FC SHELLS, COAST STIMA THROUGH TO NATIONAL JAMHURI PEACE TOURNAMENT FINAL

(FC Shell's captain Demba (right) battles for the ball with Tiki Taveta's player Peter Ochieng during the first semi final encounter at Tudor Day  Secondary School on Thursday afternoon)

 

FC Shells beat Tiki Taveta 2- 1 on Thursday afternoon at Tudor Day Secondary School to secure their place in the National Jamhuri Peace Tournament final.

Shells were the first to score through their midfielder Hamza Hammed in the 32^nd minutes. However, after the stroke of half time, Tiki Taveta got an equalizer courtesy of their striker Jagero Robert.

The game looked settled with both teams trying to capitalize their opponent’s mistakes. At the 81^st minute the deadlock was broken when Shell’s defender Russel Adebayor converted a penalty kick to put his side ahead.

Tiki Taveta’s coach Okumu criticized the referee’s performance and termed it as unprofessional “this is very unprofessional, the officials officiated the match poorly and this is one of the reasons Coast referees cannot get a call up to officiate Premier League games,” he said.

Contrary to coach Okumu’s remarks, Shell’s coach Musa hailed praise on the referee’s performance, “the referee was very fair and strictly followed the FIFA rules to the letter,” he noted.

On the second encounter Coast Stima out-shined Shimo Annex FC to book a slot in the final. James Okello scored the all important goal in the 81^st minutes.

On the ladies category, Thika Queens and Gaspo FC beat Moving The Goal Post FC from Malindi and Soccer Queens respectively to advance to the finals.

The finals will be played on 12^th December at the Mombasa County Stadium.