Futty
Danso and Muhamed Sumareh both impressed
in their league debuts. Gaira Joof also scored again, while both Lamin Jallow
and Pa Dibba registered their first goal in 2017. Both Jalan FC and Sharks
suffered pre-season defeats.
Malaysia
The
January window saw the move of Gambian duo, Muhamed Sumareh and Futty Danso to
the middle East and in their respective debuts for Pahang FA, where Muhamed
played a full 90 minutes earned a 5-0 victory over T-Team and the Fajara born
player gave the Elephant warriors the lead in the 14th minute when he rose high
to nod a cross. Futty Danso also completed the 90 minutes for his new club
Kelantan FC and capped it with a 3-1 victory away from home against PKNS FC. An
excited Futty was later on record saying it was a “thump up from the fans and
the manager.”
Israel
Gaira
Joof scored his second goal for Bnei Yehuda U19, his 25 minutes long range effort from outside
the box was enough to beat Beitar Tubruk .
Pa
Omar Babou proudced a man of the match performance for his team as he set his
eyes on team A spot. His assist against Hapoel Tel Aviv was his sixth of the
season, coupled with his nine goals in 12 games.
Italy
Lamin
Jallow has only been at his new club Trapani Calcio in Italian Serie B, and the
club have marked his arrival with some positive feelings as Trapani beat fellow
strugglers Pro Vercelli 3-1 away from home. The former Real De Banjul forward
who is fondly called Beck killed off the chances for any Vercelli comeback,
when Nizzetto picked up a lose ball to send
Lamin through on goal, who in turn uses all his compsure and coolness to
slot the ball in the left hand side.
Spain
Elsewhere,
Dembo Batchilly’s Third tier club Unio Esportivo won against Club Esportiu by
5-0 goals . Del Piero started from the bench where he emerged to give an assist
to Marc Mas for his hattrick.
Pre-season
Oman
In
Oman the Tele tel duo of Muktar Jallow (Okocha) and Bura Camara (Crespo) of
Jalan FC lost to Al Mudhaibi by a lone
goal.
Sweden
Demba
Savage’s Häcken’s new coach Mikael
Stahre couldnt have the services of Demba, the midfielder was among eight players who
didnt travel to Denmark. But nevertheless the kicked off on their first
pre-season match, which ended in a 1-0 defeat against Ålborg.
Jack
Jagne’s Allsvenskan outfit Dalkurd FF opened their 2017 pre-season with a
victory. The Borlänge based club won 3-1 away to Gefle. Jack, who had a back
injury was introduced in the second half and he earned his tear a penalty when
he was brought down in the 87th minutes and Rashidi slotted the resulting penalty.
Pa
Amat Dibba scored his first Hammarby goal in 2017 , when he headed in Arnor’s
cross in the 29th minute. Hammarby went on to add their second before the
break, the former sundsvall forward diverted a cross to Joseph Aidoo who nicked
his first goal for a convincing 3-1 victory at Grimsta to see Hammbary beat
Brommapojkarna.
Kenya
Ebrima
Sanneh’s Karibongi Sharks ended their 100% preseason record when they lost to
Wazito at the Utalii grounds by a lone goal.
Switzerland
Pa
Modou Jagne’s FC Sion came back from behind to beat FC Chiaso 4-2. Nda’s lovely
cross was met by Daniel for their third goal.
Denmark
Buba
Sanneh’s Ac Horsen were thrashed by CSKA Moscow 4-0 while Steve Trawally and
his Yanbian Funde side are expected to depart for Korea latest on Thursday to
continue their pre-season.
Transfers
Gambian
defender Joseph Colley is said to be
open to a loan move to Sundsvall when the opportunity comes along. The
18-year-old swedish player who currently plays for Chelsea U23s told
fotbolldirek “ I just focus on being in the U23s, to change clubs i do not
know. But to get a loan, it depends on what options there are.
Gambian
eligible Joe Gomez penned a long term deal at Liverpool. Joe sees Anfield as
the right environment for his development “ it’s a massive gesture from the
club to show me trust and faith in me. Joe was part of the team that lost to
Wolves at home over the weekend.
There
is a wide media report that Mamut Saine is set to sign for Hapoel Tel Aviv in
the coming days.
