Game week five started today as Shashemene Ketema collected their first point of the season meanwhile Ethiopia Niged Bank’s impressive form continues.
In the 3 pm kickoff at the Adama Science and Technology University, Hadiya Hossana and Shashemene Ketema played out a goalless draw.
Prior to kickoff, the pressure was on both sides as Yohannes Sahle and Hadiya Hossana are yet to make a mark seeking their first three points to ease the early pressure Whereas promoted Shashemene who made Tsegaye Wondimu the first managerial casualty of the season last week came into todays game being lead by caretaker head coach was desperate to revive their frustrating opening to the campaign.
But the 90 minutes of football really lacked a proper offensive threat from the two sides forcing the match to end in a draw.
The goalless draw meant Shashemene Ketema registered their first point of the campaign whereas Hadiya Hossana who are yet to win collected three points from three successive draws in the spin after two successive losses in the opening two weekends.
In the late kickoff, Ethiopia Nigd Bank made it three wins out of five games as they undone Wolkite Ketema 2-0.
Ethiopia Niged Bank yet to suffer a loss were at it from the start and created numerous chances in the first half to open the scoring, Ugandan import Simon Peter Oketch opened his scoring account for his new side in the 13th minute while Kitika Jimma who also joined Niged Bank from Ethiopia Medhin like Simon added another after 10 minutes to hand his side the all important three points.
Wolkite Ketema who nowadays are becoming synonymous with unpaid players and staff wages has been making headlines for the last couple of days. Mulugeta Miherte’s boys have trained for the last three days leading to the match and their on field performance was a showcase for the ongoing saga as the team struggled in every measurement.
Following today’s victory Ethiopia Niged Bank momentarily held the summit of the log with 11 points, whereas Wolkite Ketema resides 15th with only two points.
