by FSL News | 3 Sep, 2017 | Players Abroad News
Sierra Leone-born striker Christian Moses was on target again in the Danish second-tier for Vendsyssel FF in their 2-0 win over FC Roskilde on Saturday at the Roskilde stadium.
(Photo credit Torben Hansen: Christian Moses is in great shape) The victory means Vendsyssel FF continued in second place in the NordicBet League after seven games securing 14 points and two points adrift of league leaders Vejle.
On 50th minutes, Yao Dieudonne, who is an Ivorian footballer making his debut opened the scoring for the away team after a goalless first 45 minutes.
Christian Moses then made it 2-0 in extra time in a particularly entertaining game that offered plenty of chances.
Moses scored from a Lucas Jensen pass to registered his third of the season from seven matches in all competition.
“I’m happy with our start of the season. We have changed 15 out of 22 players in the squad, and at the same time the average age has gone from being around 30 to 23 years, so we’ve cut seven years down, says head coach Erik Rasmussen.
He added: “So after all, I’m happy we’re standing in second position with 14 points for seven matches, it’s amazing and I’m really proud of the team.”
Vendsyssel next league outing will see them host Brabrand IF on Wednesday, September 6 at home.
Match facts:
NordicBet League FC Roskilde – Vendsyssel 0-2
50′ 0-1 Yao Dieudonne
90′ 0-2 Christian Moses
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by FSL News | 30 Aug, 2017 | Players Abroad News
Sierra Leone youngster, Mustapha Bundu, scored twice to help Danish top-tier club Aarhus GF beat third-tier side VSK Aarhus 4-1 in a DBU Pokalen Cup second-round contest at the Vejlby Stadium on Tuesday evening.
The 20-year-old opened the scoring in the 8th before Tobias Sana made it 2-0 six minutes after.
Bundu made it 3-0 in the 22′ min, with a fine solo goal.
The home side fights back but was too late, however, shortly before the break, Daniel Sivertsen scored for VSK Aarhus in the 39th minutes to reduce the deficit 3-1.
The second half was a more even game but in extra time, Jacob Florin Torp own goal completed a comfortable 4-1 win for the visitors.
Match facts:
VSK Aarhus – AGF 1-4
0-1: Mustapha Bundu (8′)
0-2: Tobias Sana (14′)
0-3: Mustapha Bundu (22 ‘)
1-3: Daniel Sivertsen (39 ‘)
1-4: Own-goal, Jacob Florin Torp (90 + 4)
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by FSL News | 29 Aug, 2017 | Players Abroad News
Christian Moses found the back of the net again for Vendsyssel in Monday’s night 1-2 defeat to Viborg at the Hjørring Stadion, Hjørring in the Danish NordicBet Liga.
The 24-year-old level things up three minutes after Mikkel Jespersen gave the visitors the lead in the 28th minute, but Pierre Dahlin Larsen ensured the victors walked away with maximum points before the break.
Monday’s strike was Moses’s second in five days as he scored his first goal of the season last Wednesday to help Vendsyssel secured 1-2 away win over Thisted and it was also the night Moses countrymen, Mamadu Khalil Jalloh made his debut since joining the club last month.
However, it was a sad debut day for Sierra Leone international striker in Sweden, Victor Mansaray, who was sent off just five minutes after his cameo for Umeå FC as they defeated Sollentuna 3-1 in the Swedish Norra, the third-tier league.
The former Seattle Sounders youngster, who was only granted work permit last week, was introduced in 58 minutes, replacing Mikael Wikström, but a hard tackle saw him received the matching order and in the Superettan, Mohamed ‘Poborsky’ Bangura returned from injury to help Dalkurd secured 2-1 win over Örgryte.
Bangura has been on the sideline for over three weeks due to trouble foot injury, but he was given a run-out in the 58 minutes after replacing Rashidi. Attacking midfielder, George Davies was the other Sierra Leonean, who made 58 minutes cameo for his side, St. Pölten who were beaten 2-1 on the road by Wolfsberger AC.
In England, Amadou Bakayoko rescued a point for Walsall after they were held to a 3-3 draw at home by Bradford City. Bakayoko’s strike came in the 87 minutes.
Down in the Non-league, Abdulai Bell-Baggie replaced Pettefer 14 minutes from time as his Poole Town were defeated 1-0 by Bath City. Former Sierra Leone captain, Ibrahim ‘Obreh’ Kargbo and his Dulwich Hamlet side were given a surprise as a dramatic 90th-minute equaliser helped Leiston salvaged a point in the Bostik Premier Division clash at Victory Road.
