Resilient coastal outfit Bandari recovered from a goal down to bag a 2-1 win over record Kenyan champions Gor Mahia in a pre-season friendly game staged at the Mbaraki Stadium on Saturday afternoon.Gor had taken a first half lead through Ugandan forward Peter Lwasa who was the best scorer for the club last season courtesy of the nine league goals he managed in his first year with K’Ogalo.##NAJAVA_MECA_6633097##However, second half goals from wing-wizard Abdallah Hassan and former Gor centre back Andrew Juma in the second half handed the hosts victory.Gor right back Paul Ochuoga regretted that lack of concentration when defending set-pieces in the second half denied them what he termed would have been a confidence-bosting win.The youngster who was tasked to man the right back in the absence of skipper Philemon Otieno who did not travel with the team however noted some positives in the game among them is the fighting spirit haboured in the relatively young squad.”We played well but unfortunately, we allowed them to score from set-pieces. We confronted them without fear and pushed hard for the equalizer but luck was not on our side. The game presented us a good challenge to gauge our readiness for the new season,” he said.Police and Kariobangi Sharks battle to a barren draw in a pre-season test matchJuma, who ditched Gor for Bandari in September last year observed that the Gor technical bench had assembled decent and young players whom he tipped to punch above their weights in the league.Gor have had to promote players from their youth team thanks to the player transfer ban imposed on them by FIFA for failing to clear up with their former international players.”They have good and promising players who, going on how they have expressed themselves today are going to have a good season. They had the courage and openly displayed flair on the ball. Going by how we have fared in the friendly matches we have played, In can confidently say that we are ready for the season,” said the former Mathare United defender
