Latest update April 7th, 2025 6:08 AM
International football returns to National Stadium today
– Alpha, Milerock host teams from Suriname and Curacao
International football returns to the National Stadium when the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Championships opens today with a double header that involves local teams Alpha United and Milerock and they will entertain Suriname’s InterMoengotapoe and Curacao’s Hubentut Fortuna.
Head Coach Wayne Dover (left) and Vice-President Steve Ninvalle at yesterday’s Press Briefing at the Water Chris Restaurant.
This disclosure was made yesterday at the Water Chris Restaurant on Waterloo Street where club champions Alpha United held a press briefing which had in attendance its Vice-President Steve Ninvalle and Head Coach Wayne Dover.
The local champions who reached the third round during their last participation at the tournament will be looking to advance further into the competition this time and this is according to Dover, who was responding to questions on the team’s preparations and aspirations this time around.
Dover informed the media that the club had commenced preparations since January and in addition to the intense training, they’ve also used the Guyana Football Federation’s Super League to get valuable on-field practice against some of the better local clubs.
Ninvalle in his remarks said the delay in effectively promoting the hosting of the matches was due in part to funding and the announcement by Milerock, who were was originally slated to host the phase, of its inability to do so owing to lack of adequate funding.
The Vice-President revealed that Alpha’s management after extensive discussions with stakeholders and supporters then decided to take on the responsibility of hosting the games at a cost in excess of $6million.
According to Ninvalle, they’ve had to exhaust every conceivable method and strategy to procure the funds, but have been able to do so.
Ninvalle added that two teams from the Group will go forward to the next phase, explaining that even though Alpha has played InterMoengotapoe on a few occasions in the past, getting past them will be no easy task, while not much was divulged in terms of knowledge of the Curacao team’s ability.
The Alpha official also stated that the club has written the Ministry of Education asking that school children be allowed to attend the matches free of cost, while the price of admission for adults is $500.
In the fixtures: Milerock of Linden takes on Hubentut Fortuna from 16:00 hrs, while Alpha engages InterMoengotapoe from 18:00 hrs.
The competition continues on Thursday with another double header at the same venue.
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