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Linguere emerge Bakau champion

africa » gambia
Monday, December 01, 2008
The much awaited Nawettan championship in Bakau has reached its final stage, as Ron Mango locked horns with Linguere FC at the Independence Stadium on Saturday in Bakau.

Both teams demonstrated spectacular display in presence of the big crowd of their fans, before Ron Mango's Modou Lamin Njie opened the scoring goal, after a brilliant crossed from star striker Pa Amadou Daddy Gai in the 3rd minute of the game before Linquere's Jaws Jallow levelled the scores to 1-1 in the 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, Pa Amadou Daddy Gai of Ron Mango extended their lead in the 38 minute with a superb finished to silence Linguere, but thanks to Modou Musa Camara who made no mistake to capitalize on a defensive blunder and dashed Ron mango's hope in the 82nd minute of the match
Ron Mango's hope of clicking the trophy became overshadowed in a penalty shoot out by 4-2.

Speaking to the Daily Observer Sports shortly after the game, the head coach of Linguere Kebba Touray whose face was beaming with joy, said that it all came through dedication, hard work and commitment.

Mr Touray, he also described it as historic noting that it is his first time to takeover. Linguere who recorded their 4th championship in history of Bakau Nawettan, on Saturday, went home with a cheque of D15,000 and a trophy, as winners while Ron Mango went with D10,000 as runners up.

Author: By Bekai Njie
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