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With a chance, it's a match that Gor Mahia would have liked not to play.
However, the Kenyan giants have no choice but to face Jeshi the Kujenga Uchumi in third place in the Cecafa Kagame Cup Cup at the Dar es Salaam National Stadium today. ; hui.
The match will be followed by a Pan-Tanzanian final between holders Azam and Simba at the same place.
K & Ogalo will meet JKU for the second meeting in less than six weeks after defeating the Zanzibar club 2-0 in the SportPesa Super Cup in Nakuru.
Gor's hopes of ending his 33-year-old regional drought were disappointed on Wednesday night in a 2-0 defeat by Azam in the semi-final, while former striker Meddie Kagere won 1-0 against JKU.
And as a result of a busy season with cluttered matches including the National League, the CAF Confederations Cup, the Kagame Cup and several other cup competitions, fatigue and injuries appear to have begun to to weigh on the champions of Kenya.
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The technical bench and the medical team of K & Ogalo are trying to cope with their disabling wounds at the Confederations Cup next Wednesday against Yanga in Kasarani.
Ernest Wendo (groin), Francis Kahata (knee) George Odhiambo (knock) were all excluded from today's meeting while the defensive duo of Captain Harun Shakava (groin) and Joash Onyango (knock) remains doubtful.
Perhaps the good news is that defenseman Wellington Ochieng and his Burundian counterpart Karim Nzigiyimana are about to recover from their injuries in the long run. Both have resumed light training.
Although Gor Mahia's coach, Dylan Kerr, does not want to admit it, the Briton has a set of injury problems that could hinder his selection choices in today's meeting. And the next meetings.
"Obviously, playing eight games in 15 days is not a joke, we have played so much in so many facilities that we can not train and work on certain things." Yes, cluttered devices have effects.
"We are playing the third place playoffs, and if I had the choice, we would not play, because Yanga would come to Nairobi next week, which is very important to us and we can not to let Azam defeat hurts our season, we have been so successful this year to get where we are.
"Unfortunately, we had injuries here, but they are due to contact and collisions, not to fatigue, Kahata was injured and Wendo was injured in the previous match, but it was soccer.
"Football is difficult and after too many matches, it's going to cost us a lot, we have to think about motivating the players."
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