Halagan as South Sudan Independence Cup inches to final

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Halagan as South Sudan Independence Cup inches to final
Halagan as South Sudan Independence Cup inches to final

Alex Bullen

Africa-Press – South-Sudan. The South Sudan Independence Cup Futsal Tournament (SSIC) is nearing its end after an exciting group stage and rounds of classically unpredictable knockout football.

Four teams now have destiny in their hands as they will compete against each other on their path to the finals, which will take place on July 8, 2023.

Freedom and Yellow Stars of Group A, Halagan of Somalia, and Friends FC of Group B are the teams that made it to the last four.

The unbeaten Halagan denied Friendship a ticket to advance to the semifinals after suffering at the hands of impressive Somali boys 5-1 in the final group stages.

The defeat left Friendship miserable as they exited the tournament in shame.

Mohamed Farah, who scored twice in the Halagan’s 5-1 triumph over the Friendship, put the Halagan ahead inside five minutes of the game before Abdullah Wali doubled the score in the 12th minute.

Farah doubled his goal barely eight minutes after Abdullah Wali’s to make it 3-0. Friendships got unorganised, and the first half ended 3-0.

Mohamed Ali scored for Friendship 10 minutes into the second half after the squad made tactical changes. That solitary goal later turned out to be a consolation.

Halagan rallied quickly to Ali’s goal, with midfielder Omar Michael scoring before substitute Hessen Abdu made it five.

Halagan maintained their perfect group campaign with a 100 percent win record and scored over 15 goals, including just three.

In other games, Zain FC was defeated 7-1 by Friends FC, who advanced to the semi-finals after Friendship failed to win their must-win game.

The semi-finals kick off on July 6th and 7th, 2023, with group A leaders Freedom battling out with Friends and Halagan taking on Yellow Stars, respectively, on their way to the finals.

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