DISTASTEFUL RESULTS FOR TUFA IN WEEKEND MATCHES

30 September, 2012                          

Tamale Utrecht Football Academy failed to grab a win in the weekend friendly matches as the U-13 side had their home invincibility shattered when Young Kotoko colts club won 4-2 at the Kasalgu complex on Sunday.

The young Kasalans were better on their ball possession in the first half but fizzled out in the second half to the much older boys from Young Kotoko. The host made some incursions in the opponents half but could only convert two of the few chances they had in the game. Kyiwie Aaron and Mohammed Abdul Majeed were on the score sheet for Tamale Utrecht.

Meanwhile, the TUFA senior side was nearly shocked on Friday at their home ground but for a late strike from Yakubu Alidu whose effort earned TUFA parity in a game fully dominated by the host against Tamale FC.

Tamale FC took the lead in the 11th minute from an own goal when Goalkeeper Abdallah Yakubu failed to deal with a pass from defender Najiumdeen Haurna. The visitors were tactically disciplined and kept their host away from benefiting from the raids on their penalty area.

Basit Hamza could have grabbed an equalizer for TUFA earlier in the game when he had only the goalkeeper to beat and poor shooting from Iddrisu Osman and Baba Shehu added to the team’s lack of precision in attack. Struggling Tomimu Iddrisu was substituted for Adam Abdul Basit whose introduction into the game lifted the urgency in the team’s attack.

Alidu Mohammed Awal and Hamdan Yakubu also replaced Baba Shehu and Iddrisu Osman respectively.Tuarik Musah could only play the last 10 minutes of the game when he was brought in for Alidu Yakubu after the midfield gem had equalized for TUFA.

Line-up

Abdallah Yakubu - Yussif Alhassan , Mohammed Kassim, Ali Umar, Najumideen Haruna - Alidu Yakubu / Tuarik Musah, Nafiu Iddrisu , Baba Shehu  / Alidu Mohammed Awal - Tomimu Iddrisu / Adam A Basit, Basit Hamza, Iddrisu Osman / Hamdan Yakubu

Reserves

Abdul Mumin Abass - Issahaku A. Kadiri, Hamdan Yakubu, Alidu Mohammed Awal , Adam Abdul-Basit.