A clear victory and a reward for the players who have worked hard in a consecutive cycle of games, in which they are also adapting to new ideas and style of play – with little room for making mistakes, Pinto said as quoted by the club s
The tactician further revealed another target apart from the deserved win over the Kericho-based charges. In addition to winning, today we achieved a goal that we had – not to concede goals, Pinto added. The opponents did not reach our goal many times and this is a collective defensive work which we have trained a lot and it was reflected – the first time since I arrived here.
The CR Belouizdad defeat was not that shocking given the financial and administrative state Gor Mahia found themselves in just before the First Round appearance against the Algerian champions.
Looking at how Gor Mahia have fared in the last four seasons at the continental competition, one can, retrospectively, pick out areas which have proved to be the main causes of their setback.
Office at loggerheads
Currently, the national office running the most successful Kenyan outfit is at loggerheads; chairman Ambrose Rachier and his general-secretary Sam Ochola are not seeing eye to eye. The StarTimes deal – which the chairman affirms the club have not approved – is what drove a sharp wedge between him and Ochola.
Seth Willis 21:19 EAT 07/01/2021 K Ogalo were eliminated from Africa s elite club competition by Algerian outfit CR Belouizdad, but did they plot their own demise? Goal Kenya. Why K Ogalo lost to CR Belouizdad
The East African heavyweights were dumped out of the Caf Champions League after falling 8-1 on aggregate to the Great Chabab.
What are the factors that led to their downfall? Goal Kenya. Technical bench inconsistencies
Recently, Gor Mahia have been changing coaches almost every season regardless of their success on the pitch and Steven Polack left the Kenyan champions at the end of the abandoned 2019/20 season.
They eventually settled for Roberto Oliveira as his successor, who was dismissed for failing to get accreditation from the Confederation of African Football. Posta Rangers Sammy Omollo had to come in as stand-in coach and Patrick Odhiambo has been serving on an interim basis - as a result, the players are tactically confused.
Goal on Thursday. These players are very strong; they came into the match and struggled to get into the match. They had not trained at all and were really under difficult circumstances coming into the game. They gave their best against a very good and organised team and their fight on the pitch was evident. They deserve respect.
The Kenyan champions looked shaky at the back and struggled to stop the attacks by their hosts. The Posta Rangers coach has refused to blame his defenders for the goals conceded. If you look keenly on the way we conceded the goals, it was from individual mistakes, Omollo continued.
Gor Mahia vice-captain Philemon Otieno has already apologised to the club s fans after the defeat.
“On behalf of fellow players, l would like to apologise for the loss against Belouizdad,” Otieno said as quoted by the club s official portal. “It is football and we learnt our lessons. It is a wake-up call for us to pull up if we want to achieve our goals for this season.”
K’Ogalo came into the match in Algeria without the services of their influential captain Kenneth Muguna, midfielder Bernard Ondiek, and Nicholas Kipkirui owing to injuries and family issues.
The Kenyan champions qualified for the next phase after they managed to secure a 4-3 aggregate win against APR of Rwanda in a two-legged affair.