Bakau
Nawettan which is undeniably one of the most popular Nawettan centres in the
country continued to produce some wonderful games as the summer championships
is already one week old, with a lot of fascinating and mouth-watering
encounters. There was
joy for most of the teams but disappointment for others. Linguere
started the defence of the title with a disappointing 3-2 defeat to Vidar on
Wednesday. The
recently crowned super cup champions were many peope's favourite, but Vidar
proved all doubters wrong as they entertained the last year's league champions
to a hard fought 3-2 win to collect their first 2 points of the Nawettan. Kekuta
Manneh scored two magnificent goals, one in each half to give Vidar all the
vital 3 points before team mate Ebrima Manneh extended the lead to confirm his
side's win of the championship. Linguere
got numerous opportunities that could give them the lead through Sheriff Hydara
and Muhammed Bah, but their efforts could not pay dividend. Captain
BaYankuba Jammeh scored two spectacular free-kicks but that only proved to be
consolation for the super cup champions. The Head
Coach of the team Dawda Ceesay, alias Soto remained confident that Linguere
will recover from their poor start of the championship. Milan that
enjoyed a fantastic qualifying round were beaten 1-0 by Saul Samba last
Thursday to snatch all the needed points against Coach Badu Conateh, and his
determined Milan side that failed to capitalise on their numerous scoring
chances. Ron-Mango
also entertained Bremen Africell to a 1-nil win, courtesy of Alieu Jarra
(Telly's) only goal from a spot kick. Satursday's
game has also witnessed another mouth-watering encounter when Sea View defeated
Luniburg 1-0 at the Bakau Mini-Stadium with Samsideen Badjie. Despite
showing a brilliant performance, Luniburg could not manage a single goal. At the time
of filing this report, Five-Junction were locking horns with Vietnam Border
that is vowed to end their disappointing display in Bakau Nawettan, which saw
them relegated from the summer championship a few years ago.
