Al-Hayatt won the North Eastern against home-side Ifpro in a free scoring match in the Chapa Dimba na Safaricom tournament yesterday at Garissa University ground.
Ifpro lost the ground after leading in first half as Al-Hayatt won 7-6 in a post match penalty shootout following 3-3 draw in regular time.
The home side scored three goals in the opening half through Musa Rashid, Isaac Abdiwale and Feisal Tussut where they finished one man less when Ifpro’s defender Derow Ahmed sent off for rough play.
But the lead was cut short when Al-Hayatt fought back brilliantly in the second half to level the scores through substitute Abdikadir Khalid and a brace from Ahmed Sabri to send the match into spot kicks.
Sabri collected Sh60,000 was the Most Valuable Player as well as top scorer courtesy of his four goals in the two games, Ifpro’s Bashir Abdirahi was named best goalkeeper and was therefore awarded the golden glove as well as a Sh30,000 award.
Al-Hayat, who went home with the Sh200,000 cash prize, will now join teams from Rift Valley (Kapenguria Heroes), Eastern (Mwingi Boys) and Nyanza (Ombek Red Devils) who have already qualified for the National Finals to be hosted in Nairobi on March 24.
The overall winner will pocket Sh1 million and earn a fully paid trip to London where they will meet and train with the Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom ambassador, Victor Wanyama at Tottenham Hotspur.
Ifpro beat Jack Boys from Dadaab 3-0 while Al-Hayatt defeated Jamia FC from Mandera 2-1 in the semi-finals on Saturday.
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