Posta Rangers stage second-half comeback to beat Kakamega Homeboyz

Struggling Posta Rangers came from a goal down to beat Kakamega Homeboyz in an FKF Premier League duel staged at the Police Sacco Grounds on Saturday afternoon.Heading into the game, Posta had lost their previous match 2-1 to Sofapaka, while Homeboyz had overcome Nzoia Sugar by a solitary goal, setting up an entertaining duel between two teams not in their best form.##NAJAVA_MECA_8109801##Ten minutes into the game, captain Brian Eshihanda rose high to head home the opener for Homeboyz after he was left unmarked on the left side of Posta’s penalty area. Moments later, they thought they should have had a penalty, but the referee disagreed.Posta struggled to create any meaningful opportunities in the first half, with Patrick Otieno, Caleb Olilo, and Brian Otieno all failing to trouble the visiting team much. Homeboyz took a narrow lead into the break.CAF CL: D-Day as Esperance host Al Ahly in epic final showdownHomeboyz started the second half strongly and had two great chances inside the first five minutes. First, Kevin Amwayi was denied by Samuel Njau in the Posta goal, and the keeper did well moments later to deny Shumah, both great saves from close range.Against the run of play, Posta won a penalty kick in the 54th minute after Patrick Otieno was fouled inside the area. Substitute Shami Mwinyi stepped forward to beat Simon Masaka in the Homeboyz goal.The goal appeared to hand the host team the much-needed confidence, and they started to raid more in search of additional goals. In the 71st minute, they went ahead through Felix Oluoch, who got an easy tap-in after Mwinyi had done all the hard work.Homeboyz’s late pressure failed to yield fruits as Njau did well to deny Estone Esiye, and Brian Buleti from close range to earn his team maximum points.Fortune spank MOFA to earn promotion back to the NSL

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