Season opening clash of two heavyweights in the Charity Shield was an ideal platform for VB and Victory to showcase their newly-acquired talents. But it was newly drafted in referee Aslam who stole the limelight by committing the blunder of blunders in what looks to be not the last of such bad officiating. He mistook a chest control by Victory defender Shafiu for a handball in Victory penalty area and handed VB a perfect opportunity to play spoilsport. Abu made no mistake from the spot to level the match for VB already trailing by a goal. The added insult to injury was straight red-card to the poor lad. A man down, morale down, it was the worst recipe for Victory to begin a season and not the best omen for what was to come from the referees. As expected VB went an all-out assault on Victory in the extra period of 30 minutes. In the end the numerical disadvantage was too much for Reds to do much against Ashfag-inspired VB. Final score: VB win by 4-1.
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