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Mar 09, 2014 Sports
When play in the Trophy Stall sponsored East Bank Football Association (EBFA) Under-15 League continued yesterday at the Grove Playfield, Grove Hi Tech maintained their unbeaten record with a comfortable 3-0 win over Soesdyke while Diamond United recorded their first win by a 2-1 margin over a stout Herstelling FC.
Grove, playing in the feature game against Soesdyke Falcons who won their first game one week before by a whopping 10-1 margin, failed this time around to trouble the network despite creating quite a number of opportunities.
Grove did not make that mistake as they capitalized on most of the chances they created. They opened the scoring in the 15th minute when Kevin Padmore put his shot away. Soesdyke just couldn’t get it right in the final third.
The advantage was doubled by Grove 28 minutes on, Randy Smartt it was who nailed his shot past the Soesdyke goalie. The game was put beyond the reach of the visitors from Timehri three minutes to full time compliments of a Threvon Pluck goal.
The opening game was an exciting affair between Diamond and Herstelling, two teams that are still in the learning curve as regards competitive football.
Supporters from both sides were kept cheering throughout the exciting encounter. Diamond and Herstelling both lost their opening encounters and were eager to taste what victory feels like. Diamond it was that took the early lead through a Daniel Melville goal and they held that advantage for the entire first half.
Herstelling enjoyed quite a bit of the possession on resumption and it was no surprise when they equalized with a well taken shot off the boot of James Walcott. The exchanges continued between the two sides at an even exchange and when it seemed like the game was heading for a draw, skillful work from Teon Forde brought the winning goal for Diamond.
Forde collected a loose ball just in the Herstelling half with most of the opposing players in the diamond half in offensive mode, the little midfield player weaved his way past two Herstelling players before slotting the ball past the goal keeper in style.
Soon after the final whistle was sounded, handing Diamond their first points of the league while Herstelling remains without a point but can tap themselves on the shoulders for a fine and very improved performance.
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