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Digicel Nationwide Schools Football Competition…Bygeval crowned East Coast Zone champs
Despite falling behind as early as the 4th minute when Johnson Jack pierced the defence and goalkeeper with a rasping shot from about 25 metres out, Annandale have only themselves to blame after squandering a plethora of chances to succumb to a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Bygeval in yesterday’s final of the East Coast Zone of this year’s Digicel Nationwide Schools Football Competition, at Beterverwagting Community Centre ground. 
They now move on to play East Bank champions Friendship in the final of the Region 4 Zone on Saturday at Grove.
Annandale suffered a setback very early when Jack netted, but had a few opportunities of their own to level the proceedings and failed to do so.
They, however, got the equaliser through Demetry Clarke, who received a long cross from the right side raced forward into the penalty area, before unleashing a stinging right-footer past the advancing goalkeeper. That goal came in the 37th minute.
Bouyed after gaining the leveler, Annandale dominated possession over the next few minutes and should have gone ahead, but poor work up front nullified their chances.
They were made to pay for their mistakes and it was one such blunder that accounted for Bygeval’s next goal which came on the stroke of half time when a long ball from inside Bygevals’ half floated ominously towards goalkeeper Onix Rodney and he bizarrely misjudged his attempt to collect the ball and it bounced over his head and landed into the back of the goal.
In the second period, Annandale made a few substitutions and created many opportunities to score, but once again pathetic finishing kept Bygeval in the ascendancy.
Chances came in numbers, but the Annandale forwards just could not find the back of the net and with time running out, they decided to over compensate, pushing more players up front and paid the price as Samuel Charles, who had been a thorn in their flesh all afternoon, duly got his reward for a good display. He received a pass from the back, took on two defenders, and dribbled them, before swiveling and hammering a shot past the diving goalkeeper. It was a beautiful goal that deserved the end result.
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