AFC Leopards Thumps Gor Mahia

Superb! Mervelous! Fantastic-these are some of the adjectives now being used by pundits to describe the giant killing AFC Leopards lads afer piping bitter arch rivals Gor Mahia at a packed and drammer filled encounter at Nyayo Stadium.Ingwe's winner was netted in the 85th minute by Congolese import Demonte Selenga after beating two Gor Mahia defenders to take a volley at the goal. As expected, the goal sent the entire stadium into a frenzy as the boisterous and over the moon Ingwe fans who had come in their thousands burst into the famous AFC! AFC! AFC! chants. The more than three Isukuti troupes doing rounds led by Ainea of Imbulu Sukuti Sounds intensified their tempos as the hodes of Ingwe diehards danced in tore.At the VIP stand, Kenya's one and only UEFA champion Mcdonnald Mariga could not hide his joy as he stood up to give the Ingwe lads a standing ovation after the winner. He was among the host of celebrities who had thronged Nyayo Stadium to witness the Derby of Kenya between the country's two most successfull and popular clubs of all the time with more that 50 titles between them. Both teams had squandered alot of chances from the kick off to extent the barrennes of the match to the last quarter. Leopards goal keeper Webo emerged the man of the match after saving more than four dangerous moves from marauding Gor strikers. The sweat win now places Leopards at position five on the standing, two points ahead of Gormahia.(Posted on Thursday 27/5/10 at 9am by Raba D'Cruz)