MONROVIA: The Lone Star of Liberia on Tuesday defeated the Red Devil of Congo Brazzaville 2-1 at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex in Paynesville City.
By Sylvester Tamba_stamba498@gmail.com
The match was in continuation of the 2019 Cameroon AFCONS qualifiers in group G.
Barrack Young Controllers hit man Teah Dennis and the country regular goal getter, Williams Jebro were in time to put Liberia ahead in 8 and 13 minutes respectively, but a minute later the visited pulled a goal back.
Despite the win against Congo Brazzaville on Tuesday, October 16,2018, Liberia remains bottom of the group “G” with 4 points after four matches of played.
In other match played in the same group, Zimbabwe and DR Congo settle to a one all draw in Harare.
As the results remained, Zimbabwe is at the top of the table with 8 points after four matches of played while nearest rivals DR Congo sits second place with 5points after four matches of played also.
The two bottom teams are Congo Brazzaville and Liberia 3rd and 4th respectively.
Liberia next match is slated for November 16 of this year at the same venue against Zimbabwe follow by the last match with DR Congo.
If Liberia wins the remaining matches in her group stage, she will be hoping for qualify for the 3rd time of the African Cup of Nations in the history of the country.