(Friday 18 October 2019 Issue)
Late Ebou Sowe and Warriors Football Clubs have progressed to the Bayba Financial Services-Sponsored knockout semifinals of Banjul, following post-match penalty shootout wins over Firehouse and Ngoyan FC on Tuesday and Wednesday.
On
Tuesday, Late Ebou Sowe came from behind to beat Firehouse FC 4-2 on post-match
penalties following a one all draw in regulation time. Firehouse took the lead
through an own goal by Malang Kanteh in the 33 minutes.
Late
Ebou Sowe alias Heart of Banjul found an equalizer in the 78th minute when
Babucarr Faal succeeded in converting a penalty spot to send the game to
penalty shootouts.
Heart
of Banjul eventually won the shootouts 4-2 to complete the double over
Firehouse after knocking them out of the league cup with a 2-0 victory on
Friday.
Elsewhere
on Wednesday, FC Warriors continued their unbeaten run in this year’s Banjul
Nawettan after beating Ngoyan 4-2 on penalties following a goalless draw in
regulation time.
FC
Warriors who are in both the league and knockout competitions after earlier
defeating Ngoyan 5-3 on penalties shootout six days ago following a 1-1 draw in
the regulation period on Thursday.
Ngoyan
has now ended its Nawettan season after they were eliminated by FC Warriors
from both the league and knockout competitions.
Meanwhile,
at the time of going to press on Thursday, London City were battling with the
last year’s league champions MacDonald United in another knockout quarter final
encounter, while defending champions Jamesen and Revelation will play today
(Friday) in the final quarterfinal game to complete the lineup for the
semifinals.
Today’s
encounter between Jamesen and Revelation will be a repeat of the league quarter
final encounter in which defending champions Jamesen defeated Revelation 3-1.
The
winner from this tie will entertain Late Ebou Sowe in the semifinal.
