Former Harambee Starlets head coach Godfrey ‘Solo’ Oduor has won his first trophy in South Sudan slightly over three weeks after joining top tier side Jamus FC as an assistant.Oduor and Jamus clinched the Juba Super Cup following their 3-1 win over Al-Malakia FC at the Juba Stadium on Friday. Jamus, got their goals through Emmanuel Marko, Yousif Mursal, who struck from the spot in the second half, and Ezbon Malish. Thomas Bawak of Jamus was named the cup’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) thanks to the impressive performance he put in the match. ##NAJAVA_MECA_8318224##Oduor, cut short his stay at Shabana to join Jamus as an assistant to former Bandari and AFC Leopards coach Andre Casa Mbungo. Before crossing the border, he briefly served as an assistant to Sammy ‘Pamzo’ Omollo at Shabana, who are in their second season in the Kenyan top tier since regaining promotion last year. The former Kibera Black Stars coach did not have, one of, the best start of life at Jamus as the team fell 1-0 to Stade Tunisien in a CAF Confederation Cup staged at Juba on 16 August. How Okumu’s experience came in handy for Sylvester Owino on his Harambee Stars debutThey lost the return match 4-0 in North Africa and consequently, crashed out of continental football but according to Oduor, the team bagged invaluable lessons and experience. Their counterpart El Merreikh Bentiu also bade the CAF Champions League farewell after losing 5-2 on aggregate to Kenyan champions Gor Mahia in the preliminary round. Nondi elated with return of Tera to Harambee Stars after three years in the coldOduor, a former KCB assistant coach, believes that their victory in the season’s curtain raiser is a sign of good things to come in the season.He moved to South Sudan after securing his CAF A coaching license.
