TAMALE UTRECHT REMAIN UNBEATEN IN PRE-SEASON

4th December, 2011

Tamale Utrecht Football Club (TUFC) are still unbeaten in their pre-season friendly matches after holding Bolga Allstars to a pulsating goalless drawn game on Sunday at the Bolga park.

The host that played former RTU defender Naziru Issah and a couple of experienced players offered TUFC stiff opposition justifying the quality of the team that lost narrowly by a lone goal to defending premier league champions Berekum Chelsea in last year’s MTN FA cup competition.

Allstars failed to qualify to this year’s division one league on a disciplinary committee ruling against them after playing in the final with Bongo FC. They made early signs of taking control of the game. However TUFC accepted the challenge and got settled after 15 minutes of proceedings creating some few chances but failed to score.

TUFC striker Tahir Abdul Moomin who had only goalkeeper to beat shot wide whilst Iddrisu Osman failed to capitalized on a defensive mix up to score from close range.

Jafaru A. Somed and Alhassan Kalusha both created chances but failed to slip the ball at the back of the net.

Defender Tuarik Musah, Jafaru A. Somed and Alhassan Salam were substituted for Mohammed Kassim, Yussis A. Basit and Alidu Mohammed Awal respectively after sustaining injuries in the first half.

In the second half Adam A. Basit was also substituted for Zakariah Blaise Timtooni whilst Alhassan Kalusha made his position available for Alidu Yakubu.

The changes impacted positively for TUFC that took absolute control of the game playing their host in their half but once again failed to grab the scoring opportunities that came their way ending the game in a share of the spoils.

TUFC assistant Coach Muniru Aziz blamed his team lack of goals to anxiety on the players but however commended the playing body for their performance. ’Every player in the team contributed in equal measure as any other player did and is good to build a team with strong bench that could change a game in any circumstance positively’ Aziz said.

TUFC line-up

Mubarik Jebdon -Issahaku A. Kadiri, Tuarik Musah / Mohammed Kassim, Mohammed Alhassan, Mohammed Awal Issah - Alhassan Salam / Yussif A. Basit, Alhassan Kalusha / Alidu Yakubu, Iddrisu Osman / Wadudu Fuseini  - Adam A. Basit / Simon Blaise, Tahiru A. Moomin / Haruna Najimudeen, Jafaru A. Somed / Alidu Mohammed Awal

Reserves

Rabiu Sule-Mohammed Kassim, Wadudu Fuseini , Yussif A. Basit - Haruna Najimudeen, Alidu Mohammed Awal, Alidu Yakubu – Simon Blaise Timtooni, Nana Ackon