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The outstanding unbeaten dominance shown by the defending
champions Gunjur could have only been complemented by adding a super cup title,
but those dreams were left in ruins, as Brikama thrashed them 3 - 0 in the
Super Cup of the West Coast Region Zonal Championship to put an end to their
dominance, at a jam-packed Boxbar mini-stadium.Gunjur made a bright start and forced Brikama into conceding
a penalty within two minutes as Brikama's goalkeeper Ebrima Fadera was
penalised for a foul on Babucarr Bojang, but the goalkeeper make amends for his
error to save Babucarr Bojang's penalty and also a follow-up strike. Brikama then opened the scoring from the resulting attack as
the prolific Saikou Ceesay poked home a rebound after the Gunjur custodian
Ousman Touray parried a cross to his path. In their efforts to restore parity before the break,
Gunjur's Baba Colley had a header ricochet the crossbar and Celestin Jatta also
had a goal-bound header, headed out by a Brikama defender on the goal line as
Brikama headed into the interval with a slender advantage. Whatever Brikama was told during the halftime team talk,
was executed by the players as they add to their lead within a minute after the
restart - when diminutive Bubacarr Sanneh fired home a screamer to draw wild
celebrations from the home crowd. Even with that 2 - 0 lead, it appears Brikama did not have
Gunjur their way, and they duly added a third goal to brush aside any hopes of
a Gunjur comeback. It was the diminutive Babucarr Sanneh again who orchestrated
a destructive Brikama attack down the right where he exchanged passes before
sneaking into the box to fire a shot out of the reach of the rushing Gunjur
goalkeeper for his second goal, and Brikama's third. That sealed a comfortable 3 - 0 win over the champions
Gunjur, much to the disbelief of their traveling supporters and to the delight
of home supporters. The 'our land our cup' chants before and during the game by
the Brikama supporters, ultimately turned into reality as Brikama clinched the
super cup to serve notice to the rest of the teams about their title ambitions.Up against a gritty and physically powerful side, Gunjur
were not just beaten, they were torn apart, ripped to pieces by a Brikama side
blend with young talented, and experienced players. Whether Brikama will be able
to show a performance like this in their away fixtures, is a question for
another day, but, they have shown it in front of their home supporters in this
Super Cup, against a side they have not beaten in their last four meetings,
only managing a single draw. Brikama did not deserve to be in the Super Cup after
finishing 4th in last season's campaign, but they deserve this victory against
Gunjur. They were selected to play in the Super Cup after the runners Sanyang
confirm their participation lately and Brikama took advantage of the rare
opportunity coupled with home support to inflict heavy revenge on Gunjur, a
side that thrashed them 6 - 2 on aggregate in the semi-finals en route to this
stage.
If the performance of Gunjur last season make people believe
that a title defense is a possibility for the Kombo South giants, this scoreline
against a purposeful Brikama side will cast doubts
over those beliefs.
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