Record league champions Gor Mahia lost their pre-season friendly against KCB with head coach Johnathan McKinstry admitting to being second best in some instances of the game.K’Ogalo picked up a 2-1 defeat against the Bankers with Benson Omala grabbing their sole goal while KCB had James Mazembe and Edmond Adem to thank.Okola keen on turning professional next yearMcKinstry offered an honest assessment of the game as he admitted that Zedekiah ‘Zico’ Otieno’s charges had the better intensity in the game for huge spells.“If I’m honest, I think KCB were on top in terms of intensity, they came and they were more aggressive than us for about 60 minutes of the game and my players were not able to impose their technical quality.In the first 20 minutes of the second half we came out more aggressive and strong in terms of getting to the ball and you saw we created a few chances and we were much more in the game,” said McKinstry.##NAJAVA_MECA_6615472##The Northern Irish coach was appointed to take over the reins at the club after the club opted against extending Andreas Spier’s contract which expired at the end of the season. Zico impressed with squad death after beating Gor MahiaMcKinstry however lamented the stoppages that have marred their pre-season with the players breaking during the election period as the club has only been in pre-season for three weeks.KCB beat Gor Mahia in pre season friendly“It was a good game, pre-season for us has been broken up a little bit, this is only our third week of proper pre-season training and we are still early in the process, we are trying to build up pace.We have played pre-season games against lower league sides and this was our first game against a Premier League team and you could see that with the intensity,” added McKinstry.
