#Sports

Sanyang grasp 3rd place in Coastal village tourney

May 2, 2023, 12:53 PM | Article By: Lamin Darboe

Sanyang on Saturday defeated Brufut 5-4 on post-match penalty shootouts after regulation time ended 1-all at the Tujereng Football Field to grab third-place in the 2023 Gach Global Mining Company Limited sponsored Kombo Coastal village football tournament.

Brufut dominated the first 15 minute of the match and created numerous goal scoring opportunities but failed to capitalise on them.

Sanyang, who struggled in the first fifteen minute of the match, also created some goal scoring opportunities but failed to score thus the first half ended goalless.

Upon resumption of the match, Brufut maintained their supremacy over Sanyang and crafted glorious goal scoring opportunities.

Abdou Kadir Manneh gave Brufut the lead in the 55th minute of the match from a stunning strike.

Sanyang responded quickly for an equaliser and levelled the scores through wing wizard Abdou Wahabu Dampha in the 70th minute of the match thus the game ended 1-1.

This pushed the match into post-match penalty shootouts, which ended 5-4 in favour of Sanyang.