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2013 Digicel Nationwide Schools Football Championship…School of Nations advance at the expense of Winifred Gaskin
It was a case of which team wanted it more and in the end it was School of Nations who displayed more hunger than Winifred Gaskin Secondary in their clash in the 2013 Digicel Nationwide Schools Football Championship which continued yesterday, at the All Saints Primary School ground in Berbice.
Played before a small, but vocal turnout, the homesters (School of Nations) were lucky to escape with a 2-1 win and a place in the next round after squandering a surfeit of opportunities.
Winifred Gaskin Secondary (red bibs) on the attack from a corner, while School of Nations players defend stoutly yesterday.
On target for them were Shaquille Robitaille, who opened the scoring in the 35th minute and Troy Felix, who got the winning goal in the 79th minute of play.
Esron Collins had earlier given Winifred Gaskin some hope of making it a contest when he got the equaliser for them in the 54th minute after the two teams went to the break with School of Nations clinging to a slim 1-0 lead.
Winifred Gaskin begun the game in attacking mode and nearly went ahead very early when Collins tested School of Nations goalkeeper Jamal Adams with a ferocious shot from about 20 metres out, but he was equal to the task, turning the ball into to touch for a corner.
Shortly after, it was School of Nations turn to examine the competence of Winifred Gaskin’s custodian Lloyd Williams, but he too withstood the challenge, pushing the ball wide for a corner as well.
Both teams missed numerous chances to score with Felix the chief culprit, spraying wide with the goal wide open, before missing an easy opportunity from close range.
However, it took a stroke of luck to give School of Nations the lead when a cross from the right side saw a partial save from Williams, but his weak effort fell into the path of a lurking Robitaille, who toe punched the ball into the back of the net.
The score remained that way at the break.
Nine minutes into the second period, Collins beat Adams to his right from a corner to level the proceedings, before Felix reached on to the end of a high bouncing pass from the right flank to tap in from close range.
School of Nations backline then had to withstand a barrage of forays, before the final whistle sounded to hand them victory.
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