The midfielder, Hassan Sesay was in full-time service for Lahti as they went down 0-1 to PS Kemi at home while Abdul Sesay saw his JS Hercules also suffered a 4-2 defeat to Kufu 98 Mela.
Striker, Mustapha Bundu replaced Sana in AGF goalless draw against AAB in the Denmark top flight league but his countryman, John Kamara continued to keep his starting spot for Kaisar in their 1-1 draw with Ordabasy, while Michael Lahoud’s Miami walked away with a 0-2 away victory over Puerto Rico in the U.S second-tier league.
Elsewhere, Issa Kallon, Alfred Sankoh and Kei Kamara all see yellow cards over the weekend in Holland, Turkey and U.S. Major League. Kallon, who got his first start in the 2-0 defeat to De Graafschap was booked in the 26 minutes before substituted in the 76th minutes.
Sankoh, who was limited to 60 minutes of action as he received his second successive yellow in the 28 minutes in Denizlispor 2-2 draw with Eskişehirspor while Kei Kamara New England Revolution suffered 1-0 defeat to D.C United and the veteran Sierra Leonean striker was cautioned in the 65 minutes.
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by FSL News | 28 Aug, 2017 | Players Abroad News
The former Seattle Sounders youngster joined the Swedish outfit on a one-half-deal this month and was granted work permit last week.
Mansaray, who was introduced in 58 minutes replacing Mikael Wikström, was expelled five minutes later but Umeå was resilient enough as they managed a 3-1 win over Sollentuna.
Mansaray, 20, hasty tackled on an opponent ended his debut day on a sad footing leaving his team to play for over 30 minutes with a man down, but perhaps a harsh decision by the referee.
A brace for Swedish striker Mikael Wikström in the opening 15th minutes laid a strong foundation to a 3-1 victory.
The visitors pulled a goal back through Brwa Pishdari to make it 2-1 before Dillian Ismail restored Umea’s two-goal lead from the penalty spot.
The victory means they’re comfortable in second position on the Norra div standings four points behind IK Brage and they take on Team TG on Friday, September 1 and Mansaray will not be available due to his suspension.
Match Facts:
Umeå FC – Sollentuna FF 3-1
Goal: 1-0 (8) Mikael Wikström, 2-0 (14) Mikael Wikström, 2-1 (18) Brwa Pishdari, 3-1 (23) Dillan Ismail (penalty).
Warnings: Umeå FC: Mikael Wikström (11), Tobias Sandström (41), Zach Sekunda (56). Sollentuna FF: Sotirios Nikopoulos (18).
Expulsion: Umeå FC: Victor Mansaray (63).
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by FSL News | 26 Aug, 2017 | Players Abroad News
Sierra Leone international Aziz Deen-Conteh in action had mixed emotions after his Dover Athletic debut ended in 1-0 National League defeat away to Macclesfield Town on Friday night.
Deen-Conteh returned from his seven months long wait searching a new club following his last outing in Georgia with FC Zugdidi in 2016.
The Chelsea Academy graduate, who signed a new deal with the Whites a few days ago, was introduced by the Whites manager Chris Kinnear in the 78th minutes replacing defender Manny Parry.
“Happy to have made my debut, but was very disappointed with the result, I thought we deserved more,” Deen Conteh told Footballsierraleone.net.
“Looking forward to the season, can’t wait to get more minutes on the field and helping the team push for promotion this season as that is our aim.
Dover are still winless at The Moss Rose since their return to the National League.
Macclesfield’s striker Tyrone Marsh headed in Elliott Durrell’s cross in the 50th minutes as Athletic suffered their first away defeat of the season.
The defeat sees Dover stay in fifth spot on the ladder, with the rest of this round of National League fixtures due on Saturday.
Dover’s Match facts
Walker, Passley, Essam, Parry (Deen-Conteh 68), Gallifuoco, Ilesanmi, Brundle, Nortey(Pinnock 68), Richards(Daniel 63), Bird, Sho-Silva.
Subs not used: Fazakerley, Essuman.
Yellow cards: Brundle
Attendance: 1270 (37 away supporters)
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by FSL News | 26 Aug, 2017 | Players Abroad News
Sierra Leone-born and Watford City midfielder Nathaniel Chalobah have been named for the first time in the senior England squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Malta and Slovakia early next month.
This means Chalobah, 22, first England call up will now finally end any hopes of him ever playing for Sierra Leone his country of birth.
It’s no surprise as Gareth Southgate thinks the Chelsea Academy product could provide the additional quality to the centre of his side.
Chalobah will be part of Southgate’s 28-man squad for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Malta on 1 September and Slovakia three days later.
A piece of disappointing news for Sierra Leone soccer fans who were expecting that one day, Chalobah will don the Sierra Leone national colours.
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