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Kombo Coastal village tourney: Gunjur finish top-spot in Group B

Apr 11, 2023, 11:58 AM | Article By: Lamin Darboe

Gunjur on Sunday finished top-spot in Group B of the 2023 Gach Global Mining Company sponsored Kombo Coastal village football tournament following their 1-1 draw against Sanyang in their final group match played at the Sanyang Football Field.

Gunjur and Sanyang both came into the match with the motive of beating each other to secure top-spot in Group B.

Gunjur dominated the opening 10th minute of the match and launched series of assaults at Sanyang’s goal mouth but failed to score.

Creative midfielder Mustapha Jobe alias Pedro gave Gunjur the lead in the 20th minute of the match from Musa Jallow alias Costa’s brilliant free-kick.

Sanyang fought back for an equaliser and crafted some goal scoring opportunities but failed to capitalise on them thus the first half ended 1-0 in favour of Gunjur.

Upon resumption of the match, Sanyang injected in several fresh legs and piled heavy pressure on Gunjur, creating glorious goal scoring opportunities.

Wing wizard Abdou Wahabu Dampha levelled the scores for Sanyang in the 71st minute of the match from the penalty spot after striker Sanna Sarjo was brought down inside the eighteen yard-box thus the match ended 1-1.

The draw earned Gunjur top-spot in Group B with 4 points after two group matches.