Gor Mahia assistant coach Sammy ‘Pamzo’ Omollo has hailed their weekend training camp in Kisumu where they featured in two friendly games against National Super League sides.With the FKF Premier League suspended, Gor were in Kisumu over the weekend and played two friendly matches against Shabana FC on Saturday and Kisumu AllStars on Sunday, Gor Managed to pick a 2-1 win over Shabana before falling to AllStars by a similar margin. Both matches were staged at the Moi Stadium in Kisumu.For Pamzo, this was just more than a trip away from Nairobi. He says they used it to not only gauge their players’ match-readiness but also to bond as a team.“This has been a good trip for us both in terms of preparations for the Sunday game and even in terms of team bonding away from Nairobi. As you know we have not played any competitive game for the last two weeks’ ad heading into such a big assignment, we needed to see our players in active even though they were friendly games, they gave us a picture of where we sit in terms of readiness for the Sunday game,” Pamzo told Mozzart Sport.🟢 | UPDATE We are set to travel to Kisumu on Saturday for two friendly matches against Shabana FC ( on Saturday) and Kisumu All Stars ( on Sunday) at Moi Stadium. #Sirkal | #Betsafe pic.twitter.com/bID4AqplVz— GOR MAHIA FC (@OfficialGMFC) November 18, 2021 In the two friendly matches, Gor fielded different sides. The Saturday game was played by the players who are registered for CAF Confederation Cup, they are 16 in number while on Sunday, those who are not part of the CAF CC contingent played; these are newly acquired players.“We divided the squad into two; Players who will be playing the CAF Confederation Cup featured on Saturday against Shabana FC while those who are not registered for the tournament played on Sunday against Kisumu AllStars. There are two players who have not played in the league this season but are registered for CAF and we also had an opportunity to see them and we now know what they can do given a chance in Congo,” he added.Gor returned to Nairobi after the match against AllStars and will rest on Monday before resuming training on Tuesday in preparation for the CAF Confederation playoff first leg match against AS Otohô of Congo that will be played on Sunday away; Gor jet out on Friday.Good News!!CAF has cleared Nyayo Stadium for the CAF confederation cup tie between Gor Mahia and Otoho de’ oyo of Congo.#TheGamePlan pic.twitter.com/6hc94dvjLf— Carol Radull (@CarolRadull) November 17, 2021 “Today is rest day, we will resume training on Tuesday in preparation for the game. We will then travel to Congo on Friday and play on Sunday,” he added.
