The 2007 edition of the annual Mylik Classic Under-19 Tournament continued with match day 3 today at the Burma Camp Nicholson Sports Stadium. After lack of goals in the opening day of the tournament on Saturday which produced only two goals from the three matches played, match day saw fourteen goals scored from three games honoured.


Today’s fixtures saw International Allies thumping debutants Afex Professional Fc from Ashanti Region by 7-0 to jump to the summit of Group B’ after Mylik Sports Fc and another new comers House Party Fc playing a 0-0 game yesterday.


In other matches played on match day 2 saw Ahafoman Fc from the Brong Ahafo Region twice crawling back to draw 2-2 with Hikari Fc from the Eastern Region from Group A’ whilst Network became the first team to qualify from Group A’ to the next phase of the on going tournament when they beat Owariman Fc 2-1.
Below are scores at glance after match day 1 and 2 respectively:


Group A’

Match day 1


•Hikari Fc (0)/ Owariman Fc (1)
•Network Fc (1)/ Ahafoman Fc (0)


Match day 2


•Network Fc (2)/ Owariman Fc (1)

•Hikari Fc (2)/ Ahafoman Fc (2)


STANDINGS


•1. Network Fc 6 +2
•2. Owariman Fc 3 -1

•3. Ahafoman Fc 1 -1
•4. Hikari Fc Fc 1 -1


In Group B’ after one matches each:


•Mylik Sports Fc (0)/ House Party Fc (0)

•International Allies (7)/ Afex Professional Fc (0)


STANDINGS


•1. International Allies 3 +7
•2. Mylik Sports Fc 1 -

•3. House Party Fc 1 -
•4. Afex Pros. Fc 0 -7


The tournament continues today with the following fixtures with two matches from Group B’ and a game from Group A’.


•1. Mylik Sports Fc Vrs Afex Professional Fc

•2. International Allies Vrs House Party Fc
•3. Owariman Fc Vrs Network Fc

The 2007 edition of the Annual Mylik Classic Under-19 Tournament kicked off on 25th November,2007 at the Nicholson Sports Stadium with three matches to be played on match day1.


The one week soccer fiesta will be staged in Accra from Saturday 24th November to Sunday 2nd December 2007 and is sanctioned by the Ghana Football Association (GFA). The tournament which will be played with both FIFA and GFA rules and regulations seeks to provide platform for young footballers to a wider audience.


Already the MCU-19 competition has received the support of both the print and electronic media as well as from the corporate institutions in the country.


Teams that will be participating in the tournament include Mylik Sports FC, Owariman FC, Network FC and International Allies FC. The rest are Ahafoman FC, Hikari FC, House Party FC and AFC completing up the list. The eight day tournament will see the winner taking home a giant trophy and other goodies associated with the competition.

Accra Hearts of Oak, Liberty Professionals and Kpando Heart of Lions would engage in a special tournament named the "NIIT Special Invitational Challenge Cup".


The tournament, the first of its kind to be organized by the Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA) would commence on Friday, November 23 and end on Sunday, November 25.

Liberty Professionals will take on Heart of Lions at the Dansoman Carl Reindorf Park on Friday, November 23, with the winner facing Hearts of Oak in the finals at the El-Wak Stadium on Sunday, November 25.


A flat rate of 20,000 cedis would be charged at the Carl Reindorf Park, with the match at the El-Wak Stadium attracting 20,000, 30,000 and 50,000 cedis at the various gates. The winner of the three team tournament will take home 100 million cedis as the championship prize money with the second and third placed teams bagging home 50 million cedis and 25 million cedis respectively.

3rd Division side Nad Gunners FC yesterday afternoon put up a splendid performance to beat Premiership side Accra Great Olympic 3-2 in a friendly encounter at Olympics training grounds.


Nad Gunners FC took an early lead and Accra Great Olympic struggled, but tried hard in search of an equalizer. Accra Great Olympic created a lot of good opportunities but could not convert one of them, the biggest chance was even a penalty.


The visitors(Nad Gunners FC) returned for the second half strongly and matched the home team boot for boot by creating many decent opportunities with Adejedu increasing the tally to 2-0. It was a great goal, which attracted applause from the entire park.


Accra Great Olympic came back into the game during the second half buy cutting the Gunner´s lead to 2-1. Soon after, Nad Gunners FC again found the back of the net and restored the previous margin of 2 goals to 3-1 again.


Later in the game Olympics again were awarded another penalty which they converted this time. With the 3-2, Olympics came back into the game now and created a few chances but once again, they lack the bite upfront.


the game surprisingly but deserved ended 3-2 for the visitors Nad Gunners FC against Premiership team Accra Great Olympic.

Joseph Epton, our representative and scout in Ghana, watched Premier League Player Edmund Quaye and feels that the young offensive midfielder/striker is a very interesting player to follow.
For any further enquiries, please feel free to contact Joseph at: josephepton@scoutingteam.com


Here is Joseph´s Scouting Report:


Name: Edmund Quaye

Date of Birth: 23/02/1983
Height/Weight:: 1.85m/70kg

Nationality: Ghanaian
Nickname: Fabio

Language: English
Position: Offensive Midfielder & Striker


Current Club: Free Player


Playing Career:

Silver Stars FC(1st Division)
Maxbees FC(GT Premiership Club)

Edmund is a very skillful, talented and ambitious player with high work rate and excellent distribution. He is outstanding at receiving and protecting the ball and has a thunderous long range shot. He is an exceptional playmaker and a goal scorer with a good physique and can shoot with both legs. When watching Edmund play, he is a combination of style and strength.

Very fast and quick on the ball, has good change of rhythm, excellent dribbling skills and very difficult to mark and dangerous to defenders in an open space situation.

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Extremely skillful and as a lethal attacker has an excellent start and stop

Offensive Tactics:

Edmund, also commonly know as "Fabio", shows great pace around the pitch and a unique ability to break away from even the fastest defenders when on the ball. He also possesses excellent technical skills and runs at defenders. He uses a combination of quick, technical and clever touches to manage his way through tight 1v1 and 1v2 confrontations.

His shot location and execution in the box are highly effective.
He is constantly in movement,unpredictable and difficult to defend.

Fabio contributes to the match with spry, fast and spirited play on the flank and is the ultimate competitor with tactical positioning to choose the correct opportunities to commit other forward and create dangerous opportunities behind the defense.

He has mastered the basic and complex dribbling skills and he is almost unstoppable when he has open spaces ahead. He dribbles well in small spaces and has an excellent shot. His dribbling is unique and makes him dangerous upfront.

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Focused, motivated, young and talented – an exceptional player that clearly stands out among his a group of of strong youth players in hios team.

Goal scoring abilities:

A physically gifted goal scorer, who has speed and his hard shot makes him a consistent goal-scorer. His most dangerous attribute is that he possesses a clinical finish in the run of play and with a tremendous shot.