Jasmine
Rangers win LISCR Cup
Written by Horatio Bobby Willie
Monday, 02 March 2009
Jasmine Rangers have won the LISCR Trust Peace and Charity football
tournament.
They did so after whipping Liberia’s Triple Champs Black Star FC 3-2
on Sunday at the ever popular Antoinette Tubman Stadium
It was an exciting and memorable encounter between the two sides.
Jasmine Rangers began their battle for the charity crown on a
difficult footing allowing James Soto Roberts to have a lot of fun
up front in the opening proceedings.
The striker should have opened his side account in the 17th minute
after a brilliant performance yards from the area, but he later saw
his classical effort hitting the side netting.
Jasmine Rangers managed to change the dimension of the game
afterward through their talismanic skipper Gus Totimeh when he took
advantage of a disconnected Black Star defense and place the ball
beyond the reach of a falling Clarence Roberts.
The Liberian triple champions grabbed the equalizer two minutes on
from a fantastic Sengbe Kennedy effort.
Gus Totimeh’s immeasurable display for the Rangers earned him a
deserved penalty 14 minutes from the interval which Freeman Mulbah
converted a minute later.
Both teams soon returned from recess with Black Star looking
energetic to even the score line.
James Soto Roberts blasted wide a rising Sorsor Jeke’s pass in the
50th minutes.
Black Star kept on the momentum and got another equalizer 9 minutes
after the break through their dazzling skipper Sorsor Jeke from a
descending Sengbe Kennedy’s cross.
Jasmine Rangers’ Faran Larklon should have made it 3-2 shortly after
Sorsor’s effort but the winger instead placed a slow moving through
allowing Clarence Roberts to make an easy save.
Forkpa Waniyou put the game beyond the expectation of the Black Star
fans with 36 minutes to go after beautifully finishing a lovely Gus
Totimeh’s pass.
Wonder boy Gus Totimeh forced a back trick save from Clarence
Roberts’s moments before the end of ShowTime.
Black Star made several attempts to level the score but their
efforts were thwarted by the brilliance of the Jasmine Rangers
defense.
Jasmine Rangers walked away with a giant size trophy after
eliminating three premiership big boys on their way to glory.
Black Star was also awarded a trophy for winning the second place
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