CFU Club Championship…Alpha beat Fortuna to stay in contention

Apr 20, 2012 Sports

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 – Milerock crushed by InterMoengotapoe

After a disappointing performance in their opening game when they went

down to Suriname’s InterMoengotapoe by a 1-0 margin, local club champions Alpha United kept themselves in contention for a berth in the next phase with a comfortable 3-1 win over Curacao’s Hubentut Fortuna last evening, at the National Stadium.
Playing in the CFU Club Championship, Alpha United was the only local team to secure victory after a sprinkling of fans saw another below par display from Linden’s Milerock who were crushed 7-1 by InterMoengotapoe in the opening game of the double header which effectively ended their quest to advance.
In the feature clash, Alpha United needing a win to keep their hopes alive to advance further in the competition got off to an enterprising start when the diminutive Andrew Murray Jnr. latched on to a pass from Anthony Abrams, before racing into the box and sliding home his shot past a beaten Elfried Weijman in the 6th minute of play.
They, however, missed two clear opportunities to stretch their advantage, but the right upright was the saviour in the first instance for Fortuna and then Dwain Jacobs palpably missed a header from a pinpoint cross from Abrams on the right flank.
Both teams continued to play positive football, but lacked the efficiency up front to score more goals.
However, Alpha stretched their lead when Abrams took advantage of a deflection after Kelvin McKenzie made a sweeping run down the right side into the opposition’s penalty area which caused goalkeeper Weijman to advance off his goal-line and effect a tackle that resulted in the ball falling into the path of a lurking Abrams, who made no mistake, lashing in from close range to make it 2-0 which stood to the break.
On the resumption, Fortuna looked more purposeful and should have reduced the lead, but poor finishing dented such ambitions.
Goalscorer in the previous game, Jose Adriano Chacas Gomez made things interesting when he delivered a powerful header past Richard Reynolds between the uprights. It was a tense match after then as Alpha looked a bit shaky, while the chances they created were squandered by Abrams, Jacobs and company.

That prompted a substitution by Head Coach Wayne Dover, who brought on Daniel Wilson in place of Murray and the impact was felt almost immediately as he tormented the tiring Fortuna defence.
His forays was so effective that it caused the visitors backline to play out of sync and it was one such occurrence that saw him receive a pass from a counter attack from Abrams, who squared into his corridor and he nonchalantly side-footed past the pressing forward Weijman. The score-line stayed that way until the final whistle.
Alpha will now play locals Milerock tomorrow, at the same venue. Meanwhile, Milerock failed to accomplish their first victory after crumbling to a heavy defeat at the hands of InterMoengotapoe in the first game. The embarrassing defeat means that they will not make it to the next round.
InterMoengotapoe’s Stefano Ryssel netted a brace and Jerrek Adensiba hammered in a similar amount of goals in the first half as Milerock merely managed to reply in the final minute of the first half.
Ryssel opened the winning account for the second time in the 8th minute after receiving a rewarding pass around the 18-yard box, before shooting the ball into the left side of the goal out of the reach of Milerock’s goalkeeper Darius Frank.
Adensiba registered his goal 20 minutes after Ryssel goal, in a similar manner after catching Frank in an off guard position. Jermaine Fordyce added some hope to Milerock in the 45th minute when he netted his goal which resulted in being the only goal for the homesters after minutes of battling viciously to level the contest.
The warriors who insulted Milerock, returned to register five more goals without giving Milerock an opportunity to score. Claudio Pinas goal in the 52nd minute by a header tallied the score to 3-1, but that margin of defeat was not enough for the Surinamese players.
Captain Jimmy Partrick added two goals in the 62nd and 76th minutes respectively after the team earned two penalty kicks.
The account which comprised of five goals was fashioned with two more goals in the 86th and 87th minute by Clarence Plein and Rysell.
Plein, who received a yellow card in the 84th minute, scored his goal after receiving a worthwhile pass around the 6-yard box and he took advantage of his good fortune, dribbled Frank, before gently tapping the ball into the net. Rysell’s left foot shot blasted past the keeper in the 87th minute to close the account for InterMoengotapoe, leaving the Lindeners to dwell in disbelief.

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