The decision by Mathare United head coach John Kamau to make early changes early in the second half resulted to their eighth win of the season, as substitutes Musa Masika and Paul Kinyanjui scored to inspire the former champions to a 3-2 victory over Posta Rangers at Dandora Stadium.With the scoreboard reading 1-1 before restart, Kamau surprisingly rested goalkeeper Michael Wanyika for the experienced Robert Mboya, with Kinyanjui and Musa coming in eleven minutes later.The two replaced Elli Asieche and Brian Ochieng respectively, as Kamau sought to poke holes in the Posta backline and bag all the three points.##NAJAVA_MECA_8831664##It took Musa five minutes to justify his inclusion, as he curled a loose ball to the furthest corner to see Mathare take the lead.Miscommunication between the Posta defenders resulted to a poor clearance that Musa took full advantage of, turning his marker and namesake Musa Mohammed inside out, before sending the ball into the net.Five minutes later, Kinyanjui stretched Mathare’s lead after lobbing the ball past the already-surrendered Posta goalkeeper Samuel Njau.Gor Mahia respond to Sinisa Mihic dismissing two technical bench membersOnce again, the Posta backline failed with the basics, with Njau’s tumble while rushing to bail his teammates allowing Kinyanjui easy time to lob the ball into an empty net.While Kamau was happy to see the changes turn the tie in their favour, his Posta counterpart, Samuel ‘Pamzo’ Omollo, also got it right by introducing Shami Mwinyi.Baraza backs fearless Homeboyz ahead of AFC Leopards clashThe experienced attacking midfielder spectacularly halved the deficit for Posta in the 71st minute, chipping the ball past the advancing Mboya to register his seventh goal of the season.Felix Oluoch intercepted the ball in Mathare’s final third before laying it on the path of Mwinyi, who wittingly spotted Mboya off his territory and lifted it past the shot stopper.Before the second half goal fest, the two teams had scored a goal apiece in the first half, with Oluoch giving Posta the lead in the ninth minute.The red-hot striker displayed top marksmanship skills after controlling a long ball from Ivan Ochieng before lobbying the ball past Wanyika, who could have done better in covering the near post.Why AFC Leopards Secretary General will not be defending his seat in club electionsMathare responded in the 18th minute through Derrick Anami, who struck from the spot after Faustine Samaki brought Brian Ouru down in the area.The defeat leaves Posta hanging two places above the red zone with 25 points and could drop depending on the outcome of Sunday matches.Mathare are now placed tenth with 33 points.
