Gor Mahia Football Club Head coach Charles Akonnor from Ghana during an interview on November 5, 2025, at Artcaffe, Yaya Centre.

📋 Breaking It Down

Gor Mahia’s coach, Ghanaian Charles Akonnor, has sought to calm the nerves of the team’s supporters, asking them not to panic in the wake of a second straight loss in a final.

On August 7, 2026, Gor Mahia lost 2-1 to Rwandan club Rayon Sports FC in the final of the 2026 Cecafa Kagame Cup at Amahoro Stadium in Kigali, Rwanda, followed by a 3-1 loss to Tusker FC in the Football Kenya Federation Super Cup at Nyayo National Stadium on August 24, 2026.

The latest defeat elicited an angry reaction from Gor fans, who have questioned coach Akonnor’s team selection, given that some key players did not start the match.

📌 What You Need to Know

Gor Mahia Ebenezer Adukwaw vies for an aerial ball against Tusker defender Jon Otieno during the FKF Super Cup match on August 23, 2026 played at Nyayo National Stadium.

After the match, Akonnor said he is not experimenting with his squad, insisting that the players who started in their 3-1 defeat to Tusker on Sunday have shown enough quality and capability to earn their places in the team.

Instead, the Ghanaian tactician has attributed the defeat to simple mistakes in the team’s defence, noting that Gor must find a solution to the problem immediately, especially because it is becoming a trend.

“Today (on Sunday), those who started are players whom we can close our eyes and say that they should play. It is not about testing; we have gone past that,” Akonnor said when asked whether he was still trying to find his preferred starting squad.

“We did not do well in certain areas of the game, especially when we were defending and it has affected us,” the former captain of Ghana’s national football team added.

Gor’s biggest test yet will be on September 6 when they host Egyptian giants Pyramids FC at Nyayo National Stadium in the first leg of the first preliminary round of the CAF Champions League.

📰 Source: Nation Africa