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Gunjur clutch Kombo Coastal village tournament trophy

May 9, 2023, 12:45 PM | Article By: Lamin Darboe

Gunjur on Sunday clutched the 2023 Gach Global Mining Company Limited sponsored Kombo Coastal village football tournament trophy following their 4-2 post-match penalty shootouts victory over Batokunku after regulation time ended goalless in a keenly-contested final played at the Tujereng Football Field.

The match saw brilliant exhibition of skills and talents, attracting spectators from Kombo South and its satellite areas.

Gunjur dominated the first half and created numerous goal scoring opportunities but failed to score.

Batokunku, who struggled in the match, also created some goal scoring opportunities but failed to capitalise on them thus the first half ended goalless.

Upon resumption of the match, Gunjur and Batokunku both injected in several fresh legs to fancy their chances of winning the match to lift the trophy but the match ended goalless.

This pushed the match into post-match penalty shootouts, which ended 4-2 in favour of Gunjur.

As champions, Gunjur went home with gold medals, a giant trophy and a cash prize of D150, 000 while Batokunku received silver meals and D100, 000 as runners-up.

Sanyang received D50, 000 as third-place holder.

Abdou Wahabu Dampha of Sanyang received a golden boot and D10, 000 as the leading goal scorer of the tournament.

 Lamin Marena of Batokunku received a trophy and D100, 000 as the best player of the tournament.

Omar Touray of Gunjur received a golden glove and D100, 000 as the best goalkeeper of the tournament.