If Gor Mahia’s chances of making it to the group stages of the CAF Champions League held any weight heading into the weekend, then it would be fair to say that they are all dead, going by the events of their second preliminary round first leg clash against Al Ahly at the Nyayo National Stadium.Coming in as the confident hosts, Gor Mahia suffered a huge setback under the Sunday sun, following a comprehensive 3-0 loss to the Egyptian giants.In hindsight, perhaps it the inexperience of the K’Ogalo side that came up against them, as they fell to goals from Percy Tau and Ramy Rabia, making an already difficult task insurmountable.The defeat leaves Leo Martin Neiva’s side with a daunting task of resuscitating their slender hopes at the Cairo International Stadium in a week’s time, when the two sides meet for the second leg.Erratic Gor forced to pay sour priceGor Mahia will definitely look back at the opening quarter- hour of the contest, when their slight dominance and exuberance turned for the worse, and hugely down to their own undoing. Without creating much on the opposite end, Boniface Omondi was caught lurking with the ball by Hussein Elshahat after 13 minutes, before the latter unleashed a tame ball that was parried by goalkeeper Kevin Omondi to the path of Ramy for the opener.Moments later, a similar run of play from the Gor Mahia rearguard led to the second, as Kennedy Onyango mistimed a pass from his goalkeeper, to allow South African Tau time and space to tuck into an empty net.More to follow…
