{"id":9124,"date":"2016-12-21T14:10:32","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T14:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=9124"},"modified":"2016-12-22T03:19:09","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T03:19:09","slug":"gor-mahia-thrash-ulinzi-in-kpl-u20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/gor-mahia-thrash-ulinzi-in-kpl-u20\/","title":{"rendered":"Gor Mahia Thrash Ulinzi in KPL U20"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 677px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/u20-ulinzi.jpg\" width=\"677\" height=\"451\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gor Mahia players celebrate <br \/>Image courtesy of Odhiambo KGM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gor Mahia&#8217;s slow start to the KPL U20 tournament will soon be forgotten as they have now won their second match in a row and won convincingly.<br \/>\nAdditional reporting from futaa.com<br \/>\nHillary Ojuang bagged a stylish hat trick as Gor Mahia U20 powered from a goal down to thrash Ulinzi Stars U20 5-1 in an enthralling clash played this Wednesday 21 December at Camp Toyoyo.<\/p>\n<p>The Soldiers were the first to strike but were left to struggle against a marauding display from Maurice Onyango&#8217;s charges who three second half goals with Nahashon Thiongo claiming a brace in the big win.<\/p>\n<p>Gor Mahia started off the better side and dominated the game that kicked off on a rather tough tackling note.<\/p>\n<p>Its Ulinzi Stars who hit the front first with following a Mohammed Mahmoud Maqbull corner kick that was nodded in for the Warriors early opener.<\/p>\n<p>Ojuang star<\/p>\n<p>The strike did less in suppressing Gor&#8217;s onslaught with Hillary Ojuang coming close with a deflected effort before Stephen Otieno&#8217;s swerving strike also veered off wide.<\/p>\n<p>There was no denying the latter when his strike slipped through keeper Brian Bwire\u2019s grasp to level matters.<\/p>\n<p>The marksman extended Gor&#8217;s lead minutes to the break, slotting into an empty net after Nahashon Thiongo danced past his marker and the keeper to set him for an easy tap in.<\/p>\n<p>Francis Martin had Ulinzi&#8217;s best chance after break but could only sky his effort from the right flank delivery.<\/p>\n<p>Soldiers wastefulness went on as another one on one wasted chance.<\/p>\n<p>Nondi in<\/p>\n<p>Gor unleashed Amos Nondi in latter stages of the final half and one of the senior team member combination with Teddy Osoko almost saw the team 3-0 only for Teddy to blaze wide.<\/p>\n<p>The Nairobi Stima man was next to birth a promising move that ended with Ojuang&#8217;s going within inches of a hat trick only to be denied by the upright after beating the keeper.<\/p>\n<p>Hat-trick<\/p>\n<p>The was still time for Ojuang to complete his hat trick after capitalizing on a defensive lapse to poke past Bwire before Thiongo adorned the score line further with a late 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