Team Old Tafo showed showed class to beat Asokwa 4-1 to be crowned champions of the 2022 MTN Ashantifest Community Soccer Tournament which was played at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium.
It was an excellent grand final which saw Old Tafo dominating play from start to finish and delighted fans with their awesome and accurate passing abilities.
Old Tafo’s striker Ibrahin Wawudu was the toast of fans as he grabbed a hat-trick with Richard Addai also getting a goal for Old Tafo.
Evans Sarfo got the only consolation for Asokwa who had to settle for silver with Old Tafo walking away with the giant trophy and other prizes at stake.
The winners aside the glittering trophy, also took home gold medals,a whopping GHC20,000, airtime as well as appearance fee of GHC1,000.
The second placed Team Asokwa also received GHC10,000, Silver medals, airtime and appearance fee of GHC1,000 as the prize for the first runner up.
The battle for the bronze medal also saw Tech edging out Dichemso 2-1 to place third .They also received GHC5,000, silver medals,airtime, and same appearance fee for their efforts. All 12 teams that participated in the tournament that’s Old Tafo,Asokwa,Tech,Asokore,Dichemso,Mampong,Fante New Town,Bantama,Asafo,Suame and Aboabo received appearance fee and jerseys,from the sponsors MTN Ghana .
The best Player accolade went to Issaka Konda of Asokwa. Best Goalkeeper went to Osei Kwame of Tafo with the Top Scorer going to Ibrahim Wadudu who scored a hat trick in the finals while Tafo also won the Fair Play Team award.
The match was a curtain raiser to the finals of the MTN FA Cup which saw Accra Hearts of Oak beat Bechem United 2-1 to defend their title.
Speaking after the match, The General Manager of the Northern Business District, Mr Nii Adotey Mingle said, the tournament was very successful and competition was top notch.
He added that, this year’s event saw a major improvement as compared to last year with more enthusiasm displayed by the teams.
“We look forward to involving more communities and make the event more popular to help unearth talents for the national teams and the Premier League,” he stated.
He has also promised MTN’s determination to improve the standards of the Ashantifest and make it more popular to attract indigenes both home and abroad with a higher level of publicity
He said they would work towards making the Ashantifest popular, just like the Kwahu Easter festival.
“This will boost tourism in the region and help serve a huge economic value to the people in the Ashanti Region, he emphasized
On his part, the Best Player of the Tournament, Issaka Konda said he was excited to win the award and called for more of such competitions to be organised within the communities.
Source: Ghana/starrfm.com.gh/103.5FM/Michael Nsiah-Otchere
