The victorious Barrolle side of former and current players, and, Blended Liberia-Sierra Leone teams in pre-match photo

Mighty Barrolle proved her supremacy over the newly crowned champions, Invincible Eleven, of the just ended Liberia Football Association National League, with a 2-1 victory at the Samuel Kanyan Doe Sports Complex in Paynesville on Saturday, November 3, 2007. The game was part of ceremonies marking the official opening of the Sports Complex after renovation work by the Chinese Government.

The title of the tournament was “WHO OWNS THE SKD SPORTS COMPLEX” and this game was witnessed by Hundreds of spectators, including foreign guests who were invited by the Government of Liberia to grace the occasion.

Both teams fielded veteran players including Dionysius Sebwe and Friday Roberts for Mighty Barrolle and Jonathan Sewbie (Boye Charles), Musa Shannon, JanJay Jacobs and Joe Nagbe for Invincible Eleven.

The match started at about 5pm Liberian time with both teams putting up splendid performance to the delight of the spectators. It was not until the 20th minute of the first half when Barrolle, through its attacker Leonard Bill Hiah found the curtain raiser. I. E. fought back relentlessly and in the 40th minute got the equalizer thus ending the first half one all.

The second half commenced with Mighty Barrolle taking control of the game as veteran midfielder Friday Roberts dictating the pace of the game. Barrolle’s performance overwhelmed the Champions and in the 25th minute of the second half Little Lewis dribbled past I.E’s defenders and scored the second and final goal of the match. Invincible Eleven, I.E. fought back, but the steward defenders of Mighty Barrolle thwarted their efforts. As one spectator said, Barrolle performed to the wonders of the young generation and it was amazing that the champions were made shadows of themselves.

 At the end of full regulation, Mighty Barrolle claimed the DEED for the complex like she did in the eighties when she won the “WHO OWNS THE LAND” tournament by defeating I.E. 1-0.