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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.
Goal on Thursday. So when they saw Gor Mahia, they became nervous, because of naivety, and did not play as we had planned. It led to a slow start and we were eventually punished. We did nothing in the first half and our opponents capitalised on it. After the break, we improved our game but did not manage to get back into the match.
The tactician has further revealed his plans in the short transfer window as he aims at strengthening the team. Definitely I will bring on board three players to improve the team and ensure we perform well, Iswekha added.
Gor Mahia fall to CR Belouizdad
CR Belouizdad Housseyn Selmi squeezing arm of Gor Mahia FC s Samuel Onyango during the second leg CAF Champions League on Wednesday at Nyayo National Stadium on Wednesday, Jan 6, 2020. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]
The record Kenyan champions were facing an uphill task and needed to score seven unanswered goals to progress to the group stages of the prestigious continental showpiece after suffering a humiliating 6-0 defeat to the seven-time Algerian champions on December 26.
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Burundian striker Jules Ulimwengu put Gor Mahia ahead in the 18th minute only for Amir Sayoud, who was the tormentor-in-chief scoring a hat-trick on Boxing Day, to cancel it out with a brilliant free-kick in the 78th minute before setting up Abdelkader Belharane for the winner six minutes later.