AFC Leopards and Kakamega Homeboyz will once again revive their football rivalry as the two foes are set to square it out in the semifinals of the Mozzart Bet Cup.Ingwe booked a date with Homeboyz in the semis after humiliating Bandari 3-0 in a quarterfinal game played at the Kasarani Stadium on Sunday afternoon.Homeboyz had earlier on booked a slot in the last four after thrashing Kariobangi Sharks 6-1 in another quater final contest staged at the same venue.Mozzart Bet Cup: Kakamega Homeboyz pump half a dozen past hapless Sharks to book semis spotThe rivalry between Ingwe and Homeboyz has been one of its kind in recent years especially when the two teams meet at Bukhungu Stadium.The second leg of the league fixture between the two sides was abandoned due to fan trouble that erupted in the first half and made the environment unsafe for the game to resume.Reacting to the heavy loss, Bandari head coach Anthony Kimani regretted that his boys literally gifted Leopards the win by conceding easy goals.”We allowed them easy passage to our box and gifted them three goals. We tried our best to stage comeback in the second half but the damage had already been done,” he said.Action Leopards winger Jaffari Owiti was a constant menace to the Bandari backline, causing them.all sorts of problems thanks to his pace, foot work and directness.He played a massive role to the opening goal as he was tripped in the box by the retreating Keegan Ndemi forcing the centre referee Wilson Otieno to point to the spot in the sixth minute.Victor Omune stepped up and slotted the ball to the right corner, beating the fully-stretching Michael Wanyika to give Ingwe a deserved lead in the subsequent minute.Bandari’s efforts to level matters and give the tens of their fans who were drumming support something to smile about suffered a blow after Ndemi turned the ball into his net in the 18th minute, after flicking a corner from Eugene Mukangula.Things went from bad to worse for Bandari as Owiti netted the third goal in the 21st minute, finishing off a quick counterattack that was, initiated by Peter Thiong’o.Sensing that the prowling Ingwe were baying for more, Bandari boss Anthony Kimani withdrew Ndemi who had a nightmarish start in the game for Enock Momanyi in the 24th minute.##NAJAVA_MECA_7217566##There was no rest for the Bandari team especially the backline as Leopards continued asking questions in their area, hoping to squeeze in the fourth and settle the contest early. Bandari also found their way to the den through the channels but finding their main man in Felix Oluoch proved hard as the rear men were alert.Just before second half could get underway, Bandari threw in three forwards in a bid to chase the game and save themselves the shame of exiting the tournament with heads down.The new changes saw Bandari change formation to a 4-3-3 approach that appeared to be effective in terms of neutralising the danger posed by Leopards in the first half.Bandari possessed the ball for the better part of the second half but finding the penetrative pass and having the ball past the line proved futile.SquadsAFC Leopards Starting XI; Levis Opiyo, Robert Mudenyu, Collins Shivachi,Peter Thiong’o,Musa Oundo, Eugene Mukangula (Maxwell Otieno 83), Washington Munene,Brian Wanyama (Moses Lukhumwa 74), Victor Omune, Ojo Olaniyi, Jaffari Owiti (Boniface Mukhekhe 86)Unused substitutes; Maxwell Mulili, Saad Musa, Erick Mbithi, Zacharia NjiteBandari Starting XI; Michael Wanyika, Andrew Juma, Bernard Odhiambo, Omar Somobwana (Abdallah Hassan 46), Mohamed Siraj, Fidel Origa Keegan Ndemi (Enock Momanyi 24),Douglas Mokaya (Umaru Kasumba 46), Felix Oluoch,William Wadri (Johana Mwita 46)Nahimana Shassiri (Joseph Otieno 83) Unused substitutes; Joseph Ochuka, Nicholas Meja, Dennis Magige, Brian Odera, , Ronny Otieno
