This was the 3rd defeat for Heegan in less
than two weeks, but this time they are under a new manager Sheik Saleh Farah
who took over the team over the weekend, when their former coach Ahmed
Abdirahman Omar stepped aside due to two successive failures.
The police side were reduced to 10 men when Mohamed Ahmed
Mahmoud was sent out in the 45th minute of the match, but they
fought hard until close to the end of the match when Abdulkader Mohiyadin
Hassan AKA Yariis scored the winning goal for his team in the 90thminute only few seconds before the end of the match whistle was blown.
However, with this late goal Abdulkader Mohiyadin Hassan AKA Yariis, was inaugurated the scorer of the first goal in this season’s Somali National league. Two of Dekedda’s players Abbaa Amin Mohamed No 14 and Abdiaziz Mohamed Ali No 11 were awarded with yellow cards in the 34thand 71st minutes of the match.
Apart from those at the stadium, hundreds of thousands of
Somalis in and outside the country were enjoying the match which was broadcast live
on the privately-owned Universal TV whose owner decided to join hands with
Somali FA to promote football in the country.
Somali Football Federation Technical representative in UK
Abdirashid Islow whose job is to recruit talented Somali footballers across
Europe for the national team, was one of the Somalis who were watching Monday’s
match while staying abroad. Islow said he was happy with the new progress made in
Somalia adding that there were some tangible changes he could see.
"In comparison with how our football was years before and
the when we look back to the hard circumstances Somalia experienced, I can see
that there is some progress. I am really very hopeful that Somali football will
approach high level in the years to come” Islow said during a telephone
conversation with Somali FA Media from London.
Somali Football Federation Media Department
Email:info@somsoccer.com