Gor Mahia’s tactician Mark Harrison has cited lack of options as one of the things which made it very difficult for Gor Mahia to progress to the group stages of the CAF Confederation Cup.K’Ogalo were bundled out of the competition on Sunday after playing to a 1-all draw against Congo Brazzaville’s Otôho d’Oyo at Nyayo National Stadium, having lost in the first leg encounter at Stade Alphonse Massamba-Debat.The Englishman admitted that their performance in the draw was poor in general while at the same time lamenting at the lean squad as Gor Mahia had only 16 players available for the CAF assignments, with two of those players being barred from playing in the first leg.This is the Gor Mahia I know https://t.co/W2GxFkSt6x— Jeff Kinyanjui (@Nyash88) December 6, 2021 Compared to the opponent, who had up to nine players at their disposal on the bench, almost double the number that Gor Mahia had, the former Stoke City goalkeeper the numerical disadvantage made a big difference.”We were working with 16 players and on the bench, I had two defensive midfield players, one midfield player, and a young striker. With that, it is very difficult to change the team and become effective. I don’t think the performance was as good as it should have been. Our general performance was poor. We went very direct which made me very disappointed in the second half. We were smashing everything on top of them. At the end of the day, we did not create many chances. We have been working with 16 players in CAF. They had 28 players there which makes a little bit of the difference. They had choices, I had no choice,” Harrison said.⚽️| Both Gor and Tusker were bundled out of the CAFCC yesterday meaning another season without representation in the continental tourneys.What did we learn from the two clubs?Full Story📩#GorMahia #Sirkal #Tusker #CAFCChttps://t.co/WDaWij7nlg— Mozzart Sport Kenya (@MozzartSportKe) December 6, 2021 In the 1-all draw, John Macharia scored for Gor Mahia, drawing the team level after Roland Okouri scored the first goal, his second against Gor having found the net in the first leg.Having bowed out of the continental competition, focus now shifts back to the league where the record Kenyan champions are scheduled to play Vihiga Bullets on Thursday as they seek to get their title contention on track.
