and 2015.<\/p>\n