Africa: Defence Force Edge Aba Jifar to Claim Ethiopian Super Cup

Defence Force have been crowned winners of the 2018 Ethiopian Super Cup after a 4-2 penalty shootouts win over Jimma Aba Jifar on Tuesday (23 October 2018) in Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian Super Cup pits the winners of the Ethiopian Premier League Cup and serves as a curtain raiser to the new league season.

It was an evenly matched encounter in the opening 20 minutes as none of the sides managed to register a shot on target that could test the goalies. Nonetheless, Aba Jifar took Sa surprising lead through midfielder Elias Mamo who fired past Defence shot stopper Abel Mamo after collecting a diagonal pass from Asechalew Girma in the 23rd minute. Things went from bad to worse to the Army side when Tewodros Tafese saw a straight red card for a deliberate elbow in the 25th minute. Five minutes before the interval Minyelu Wendimu lost his markers and Aba Jifar's Ghanaian goalkeeper Daniel Agyei but lobbed the ball over the cross bar.

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