Gor Mahia’s Austin Odhiambo says his reported fall-out with head coach Sinisa Mihic has been “blown out of proportion”, maintaining that he has no issues with the tactician, and is focused on Thursday’s match against FC Talanta.Odhiambo, as per Daily Nation, was reported to have walked out on Mihic during the team’s training session on Monday, 21 April, and it was only after the intervention of the club management that he returned and apologised, before rejoining the group.Gor Mahia head coach willing to drop Austin Odhiambo after fall outThe publication additionally reported that the midfielder was allegedly “being used by some members of the technical bench to undermine head coach Sinisa Mihic.”Speaking exclusively to Mozzart Sport, Odhiambo refuted the allegations, saying: “I don’t have any issues with the coach whatsoever. He’s the head of the team, and I respect him. I’m a player and he’s the coach — he’s responsible for the team, it’s that clear.”Follow our WhatsApp channel for more newsOn his walk-out from team training, Odhiambo said it was borne out of an argument, “which happens in every team.”##NAJAVA_MECA_8877187##To that, he said: “The situation being blown out of proportion was simply an argument we had during training while reviewing my performance in the Sofapaka game. These things happen in every team — the coach shares his perspective, and as a player, I respond. It ended there on the training ground. My focus is now on Thursday’s match, which we are determined to win.”The response comes after Mihic criticised Odhiambo’s play in the 1-1 draw against Sofapaka, even saying that he should have been substituted.##NAJAVA_MECA_8877592##“He [Odhiambo] should even have been substituted in the game against Sofapaka,” Mihic said on Tuesday. “He had the ball, slowed the game down knowingly, and even when Omalla and Bryson were in good position to score, he couldn’t give them the ball.“I’m the coach, and he feels he is at a level where he can’t follow my instructions, then he wouldn’t be part of my team.”AFC Leopards suffer lengthy double injury blowLooking forward to the challenge ahead, Odhiambo still has his eyes set on securing Gor Mahia a third-straight league title, even as they trail leaders Tusker by four points, albeit with a game in hand, with eight matches remaining.”Winning the league is our major goal, and we all need to put in a concerted effort to achieve it,” Odhiambo said.”At this stage, we don’t need these unnecessary sideshows that are being exaggerated. I urge everyone within the club to give their best toward achieving this goal.”Meanwhile, club Chairman Ambrose Rachier and his executive committee are set to make a resolution on the club’s technical bench, given their recent public disagreements.
