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Gambia: Armed Forces Blank Nine-Man Hawks
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FOROYAA Newspaper (Serrekunda)
8 March 2008
Posted to the web 10 March 2008
Isatou Bittaye
Armed Forces defeated Hawks by two goals to nil yesterday at the Serrekunda East ground.
Ken Malamin Jammeh was the culprit when he played the ball to his opponent under no pressure, allowing Buba Darboe to easily slot home Armed Forces opener in the 34th minute. The military club piled pressure on Hawks from the start and Hawks' reduction to nine-men in the early part of the second half, proved their final undoing. The frustration was clearly visible on Hawks and Omar Koroma received his marching orders compounding matters for the 2006 FA Cup winners.
And in the 43rd minute, Armed Forces nearly doubled the score when Abdou Darboe setup his brother Buba, but the header flew narrowly over the bar. With only a minute to the end of the first period Hawks almost leveled the score, but Omar Sarr shot weakly towards goal giving little trouble to the keeper.
Hawks returned to the field in the second half ready to make fight their way back to the game. Coach Sang Ndong made a double substitution bringing in Mustapha Jatta and Dawda Ceesay in place of Arthur Sengore and Omar Sarr.
Armed Forces decided to go for the kill in the first minute of the half with playmaker Sarjo Janko's volley going inches over the bar. And it was time for Hawks to also reap their share of the goal gifting blunders when Armed Forces goal keeper played the ball to the Hawks number 8, but he hurriedly fired and the ball flew off out of play.
But Hawks struggled to maintain their stand to pull an equaliser, they were reduced to nine and a penalty awarded to Armed Forces. The ever-present Buba Darboe was freed by a defence splitting pass from midfield. Ken Malamin Jammeh raced to the rescue just before Darboe released his shot and caught him off the ball.
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The referee called for a penalty. But Jammeh reacted angrily and he was shown a straight red card. Abdou Darboe stepped to fire home the spot killing all chances of Hawks getting back to the game. It was almost oneway traffic now. Armed Forces pressured further for more goals but stood firm at the back making some determined counterattacks.
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