Delighted Gor fans, famously known as the Green Army and other local football enthusiasts, posted congratulatory messages as they toasted an epic moment for the long suffering Kenyan football.

The last time Gor played South African opposition in a continental match was in 1993 when they eliminated Hellenic FC, another Pretoria based side, on away goals after 3-3 aggregate score to qualify for the defunct CAF Cup Quarter Finals.

It was a case of history repeating itself but in the intervening period, the domestic titans went through almost 20 years of turmoil before they recovered their groove after the turn of this decade to win four of the last five Kenyan Premier League titles.

On Wednesday, interim coach, Kaitano Tembo decided to give some of their key players a break but odd were still stuck against Gor which remain the only Kenyan outfit to win a CAF title when they lifted the 1987 Cup Winners Cup (Mandela Cup).

The Kenyan champions have had an event-filled continental campaign this season, exiting the top tier CAF Champions League at the first round after a bitterly contested 1-0 away loss to Tunisian giants, Esperance de Tunis after the home leg ended 0-0 on aggregate.

That relegated them to the Confed Cup play-off and without a title partner compounded by the visa hitches, their trip to Pretoria almost aborted but in the end, they held on to make the group phase and a guaranteed 270,000 U.S. dollars income.

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