El Merreikh Bentiu head coach Salyi Lolaku Samwel has praised Gor Mahia for their 5-1 evisceration of his side when the two teams clashed on Sunday afternoon in the second leg of the CAF Confederation Cup preliminary round match.With a mountain to climb after going down 1-0 in the first leg in Juba, South Sudan and conceding early in the second leg, Gor Mahia produced a top performance to come back and win the game 5-1 and 5-2 on aggregate.##NAJAVA_MECA_8290555##Three first-half goals from Chris Ochieng who cancelled out an early goal by El Merreikh’s Paul Pouk, a second one by Alpha Onyango and a third by Alphonce Omija were enough to ensure K’Ogalo went into the halftime break leading in the two-legged tie.In the second half, two late goals by Rooney Onyango were the icing on the cake as the party was on.Brace hero Rooney Onyango’s versatility praised by Gor Mahia head coachLolaku accepted defeat and congratulated the Kenyan champions for a game well played.”Congratulations to Gor Mahia. They were the better team today and they deservedly won the match. I wish them all the best in the next stage against Al Ahly,” he said.##NAJAVA_MECA_8290631##The coach was a humble man contrary to what his assistant Ramzi Sebit said in the first leg that he would teach Gor Mahia coach Leonardo Neiva a football lesson.”Football is not like mathematics where you go to class to be taught. It’s played on the pitch and that’s where we lost it.”CAFCL: Gor Mahia sets date with Ahly after handing Merreikh football lessonsLolaku attributed the heavy defeat to the mistakes made by his side which gave Gor Mahia the opportunity to score.”We made very many mistakes today which when you play a team like Gor Mahia with quality players, you get punished,” said Lolaku.##NAJAVA_MECA_8290604##Lolaku however said that it is a positive thing that his side was able to score away from home and took an early lead even though they did not play according to instructions after that. “We will now get back home and correct the mistakes we made today before we play our next match.”
