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Captain Gor Mahia and defender Harun Shakava have three training sessions with all the local players initially called, expressing their appreciation for the team's preparations. He will take first place in the Harambee when Kenya face Swaziland in an international friendly match. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]
Troubled Gor Mahia will be looking for his first win in CAF Confederation Cup Group D when he faces the Tanzanian giants Yanga at Kasarani Stadium tonight at 7pm.
The two regional giants face each other in what should be a thrilling encounter.
Although the two teams are positioned differently, they have not yet tasted victory in the competition and are also getting quite different results.
While Gor is tied for points (two) with Rayon Sports, after holding USM Alger leaders from Algeria (0-0) and the Rwandan side (1-1), Yanga is rooted in bottom of the table with a point after a 4-0 against the USM and a draw with Ray.
Except for bragging rights and the three crucial points, it will be a perfect chance for K & Ogalo to redeem himself after dominating the headlines for all the wrong reasons in recent days.
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Having failed last week in Dar-es-Saalam, the 33-year-old Cecafa Kagame Cup, Gor Mahia has returned home in full controversy . Obtaining a two-year ban on Cecafa and depriving SH1 million winners of third-place playoffs after the players refused to collect their bronze medals at the closing ceremony to protest the unpaid bonuses.
It was just after the team refused a hotel reserved for them before refusing to use the locker room that had been assigned to them during the semifinal match against the eventual winners Azam.
But now, Gor will also face injuries to fighting midfielder Ernest Wendo, Boniface Omondi and suspension of midfielder Joash Onyango. Like Gor, Yanga will miss the services of leading defenders Kevin Yondani and Hassan Kessy Ramadhan as well as new signatories Mrisho Ngassa, Deus Kaseke and Heritier Makambo for various reasons.
In order to resolve the impasse between the executive and the players that slowly affected the team's performance, the management was forced to convene a crisis meeting with the unit play and technical bench Monday.
However, despite the problems on the pitch, Gor Mahia coach Dylan Kerr set himself the goal of guiding the team to the quarter-finals of the continental competition.
"The atmosphere in the team is good, we are strong and confident, yes, we have not had the opportunity to see Yanga play at the Kagame Cup, but we are going into this game with one thing in mind – winning at home and on the outside, which I believe with confidence we can, "Kerr said.
"In football, you have to be mentally ready to take on challenges and our current challenge is to reach the quarterfinals of the Confederations Cup.It is our goal and it is exactly where the money is – we have come so far in a year that I have been in charge. "
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