Gebro Recalled

George Gebro attempts to beat Angola’s Dos Santos during a 2014 World Cup qualifier on June 10 at the ATS


By Wleh Bedell
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What could be termed as a twist in decision making has come to the fore as far as the selection of George Gebro on the senior national team of Liberia the Lone Star is concerned.

It can be recollected that the 30 year old captain cum full back was recently dropped from the senior national team for what authorities of the Lone Star termed the players “inability to regularly feature as a left full back for his club Invincible Eleven (IE) in the ongoing LFA national league” and in fact his decision to stay out of the crunch fixture with arch rivals Mighty Barrolle a forth night ago on grounds of injury, but was surprisingly seen on the Lone Star’s training ground the following day in the morning hours with the aim of training.

Gebro was then send home as the Lone Star’s handlers reportedly told him that he was being dropped for the fact that he showed unwillingness or was irregular in playing for club which means he could not be really evaluated for selection on the Lone Star.

But, the news of the player’s recall soon broke out minutes after the Invincible Eleven (IE) spirited 1-0 victory over last season Premiership bridesmaid, Barrack Young Controllers (BYC). A 65th minute strike by Ansu Sheriff saw BYC now coached by ex-Lone Star care taker Coach Thomas Kojo suffered another defeat at the ATS on Sunday, August, 12.

In their 3-4-3 formation where Gebro played wide ahead of the back three which was relatively as a full back in a back four format, Gebro scampered down the flanks, controlled teammates and looked accurate under pressure. The captain of the day would then receive a standing ovation after he was substituted in the 90th minute.

After the match a member of the Lone Star’s technical crew said Gebro was recalled for the fact that he played “his usual role” as well as the news that some of the foreign based players sent for will not be honoring the match as the ticket arrangements to make them get to Equatorial Guinea was not done properly.

Since the players will not be in time for the match and that some of the players would even be arriving after the match on Wednesday.

According to reports, of the six oversea based players send for only three will be making the trip to Malambo, Equatorial Guinea. Sources at the FA say Solomon Grimes is already in the country from his base in Cyprus and will travel with the rest of the team from Monrovia on Tuesday, August, 14, while the Russian based Sekou Jabateh Oliseh and France based Alseny Keita will leave from their respective bases to travel directly to the Central African nation.

The trio of Malaysian based Patrick Ronaldinho Wleh, Omega Roberts Alamadine from Serbia and Theo Weeks Lewis from Turkey will not be making the trip sources at the football house say due to problems in arranging their flight tickets.

One other addition or stand by player is the Egyptian based left full Patrick Dolopei who since coming home on holiday has been training with the Lone Star. The lad is a player of Egyptian Second Division side El Menia and had stints with local clubs Gardnersville FC, Bassa Defenders, Mighty Blue Angels and Invincible Eleven (IE). Another player who has been called to replace one of the folks that will not be going for the contest I Malambo is the rugged midfielder Othelo Banei from Indian lower league side Royal Wahingdoh FC.