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Mauritania Nips Liberia 1-0 in Chan-Chan Qualifier PDF  | Print |  Email
Written by Macaulay Sombai, macaulay.somba@gmaili or 0777217428   
Sunday, 02 December 2012 23:24

Liberia and Mauritania battle at the SKD Sports Complex Sunday.Monrovia - Yacub Fall's goal in the 20th minute was enough to send Liberia’s national football team - the Lone Star featuring only Liberia-based players on Sunday to dull 1-0 defeat at the hands of their visiting counterparts Mauritania in the first leg of the African National Championship preliminary at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex in Paynesville.

Fall scored for the visitors from the penalty spot after one of his teammates was brought down in the penalty box by Lone Star defender Solomon Wisseh.

Liberian striker Jonah Saway was brought down in the penalty box of the visitors but the referee waved play on.

The defeat means that Lone Star needs a 2-0 win away in Mauritania in the return leg, if they are to qualify for the next stage of the competition.

Sunday’s defeat is Lone Star’s second in succession after they suffered a 6-1 defeat at the hands of the Super Eagles of Nigeria in the qualifying round of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

That loss translated into many empty stadium seats Sunday even though entrance was free - most of the people who have passion for the game did not show up to watch their national team playing against the visitors as was expected.
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