{"id":8478,"date":"2016-05-20T01:39:58","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T01:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=8478"},"modified":"2016-05-20T01:39:58","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T01:39:58","slug":"gor-mahia-take-on-mathare-united-in-crucial-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/gor-mahia-take-on-mathare-united-in-crucial-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Gor Mahia take on Mathare United in crucial match"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/gm-stima-15.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Can Gor Mahia carry their Kisumu form to Nyayo?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After having played two matches in Kisumu City, Kogalo return to Nyay0 stadium on Sunday to take on Mathare United. This is going to be far and away one of the most difficult tests that Brazilian tactician Ze Maria has faced. Mathare are currently in second place with 26 points, 3 ahead of Gor Mahia. Their last match was a 1-0 win over Bandari. If Ze Maria does not appreciate the threat posed by Mathare then Ottamax will have told him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mathare is our real threat. The team is currently in a good run of form and the fact that Kimanzi is their coach means that they are really hard to crack. He has assembled a team that is now very coherent and they are a tough opponent. But we are also doing well.\u00a0We have won four games in a row which is also lifting our morale. So, we will give it a good fight,&#8221; said Mr Ottamax .<\/p>\n<p>Coach Francis Kimanzi returned to his original home this season. It was under Kimanzi that Mathare last won the league in 2008. He has Mathare believing that they can win the league again.<\/p>\n<p>Ze Maria for his part says he is happy with the current form and thinks his side can caqrry that form to Nyayo on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>I am impressed with our form, how we pushed until the last minute, and managed to collect maximum points.\u00a0 It is what we wanted and I am happy with the outcome. We have to carry our performance to the next match against Mathare United and come back smiling. We put a good fight and believed to the last minute, and that is why we got the winning goal. It is the spirit we want in the team.\u201d he said to goal.com<\/p>\n<p>In the equivalent encounter last season, Gor Mahia beat Mathare 4-2. It was Michael Olunga&#8217;s coming out party in which he scored twice, thus silencing critics who were complaining that he could not score. 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