TUFC REIGNS OVER NORTHERN REGIONAL SCHOOLS TEAM IN FINAL DAY FIRENDLY

24TH Of August, 2011

Substitute Fusieni Abdul – Rauf strike in the 85th minute ensured Tamale Utrecht Football Club reigned over Northern Regional Schools Team when they beat them 2-1 in the final day friendly match played at the Tamale Senior High School Football Park on Wednesday.

The Regional team took the lead in the 60th minute after a barren first half dominated by the Regional team.TUFC fought back and equalized through a 32nd minute penalty converted by Alhassan Kalusha after Hamdan Yakubu was fouled in the goal area.

The two teams resulted in hot exchanges in search for supremacy after both cubs had shared two wins between them in the last two friendly matches.

The moment of reckoning was not long fetched when tall lanky defender Fusieni Abdul-Rauf directed a drop ball from the goal area into the net for the match winner.

The three match exercise was arranged by the Regional team to prepare their squad for the National school competition which begins on September 27 in the Northern Regional capital, Tamale.

Three players of TUFC namely Yussif Abdul-Basit, Zakariah Fusieni and Alidu Mohammed Awal are part of the Regional team to vie for national honours in the one week competition.

The Exercise also offered TUFC the opportunity to prepare for the second round of the Division two competition that is scheduled to kick-off on September 3.The club is currently leading zone 1 league with 13 points. 

TUFC Line up: Mubarik Jebdon- Muniru A. Aziz,Mohammed Kassim, Mohammed Alhassan/ Fusieni Abdul-Rauf, M. Awal Issah- Haruna Najimudeen/ Iddirsu Osman, Adam Ibrahim, Hamdan Yakubu,  Alidu Yakubu/Yakubu Mujeeb -Alhassan Kalusha/ Abide Jebdon, Adam A. Basit

Substitutions: Sulemana Firdaus - Fusieni Abdul-Rauf, Iddirsu Osman, Yakubu Mujeeb, Abide Jebdon.