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KCB FC trounced defending champions Kakamega Homeboyz 1-0 to progress to the semifinals of the Mozzart Bet Cup at Dandora Stadium,Nairobi.<\/strong><\/p>\n Danson Namasaka\u2019s solitary strike in the second half was enough to see the bankers through to the last four.<\/p>\n The bankers created numerous chances in the first half but striker Derrick\u00a0 Otanga, and Philemon Nyakwaka could not find the back of the net .<\/p>\n KCB FC head coach Bernard Mwalala \u00a0was ecstatic in victory saying the bigger task lay ahead.<\/p>\n \u201cI am\u00a0 proud of the boys for keeping their heads up and for winning against a very\u00a0 good side. We know that the semifinals will be a totally different ball game and we are ready as KCB to battle. Going forward, we need to be clinical in front of\u00a0 the goal to kill the game early enough.\u201d<\/p>\n After a\u00a0 goalless first half KCB came back in the second half guns blazing and it was not for long when they found the breakthrough after\u00a0 Henry Ochieng played an excellent through\u00a0 ball to Philemon Nyakwakwa whose back heel pass saw Danson Namasaka\u00a0 who wasted no time and scored the sole goal.<\/p>\n Kakamega Homeboyz had their won chances as well with former\u00a0 KCB player Nicholas Kipkurui almost pulling level but was denied by KCB FC goalkeeper Farouk Shikalo.<\/p>\n Mwalala made defensive changes in the dying minutes of the game, introducing Bernard Odhiambo to replace injured Farraj Ominde who was stretched out after picking up an injury.<\/p>\n Following the win the bankers are set to face the winner between AFC Leopards and Compel FC in the Cup\u2019s semi-final.<\/p>\n AFC Leopards and Compel face off Sunday in the quarter final that will be preceded by SS Assad against Kariobangi Sharks.The matches will be broadcast live on KBC Channel1.<\/p>\n Meawnhile Kenya Police made light work of Sofapaka in the second quarter final played at Dandora Stadium after registering a 4-0 scoreline.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The post Mozzart Bet Cup: KCB beats holders KK Homeboyz \u00a0to advance to the semi-final<\/a> first appeared on KBC<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 KCB FC trounced defending champions Kakamega Homeboyz 1-0 to progress to the semifinals of the Mozzart Bet Cup at Dandora Stadium,Nairobi. Danson Namasaka\u2019s solitary strike in the second half was enough to see the bankers through to the last four. The bankers created numerous chances in the first half but striker Derrick\u00a0 Otanga, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32659\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}