Second half goals from Mwangi Joseph and Kevin Wafula ensured three points for the Millers as Gor Mahia can now focus on rebuilding the team after an underwhelming season by their lofty standards.🟢| FULL-TIME@nzoiasugarfc2 take the 3 points#FKFPL pic.twitter.com/CjuVkJaihE— FKF Premier League (@Officialfkfpl) August 22, 2021 K’Ogalo coach Mark Harrison was not surprised by the result and blamed the loss on poor preparation from the team as he only had three substitutes on the bench with two injured.”Our preparation have been shambles in the past week, I have players who gave gone missing, I have players injured and ill, I ended up having 12 players today. I did not even know my team until today at 11 o’clock and the 12th man was a goalkeeper,””I’m not shocked by the result, not when the preparations have been in shambles, we have to get ourselves straight before the new season, we don’t have time. This season has been a total disaster obviously,” said Harrison.His counterpart Ibrahim Shikanda was delighted with the performance after doing the double over Gor Mahia and lauded his boys effort especially against big teams.”I’m happy that the boys have given their all and followed my instructions, we have had an upper hand in terms of getting many chances, Gor is a big team with good players so we are thankful for the win and the good performance,””Finishing the season on a high was a plus to the team, now we focus on the coming season. Our boys had an inspired performance because they want to sell themselves and sell the name of the team, my team usually play better whenever playing against a big team,” said Shikanda.With a number of players having abandoned the cash strapped Gor Mahia side, Mark Harrison only had the luxury of naming three players on the bench with Philemon Otieno and Paul Nkata the only outfield players as the Kenya Under 23 custodian Caleb Omondi completed the depleted bench.The surprises did not end there with Karim Abdoul named as the captain despite Harun Shakava starting with John Nyawir handed a rare start as he was tasked with leading the line.Gor Mahia were in shambles in the opening 10 minutes as they looked like a Sunday League side with their game marred by a number of school boy errors but Nzoia failed to capitalize on their chances as Hillary Wandera missed two good opportunities, one coming from a header and the other was a blazed effort over the bar.Gor Mahia grew into the game and saw their first chance of the game come in the 23rd minute when Karim Abdoul forced Benson Mangala into a brilliant low save with a stinging shot from outside the box.Gor Mahia resumed their comedy of errors as they found stringing a number if passes a challenge with a number of players let down by a number of poor ball handling skills as neither side could muster any shot on goal in the final 10 minutes of the first half.This Gor Mahia Side wakienda next season hivi ata Top 5 hawataona— Nebs (@ItsKubasu) August 22, 2021 The second half was am extension of the first half as both teams struggled to create any meaningful chances with the bumpy Ruaraka playing surface also wrecking havoc on the smooth run of play.Nzoia came close to breaking the deadlock in the 58th minute when a goal mouth melee ended with Hillary Simiyu shooting from close range but Shakava had recovered in the nick of time to clear the ball off the line much to the relief of the Gor Mahia technical bench.The chance was an advertisement of a goal that came a minute later when Kevin Wafula received a pass at the center of the box and struck the ball sweetly to beat Gad Mathews who could do nothing to prevent the ball from rippling the net. Nzoia added a second, five minutes after the hour mark when Joseph Mwangi’s excellent run from the left channel was picked up by Kevin Juma as Mwangi released a curling effort that found the back of the net to leave Gor Mahia players stunned.The second goal deflated Gor Mahia who gave up their fight as Nzoia held of for the thee points and complete a rare double over Gor Mahia.
