{"id":21650,"date":"2021-01-28T21:28:21","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T21:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?p=21650"},"modified":"2021-01-28T21:28:21","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T21:28:21","slug":"gor-mahia-coach-vaz-pinto-says-team-will-get-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/gor-mahia-coach-vaz-pinto-says-team-will-get-better","title":{"rendered":"Gor Mahia coach Vaz Pinto says team will get better"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Gor Mahia coach Carlos Manuel Vaz Pinto\u00a0believes the record Kenyan champions will get better as the 2020\/21\u00a0FKF Premier League\u00a0season progresses.<\/p>\n<p>K\u2019Ogalo have blown hot and cold since the season started, losing three and winning four of the opening seven matches including Wednesday\u2019s routine 3-0 victory over bottom-rooted Zoo at Kasarani Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the win over Zoo, the seventh-placed Gor Mahia, who still have two games in hand, had suffered a shocking 1-0 defeat to Vihiga United at the same venue.<\/p>\n<p>Goals from Samuel Onyango, captain Kenneth Muguna and substitute Sydney Ochieng is all that Gor Mahia needed to continue with the dominance over Zoo. Zoo have never beaten K\u2019Ogalo since they were promoted to the top tier in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>But even as the champions prepare for a tricky trip to Mombasa on Sunday against Bandari, the Portuguese who has been in charge of four league matches since succeeding Brazilian Roberto Oliveira on January 10, says fixture congestion is taking its toll on his players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe team will need at least six weeks to adapt to my philosophy and style of play. I have only managed four games and I came at a time when the team has congested fixtures with not enough time to recover, train and prepare for the next game. Time is very important for me and I know if we get it the team can grow better,\u201d said Pinto.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe team has played five league games since I arrived here and the players had also been involved in CAF Champions League, meaning they had six games in 18 days. That\u2019s very difficult for players and that\u2019s why some of them are looking a bit tired. At the moment, we have less than three days for players to recover for the Bandari game, but we will try our best.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-article row\">\n<div class=\"pad\">\n<div class=\"text-center px-md-4 py-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>While Pinto hailed his team for the quick response against Zoo, he has already set his sights on his first Mashemeji derby against AFC Leopards on February 10.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we responded very well to the Vihiga loss. Just like the last match, today we dominated the game, managed to score and kept a clean sheet. But I feel we should have scored a lot of goals today,\u201d said Pinto.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis win will give us a lot of confidence ahead of our trip to Mombasa (Bandari), but I believe we still have room for improvement and grow our game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But for Zoo coach Herman Iswekha, immaturity in defence and blunt strike force is the reason for their poor start to the season.<\/p>\n<p>Zoo, who travel\u00a0 to Nzoia Sugar on Sunday, are rooted at the bottom of the table with two points after drawing their opening two matches followed by three losses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think our main undoing has been poor defending and blunt striking force. Our defence lacks maturity and the strikers are not very sharp. The midfield has been doing a good job, creating a lot of chances but we fail to convert them,\u201d said Iswekha.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Wazito host Kakamega Homeboyz at Kasarani Stadium on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: Gor Mahia coach Carlos Manuel Vaz Pinto\u00a0believes the record Kenyan champions will get better as the 2020\/21\u00a0FKF Premier League\u00a0season progresses. K\u2019Ogalo have blown hot and cold since the season started, losing three and winning four of the opening seven matches including Wednesday\u2019s routine 3-0 victory over bottom-rooted Zoo at Kasarani Stadium. 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