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Mayor’s Cup football championships… GFC shock Western Tigers FC; Uitvlugt upset Pele FC to change tournament dynamics

Mar 23, 2013 Sports

 

 

When Camptown FC faced off with Golden Grove FC in the Mayor’s Cup football championships last Wednesday evening, the latter team started as the underdogs but shocked their opponents after Rollex Glasgow netted in the 25th minute of the game. Camptown dug deep and pulled off a nail biting triumph through Telson McClennon and Devon Forde earning their team a hard fought come from behind victory.
Last Thursday evening, Western Tigers FC were matched against the Georgetown Football Club and the pundits were already visualizing the former team’s advancement into the quarterfinal stages. This was not to be, however, as GFC turned in a determined performance to defeat their nemesis 2-1 and sent the West Ruimveldt based team packing. Teashawn Blackman struck in the 18th and 24th minutes for the winners, while Devon Millington narrowed the gap for Western Tigers with a 28th minute success.
Millington’s goal was a fitting response to the early successes of Blackman and came when the dapper striker received a pass and in characteristic mode sprinted to the opposition’s goal. However, several similar attempts by Millington as the game progressed were thwarted by the GFC’s staunch defensive lineup.
A fierce batted for supremacy developed as Western Tigers engaged in ‘catch up’ football. Their efforts, though determined, were rendered inconsequential by an alert GFC defence team. The ‘Tigers’ then changed their ploys and started distributing the ball thus increasing their possession ratio and frustrating their opponents. It was around this time that Jenel Tyrell managed to break through and headed to GFC’s goal only to be checked by the defence.
As the game dwindled, ‘The Tigers’ intensified their efforts and there were instances of unorthodox plays. The situation reached a head when Alan Spencer of the GFC and Western Tiger’s Paul Gyles clashed in a fistfight that forced the referee to flick red cards in their faces to weaken both sides.
When the battle resumed the referee ruled on four minutes added on time but GFC preserved their lead with clever passes while retaining possession up to the final whistle.
Pele FC were also fed a dose of humble pie compliments of a super strike by Travis Hilliman in the 71st minute of the game. Midfielder, Konata Manning was certainly not his aggressive self and despite several valiant attempts just could not breech the opposition’s berth and Hilliman’s late strike proved to be enough.
The action continued last evening when Santos FC took on Seawall and Alpha United played Uitvlugt. Details of those matches will appear in a subsequent issue.
Consequently, the quarterfinal stage gets underway on Tuesday, March 26 next with Conquerors taking on the GDF, while the winner of last night’s encounter between Alpha and Uitvlugt will tackle the GFC.
The players are competing for a first prize purse of one million dollars with the runners up carting off half that amount. The third and fourth place finishers receive $300,000 and $200,000 respectively.

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