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GFA Playoffs…Santos and Riddim Squad latest winners

Sep 20, 2013 Sports

 

A goal apiece from Vashile Cantzelaar and Lerone Charles was enough to secure victory for Santos FC over Fruta Conquerors after their clash ended 2-1 when action in the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Playoffs which continued on Wednesday,  at the Tucville Community Centre ground.
In the earlier encounter, Julian Forris’ 80th minute strike enabled Riddim Squad to beat Camptown FC 1-0.
In the feature game, Cantzelaar and Charles netted in the 9thand 64th minutes respectively, while Eon Alleyne’s penalty just before the first half concluded had the game deadlocked at the break.
With both teams needing a win to boost their respective chances of qualifying for the upcoming Guyana Football Federation Premier League which commences next month, Santos by virtue of its win placed the club in an excellent position to do so.
They took the lead through Cantzelaar, who netted from the penalty spot after they were awarded a spot kick resulting from a handled ball infringement.
However, when he strode up to take the kick his initial effort was parried back intoi play by the goalkeeper, but unfortunately it landed right back into the path of Cantzelaar, who made no mistake this time, lashing the ball back into the net.
Santos and more directly Cantzelaar suffered in the dying seconds of the first half when he was shown the red card for deliberately preventing Conquerors Gerald Gritten from scoring after the player was heading towards the goal to attempt to gain the equaliser and was impeded inside the 18-yard box.
Alleyne, a very reliable penalty kicker stepped up to take the kick and he sent the keeper the wrong way as he placed his flat right footed effort to the right corner of the net.
Even though played the duration of the second period with 10 players, they looked more menacing in offence and most persons felt that it was only a matter of time before they did as the host struggled for consistency in a lacklustre display.
Their lethargic performance did not go without punishment as Charles ran on to a perfectly weighted pass that spilt two defenders, easily rounded the Conquerors goalkeeper, before finishing with aplomb to guarantee three crucial points for his side.
Victorious coach Dwain Babb during an invited comment said, “It was a good game. When we went down to 10 men, I told the team they are gonna come out and run at us and that we need to be more defensive and counter when we can.”
Conquerors Head Coach Sampson Gilbert in a post match comment said “As a result of our failure to convert our opportunities the defensive aspect of game was put under pressure. We had the opportunity to win, but we are not scoring goals”.
“We are definitely looking forward to qualifying out of the tournament and we are taking it one game at a time,” he said.

 

 

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