Bidco and Sofapaka played to a barren draw at Thika Stadium, replicating the first-leg performance. A draw was a positive result for Sofapaka as they moved a place up on the log to 10th with 29 points while Bidco remained 12th with 28 points.Sofapaka’s coach Ken Odhiambo was contented with the point considering that he was playing on the road.”I am contented with the one point considering we were playing away and these guys were coming into this game after losing, so we knew they were coming at us but we played well and we thank God for that one point,” Odhiambo said.It ends all even we share spoils in Thika.FT Bidco United 0:0 Sofapaka @betikaKe #BatotoBaMungu pic.twitter.com/sVHmOz1Ueb— Sofapaka FC (@FC_Sofapaka) July 11, 2021 His counterpart, Anthony Akhulia was happy with the team’s response after the 1-0 loss to Nzoia Sugar in their last outing.”As much as we wanted to win for me it is a positive result considering the last match we lost in Nakuru. Now that we have recovered with a draw we focus on the next match,” Akhulia said.Sofapaka had the first real attempt at goal after 15 minutes when Lawrence Juma set up Ambrose Sifuna on the right but Omar Adisa parried it for a corner.Three minutes later, Bidco had two attacking threats with David Gateri on the end of both attacks but could not manage to convert the chances, first a well-floated ball that he headed wide and then a shot over the woodwork.Bidco kept knocking in the first half but they could not break the deadlock and had to go into the break level. Peter Nzuki almost gave his team an injury scare when he went down injured but the experienced man managed to shake it off and get back to boss the midfield. On resumption, Sofapaka’s tactician Ken Odhiambo made his first change bringing in Amissi Bizimimana for Sifuna in an attempt to bolster the midfield where Bidco had taken total dominance.Full TimeBidco United 0-0 Sofapaka FcA great fight and performance by the lads. We are unlucky not to get all three points. Our focus now shifts to the next match. #Ready4Whatever pic.twitter.com/tx09jTtDqR— Bidco United (@BidcoUnited) July 11, 2021 Bidco continued their superb build-up with Eric Gichimu, Alex ‘Keke’ Juma, and Zachary Gathu combining perfectly but still without finding the back of the net. The Thika-based side was dealt a blow in the 69th minute when the industrious Gateri had to be substituted with an injury and his place taken by Nelson Chieta. Joseph Waithira did well on the left flank for Batoto Ba Mungu but he also could not manage to beat Adisa in different instances. Bidco had a promising chance in the 75th minute when they won a freekick just outside the box. Anthony Simasi stepped up to take the resultant setpiece but he hammered it off the wall for a corner. As if contented with the point, Anthony Akulia brought in the defensive Lambert Oyuga and Stephen Okiro for Keke and David Orem with his counterpart withdrawing the returning Timothy Otieno and Brian Magonya for Titus Achesa and Mohammed Kilume. (function (el) { window.addEventListener(“message”, (event) => { if (event.origin.startsWith(“https://www.sofascore”)) { if (el.id === event.data.id) { el.style.height = event.data.height + “px”; } } }); })(document.getElementById(“sofa-standings-embed-17654-34876”)); Standings provided by SofaScore LiveScore
