Digicel National Schools’ football C/Ships... Stylish Annai trounce Paramakatoi to advance

Digicel National Schools’ football C/Ships… Stylish Annai trounce Paramakatoi to advance

Jul 12, 2015 Sports

Part of action during the game on Friday

By Zaheer Mohamed in Region 8

Host Paramakatoi Secondary (Region 8) were sent crushing out of the Digicel National Schools football championship after suffering an 7-0 drubbing from Annai Secondary (Region 9) when the teams collided on Friday last at Mahdia.
Despite being urged on by the large crowd, Paramakatoi found themselves trailing from the 7th minute when an unmarked Garville Daniels latched on to a pass from the right corner and fired his shot into the roof of the net from inside the 18-yard box.
Annai, clearly the better team, played some entertaining football and Daniels could have doubled the advantage moments later, but sent his shot straight into the lap of goalkeeper Kemal Robinson.
Paramakatoi struggled to matched their rival’s pace and paid the price for giving them much space in defence as Annai took a 2-0 lead when un unmarked Daniels headed home a corner in the 18th minute.
Despite trailing, every attacking move by the home team was greeted with cheers as they tried desperately to pull one back, and Annai goalkeeper Burtland Scipio did well to deny Conroy Pablo as the forward fired a powerful shot from inside the area.

Part of the large crowd that witnessed the game.

A lapse in defence by the host allowed the visitors to stretch their lead as an unmarked Stewart Edwards headed home in the 30th minute.
Edwards was denied a second soon after; Robinson excellently shoved his free kick over the bar to keep it 3-0 at half time.
The host increased their pace after the break but Pablo’s shot from inside the area was well saved by Scipio, however this did not deter Annai, and Nairon Williams extended their advantage in the 56th minute by chipping the ball over the head of Robinson from just on the edge of the 18-yard box.
Robinson almost immediately handed Annai another goal-he attempted to clear a ball and struck it to an unmarked Garville Daniels but the forward sent his shot wide.
Williams was again on target in the 64th minute-he managed to elude two defenders with his quick feet movement before sending his angled shot into the back of the net from the left corner.
Annai continued to dominate possession and Triston Daniels netted first in the 73rd as he neatly chipped over the outstretched hands of Robinson before Shenal Daniels took advantage of some sloppy work by the host defence and found the back of net in the 82nd minute.
Paramakatoi tried desperately for a consolation, but Scipio pulled off a fine save after Franklyn Salvador had a shot from the left corner as Annai failed to concede in a match which they dominated throughout.