Former Harambee Stars captain McDonald Mariga was impressed with the performance of Gor Mahia despite losing 3-0 at home to Al Ahly.The FKF Premier League defending champions and Kenya’s representatives in the CAF Champions League suffered defeat at the hands of Al Ahly in the first leg of the second preliminary round played on Sunday afternoon at the Nyayo National Stadium.##NAJAVA_MECA_8333662##A goal by Rami Rabia and a brace by South Africa international Percy Tau on either side of halftime was all that the Egyptian club required ahead of the second leg at home.Mariga who was among the dignitaries in attendance had kind words for the Kenyan giants even after the loss in a message posted on his official X (formally Twitter) account.Government announces Kasarani Stadium completion date“Attended the CAF Champions league match between Gor Mahia vs Al Ahly, bad day in office for K’Ogalo, encouraging performance even though the scoreline showed otherwise. Kudos to the fans as well #Sirkal 👊,” posted Mariga.The former Inter Milan midfielder is a man who is well aware of such standards having played at the top level in his career with the biggest highlight being the only Kenyan to win the UEFA Champions League when he did so with the Nerazzurri in 2010.##NAJAVA_MECA_8333661##The former Kibra constituency parliamentary aspirant was also present on Saturday to watch and support Kenya Police FC in their CAF Confederation Cup match against Zamalek.The Law Enforcers equally lost their match against their Egyptian opponents, going down 1-0, courtesy of a 45th-minute strike by Abdalla Sayed in the match staged at Nyayo National Stadium.STARS ABROAD: Sichenje returns from injury to end 9-game winless streak as Okumu, Ouma pick winsMariga was in the company of FKF Presidential aspirant Hussein Mohammed on both occasions and it remains to be seen whether they will be working together in the forthcoming elections.The former Parma midfielder who had initially shown interest in succeeding FKF president Nick Mwendwa has been silent over his ambitions in the management of football.
