Jimmy Kulaba of Tusker (right) reacts after being tackled by William Wekesa of Bungoma All Stars at Narok Stadium on Sunday. PHOTO: SPORTPICHA
[AFP] – AFC Leopards and Gor Mahia clashed with Kenyan fans at an 84th Mashemeji Derby last Sunday at Kasarani. The two giants are heading to the SportPesa Shield Cup tomorrow. The Leopards who are the defending champions will compete against Mwatate United in Division One in the opening match at Kasarani at 2 pm before Gor shares it with SportPesa Premier League (SPL) Les Post Rangers at the same place from 4:15 pm
The two matches will be broadcast live on the Y254 TV platform
For the Leopards, it was the same story of losing ground in front of their eternal Gor opponents in a derby Mashemeji and it will be almost catastrophic for big cats not to defend the Shield Cup since this will be their only chance to return to the scene of the continental football.
Gor will use the match as a build for their CAF Con return of the group stage of the federation back against the Tanzanian young Africans in Dar-es-Salaam in a week
And given that the Leopards have a far chance to win the SPL, Ingwe should better roll up the heats in pre-quarter They will face Mwatate United and the following teams knowing that they will be the emissaries of Kenya in the Confederation of the CAF if they succeed in defending The Shield Cup
Against Gor, there was no fluidity in the Leopards offensive line and we hope the coach Rodolfo Zapata has found a solution for the team to beat Mwatate and progress further in the tournament.
But while the Leopards will face a dark horse in pursuit of a split in the last eight, Gor seem to have their work cut out as they hunt for relatively stronger Rangers.