DOL: Liberty crash Young Wise at home
Liberty Professionals continued their resurgence in the Division One League (DOL) with a 2-0 win against Accra Young Wise on Match Day 14 of the second tier competition at the Blue Sky Park at Doboro on Sunday.
The Scientific Soccer lads have been brilliant in recent matches, having recovered from a slow start to the season that travelled four matches without a win.
The Dansoman based club have recorded seven wins, two defeats and five draws and in the process picking 26 points to move to third spot in the Zone 3 standings.
Liberty Professionals scored in both halves through Godfred Atuahene and Jabir Ibrahim on Sunday.
Atuahene opened the scoring in the 43rd minute before Jabir added the match winner in the 73rd minute to take his tally to nine goals after 14 matches.
The win takes the former Premier League side to three points off the top spot after trimming the gap to leaders Tema Youth.
Tema Youth beat Nania FC 2-0 at the Tema Park on Sunday to stay at the top spot with 29 points.
Reginald Lartey scored again in the first half as Evans Osei Wusu netted the second goal in the second half to win the day for the former Premier League side who are two points richer than second placed Akyem Oda Kotoku Royals with 27 points.
On Monday, Vision FC shocked Akatsi All Stars with a 2-1 win at the WAFA Park at Sogakope to improve their place on the standings.
Gideon Ofei broke the deadlock in the 48th minute after tapping Johnson Osei’s delicious cross.
The provider later became the scorer in the 56th minute as he smashed home an absolute beauty to give Vision FC a 2-0 advantage before the home side pulled one back in the 81st minute through Jonathan Nemorden.
Vision FC held on to win 2-1 to move to the eighth spot with 22 points with a game to end the first round of the season.
