After losing the match, several Gor Mahia fans used their social media platforms to attack the team’s management for the defeat claiming they had hired a coach who was not good enough for the team and also hit out at the team’s transfer scouts for signing foreign players who are not up to the task.
Rachier has now come to the defence of the Portuguese tactician, who was handling the team for the first time in continental assignment by explaining that the team was still on track adding that the coach and the new signings will soon prove the fans wrong.
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When the Pensioners from Zambia snatched the late goal, four minutes to the final whistle courtesy of Daniel Akodo’s thunderbolt, the faces of the players told it all, they had squandered the best chance to set themselves up for the group-stage slot.
The players knew it will be a difficult task for them to get a good result away, considering their last away match in the Champions League, they shipped in six goals against Algerian giants CR Belouizdad, who later beat them 2-1 in Nairobi to progress 8-1 on aggregate.
Looking at Gor Mahia’s past record in the Caf competitions, they have always built their qualification passage, while playing at home.you remember them beating Egyptian giants Zamalek 4-2 at Kasarani Stadium?