{"id":8194,"date":"2016-03-11T00:47:11","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T00:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=8194"},"modified":"2016-03-11T00:47:11","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T00:47:11","slug":"ze-maria-arrives-friday-as-gor-mahia-takes-on-city-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/ze-maria-arrives-friday-as-gor-mahia-takes-on-city-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Ze Maria arrives Friday as Gor Mahia takes on City Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTO6mwxogKeOYT1m8I3EKAezkxsPNJeXuyyubs-Gee4GTRoUnW_\" width=\"257\" height=\"196\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><br \/>\nGor Mahia are set for a restart to their season with the arrival of Brazilian tactician Jose Marcelo Ferreira, better known as Ze Maria as confirmed by club official Ronald Ngala<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have settled on him from a very big pool of applications. We felt he has the best qualifications to take up the job and we believe the club will do well with him. He arrives on Friday at 1.30pm and it will be his call whether or not to be on the bench for the City Stars match,\u201d Ngala said to supersport.<\/p>\n<p>Ze Maria holds a FIFA Pro coaching license. This will assuage the concerns of many fans who think he is underqualified. But only just. He is very short on accomplishments though Ngala seems to think that his CV is impressive. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have decided to hire Ferreira because of his impressive CV. We are confident that he is the best coach to take us forward after a rather bad start to the season.&#8221; said Ngala to goal.com<\/p>\n<p>For Ngala, Rachier and others, the departure of Nuttall and the arrival of Ze Maria is a relief considering that they were working with a coach with whom they were not on speaking terms. They should however drop their threats to report Nuttall to FIFA considering that it is they who made his work untenable. <\/p>\n<p>For the players who have been in Nuttall&#8217;s dog house like Nizigiyimana and Boniface Oluoch, this is also a chance for a new start. The Burundian especially could learn a lot from Ze Maria. Not only does he play the same position as Ze Maria, but the Brazilian was also famous for pin point crosses during his playing days. Those crosses will however need to be at a lower altitude considering that Gor Mahia no longer has tall strikers. <\/p>\n<p>On Saturday Gor Mahia take on City Stars, a side that is coached by Gor Mahia legend Bobby Ogolla. 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