In a fiercely contested competition filled with excitement that always accompany the ongoing Tigo Community Soccer Train, the Ashaiman version of the Tigo Community Soccer (TCS) competition ended with the Roman Down team emerging the overall winners after piping the boys from Zongo Laka by a lone goal to nil.

Spurred by determination and teamwork, the lads from Roman Down had always been showing signs of a winning team and true to the positive signals they sent out, they fought their way out of the 16-team tourney to emerge winners.

Playing in front of one of the biggest crowds to witness this year’s TCS, the teams defied the scorching sun to battle it out for the coveted prizes at stake. The venue was the Mandela Park and as happens during all the competitions, the Tigo team offered free medical screening for the inhabitants of Ashaiman and its environs who were screened for Hepatitis B, Malaria, and Blood Pressure.

The competition itself was spiced up with an Azonto dance competition and rounds of ball juggling magic. The Community Soccer competition which has been designed by Tigo Ghana to engage the youth of the nation in healthy competitions has also been identified by most soccer fans and pundits as an avenue for identifying talents at the grassroots level. The games have witnessed a number of scouts from local and international soccer teams invading the grounds searching for talents.

In the first day of the competition, 16 teams from the various communities thrashed it out with Adakordzi Divine facing off Timber Market; Low Cost Estate clashing with Roman Down; Jericho meeting Valco Flats and Market Square playing against Middle East in the first round of competition. In the second round, Official Town played against Lebanon; Tulaku came against Christian Village; and Adarkodzi meeting Nii Amuii; whilst Kaketo met their match in Zongo Laka.

For their determination, strong competing efforts and hard work, the Roman Down team took home a trophy, medals, Ghc500 cash prize and the right to compete in the super competition to be held at the Accra Sports Stadium in a yet-to-be announced date.

It is by no means a widely acclaimed fact that highly competitive community football competitions like Tigo Community Soccer, bring out the football ‘madness’ or excitement from football fans across the country; from community to community, city to city, region to region.

Catch the Tigo Community Soccer Train this weekend at the Nkawkaw CYO Park for another exciting football competition and also enjoy a free health screening session.