Brikama United beat champions Real de Banjul in an epic clash at Box Bar. Box Bar remains a haunting ground for the Whites as they have failed to win any of their last four trips away when facing Brikama United.
Modou Lamin Touray’s first match for his childhood club, Brikama Utd, handed Real de Banjul their fourth defeat of the season.
Muhammed Krubally broke the deadlock with a sublime freekick before captain Sainey Bojang doubled the 2012 champions lead. Real de Banjul substitution after the break made paid dividends as Muhammed Suso’s dangerous cross was deflected in by the Brikama United defender.
Seven minutes later, in the 67th minute, former Brikama United player Amadou Nyassi levelled the tie at 2-2. Dominic Correa sealed the win for the Setaba boys by scoring the winner in the 70th minute. Both captains, Sainey Bojang and Lamin Saidy, were sent off in the 79th minute of the match. The Whites had a clear penalty denied, while Suso’s efforts hit the crossbar in search of a winner.
Sarr has taken four points from Real de Banjul, holding Real de Banjul to a 1-1 draw in early February when he was in charge of Bombada United.
Former Jambangjelly and Gambinos coach spoke to the Alkamba Times after the game.
“This victory means a lot to my career. I was always passionate about being a coach. It’s an important step in my journey. I would like to commend my players and technical team for this crucial victory. It is a dream come true to lead Brikama United.” He stressed
“You cannot take experience from Real de Banjul. It’s a team that, if you don’t show respect, they will win against you. We tried to respect them in every way. What we did was to remain tactically disciplined and stick to the game plan. We have improved a lot compared to the first round (W5 L1). It will ring a bell. The rest of the fixtures will be difficult because teams know that we have started winning now. We will take a game-by-game approach entirely. Greater Tomorrow Fc believed in themselves; it will be an interesting tie. They would like to keep the unbeaten run against us. We are confident that victory against Real de Banjul will help us go into the Greater Tomorrow game,” he added.
The points dropped by the defending champions didn’t hurt as both Fortune FC, Falcons and Team Rhino only picked one point each. Greater Tomorrow and GAF picked up three points.
In the bottom, Wallidan Fc were humbled by Waa Banjul as Samger drew 1-1 against BST Galaxy.
