Sierra Leone: Expectations rise high as three enticing matches are up to open the 2021 Sierra Leone Premier League, with an historic 18 teams to make the difference.
The league will serve as a reference point for bookmakers and league match analysers for the following edifying reasons:
This endeavour marks the first time the premier league is entertaining 18 teams with fresh insights gathered from across all regional lines. The analytic lens is now bifocal.
Bai Bureh Warriors smacked a win in a qualifier tie to enter the topflight league for the first time ever. The reverberating spirits of being newcomers will echo through the walls, valleys and landscapes of countryside Port Loko with clog-towing optimisms.
All in blue, as the nation knows it, the officers, the very boisterous newcomers, have called for a formidable reinforcement to start a novel experience in a top tier soccer league. The engagement will be telling and tantalising.
Mount Aureole SLIFA, a city contender, are the other set of freshmen who will be looking forward to the prospect of finding a new name beyond the shores of Freetown. The historic leap has not reached the starting line yet, but ‘The Mountain Guys’ are determined to live up to expectations.
Indeed, FC Kallon will engage Ports Authority at the National Stadium with Anti-Drugs FC taking the pitch against SLIFA at the Approved School on Friday, the league’s opening day. The Sierra Leone Police will lock horns with East End Tigers at the Kingtom Police Field to start a 75-day competitive stride.
Fight for this year’s champion’s trophy will be robust, more engaging, and more bloodthirsty as the league entertains 153 matches in a one-legged roll, expected to last less than three months.
Its inclusivity, splendour and elegance will make this league one of a kind in local football perspective, and in the pensive annals of competitive topflight soccer tournament.
Wave of new signings in the transfer window has hit uncommon trails as teams spend heavy on prized players. From East End Lions to Bo Rangers, Musa’s move will jolt much attention.
BT/23/04/2021