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Gor Mahia beats Borabu Chiefs in President’s Cup

Football

By By Gilbert Wandera | Aug 06, 2012

By Gilbert Wandera

Gor Mahia extended their winning ways to the President’s Cup with a 5-2 win over Borabu Chiefs at City Stadium yesterday.

The result enabled Gor to sail to the third round of the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) President’s Cup tournament.

Ugandan international defender Ivan Anguyo put Gor ahead in the 10^th minute, paving the way for Kevin Omondi to extend the lead ten minutes later.

Borabu shocked Gor with a 31^st minute come-back when Jared Obwoge beat Jerim Onyango and scored again four minutes later to equalise in the 30^th minute.

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Gor piled the pressure in the second half and pushed their best name in the game, clearly determined to grab victory.

Coach Zdravko Logarusic brought in Rama Salim, Dan Serenkuma and Joseph Njuguna in a bid to get more goals.

Paid off

It paid off immediately as in the 67^th minute, Edwin Lavatsa netted the third goal as Gor enjoyed possession.

Rama ended any hopes of Borabu coming back with a stunning 72^nd minute finish before Itubu Imbem scored the fifth five minutes later. Following the victory, Gor will now face Western Stima in the third round knock-out fixture next month.

In Naivasha, Karuturi Sports crushed Nakumatt 4-0 at the Finlay grounds.

Pushed the pedal

Alfred Chole scored the first goal for the home side in the 25th minute. However, Nakumatt held on after that and finished the first half 1-0 down. Karuturi pushed the pedal as the second half kicked off, determined to extend their lead before Godfrey Musumba scored Karuturi’s lead in the 50^th minute. Ken Odhiambo scored the third 25 minutes later before Chole netted his brace with two minutes to the final whistle.

Karuturi coach Michael Nam was a happy man after the result saying it has taken them to winning ways.

Muhoroni Youth blanked West Kenya 3-0 in Muhoroni, also going to the next round of the competition.

The first half of the match ended in a barren draw but Muhoroni were back forcefully on resumption scoring two goals in eight minutes from substitute striker Yusuf Mohammed who scored the first in the 70th minute and another five minutes later.

Another substitute Collins Neto added the third with a minute to go to seal the win.

Muhoroni will now face Homeboyz who got a bye over Bidco United.