Samartex sink Legon Cities

Legon Cities’ fight for survival in the Ghana Premier League (GPL) was dealt with a blow yesterday when they lost 2-0 to defending champions, Samartex FC, in their week 27 game played at the Tuba Astro Turf.Tagged a must-win encounter for the strugglers who sit 17th on the table with 22 points from 25 games, they failed to live up to the pre-game hype.A 21st minute strike from striker Emmanuel Mamah unset­tled the host as they switched to a more defensive game plan in order not to concede more.

In the second half, Cities tried to lift their game as Coach Yaw Acheampong made some chang­es but to no effect.Two minutes to the hour mark, striker Baba Musa Hamadu doubled the lead for Samartex with a strike that beat goalkeeep­er Joseph Kumah in post for Cities.They moved to ninth position on the log with 35 points TIMES SPORTS REPORTERThe post Samartex sink Legon Cities appeared first on Ghanaian Times.



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