Githurai, Kawasaki conflict in Sakaja Super Cup Season 2 Grand Finale
NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 18 – Sakaja Super Cup champions Githurai All-Stars from Nairobi East will lock horns with Nairobi West kings Kawasaki Sports within the grand finale of the season 2 scheduled for Friday 20 on the Dandora Stadium.
Githurai All-Stars reached the ultimate as soon as once more after edging out Shauri Moyo 3-2 within the Nairobi East contest whereas Kawasaki have been 1-0 winners over South C to dominate Nairobi West and storm the finale for the second 12 months in a row.
From field to field, proper from the on set, purpose after purpose on either side was the order of the day because the defending champions sought to stamp their authority and set a rematch date with their 2023 rivals Kawasaki Sports who had sealed their grand finale slot earlier within the day.
Githurai skipper Kevin Njuguna transformed a 4th minute penalty earlier than Abednego Wawire canceled the lead with a chic strike within the sixteenth minute.
Nganga Edwin put Githurai again in entrance within the thirtieth minute however Wawire once more canceled the lead within the forty second minute.
Nganga made the distinction within the 56th minute when he slotted in from shut vary to safe the win for the defending champion.
In the Nairobi West regional finals, Kawasaki booked their place within the Sakaja Super Cup grand finale courtesy of a lone strike from Ali ‘Aguero’ Maleche.
Kawasaki booked their slot after successful 4-3 on penalties of their continued match in opposition to Asec Huruma which was performed within the morning following disruptions yesterday.
The 2024 Sakaja Super Cup women chapter can have a brand new champion as on-form South C Queens go to battle in opposition to a tactical Shrink Pack women FC within the grand finale set to be performed on Friday, December twentieth, 2024 at Dandora Stadium.
South C Queens have been the higher facet as they crushed their South B neighbours Nairobi Starlets 3-1 in an entertaining encounter which noticed each groups show immense tactical method.
Maureen Omekede put the South C facet within the lead scoring within the first minute of the match earlier than Nairobi Starlets shortly canceled the lead as Mercy Baraza equalized within the 4th minute.
Omekede was at it once more as she picked a unfastened ball from the middle of the pitch so as to add her second purpose within the tally within the twenty fourth minute to revive South C Queens’ lead.
Margaret Omweri prolonged the lead as she scored within the thirty second minute to ship her facet into the grand finale of the second of season of the match.
In the Nairobi East regional finals, Shrink Pack FC from Kasarani booked their place within the grand finale after beating Soweto Starlets 2-1 in one other mouth watering conflict.
With the match tied at 1-1 into the half time break, it took effort for Shrink Pack to engineer a comeback to win the robust check.
Soweto was first on the rating sheet as Sylvia Apondi put the Nairobi East on the lead within the forty fifth minute. Shrink Pack recovered from the setback as Mary Kimani scored a brace within the sixty fifth and 82nd minutes to cap their win.
Shrink Pack will now face off with South C Queens on Friday to find out the last word Sakaja Cup womens champion.
The women chapter was performed from the sub county degree in each Nairobi West and Nairobi East areas in elimination knock out phases.
The winners of the grand finale will pocked the women prime prize of Ksh. 1 million with the runners up getting Ksh. 500,000 and the third place finisher strolling away with Ksh. 250,000 in money prize.
In the boys’s class, the winner of the grand lastly will stroll away with a cool KSh 3 million prime prize with the runners up successful KSh 2 million because the bronze medal winner will get KSh 1 million money prize.
