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Stag Elite League …Lanferman brace sink Fruta Conquerors; Buxton needle Monedderlust
By Franklin Wilson
Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United’s Delon Lanferman scored either side of play to lead his team to the top of the Stag Elite League (SEL) points table, scripting Fruta Conquerors’ 2-0 defeat in the feature game on Sunday evening last at the GFC ground, bringing an end to the fourth round of competition.
Eson Hamer
It was Conquerors’ first loss of the league, despite, they still hold down the third place with a single point less than the first and second placed team, Alpha and Pele.
Sunday’s opening match-up produced Buxton United’s first win of the season and it came at the expense of West Berbice’ Monedderlust, the East Coast based lads were carried to victory compliments of substitute Eson Hamer’s 82nd minute effort.
It was not the best evening for either side in terms of the brand of football they are capable of playing. Alpha was always in the hunt in the attacking third and this was largely due to Conquerors lack of shape and potency in the defensive third.
Conquerors looked a better collective unit in their previous matches which brought them two wins and a draw, but they looked a shadow of that team on the night. Alpha, on the other hand, Guyana’s most successful club side with experience at the international level is still searching for the ‘killer punch’ they are used to using against local opposition.
The SEL however, has seen clubs upping their game in every department which presents a different challenge for opposing sides as seen in the closeness of matches so far. The first half was a close tussle between the sides but it was not destined for a 0-0 score line at the half way mark.
Lanferman, Kithson Baines and Captain Daniel Wilson were constant in attack as Conquerors tried their utmost to keep them at bay. But with one minute to go before the half time whistle, Lanferman, a former Slingerz FC player, headed past Delroy Dodson in goal to seal Alpha’s opening goal and the advantage.
In the second half Conquerors came close on a few occasions, one of them saw Kwame LaFleur just failing to connect with a driving header from a squared ball that would have put a different spin on proceedings.
However, Lanferman put the game beyond the reach of Conquerors when he completed his double, the second of the league (Richardson netting the other), in the 69th minute.
The opening game saw a desperate Buxton finally getting on the points table at the expense of Monedderlust, who after their opening win when they upset the Guyana Defence Force, has failed to maintain that spark and zest.
They {Monedderlust} looked the dominant team for periods against Buxton as the exchanges went back and forth for almost the entire 90 minutes. It took the fresh legs of second half substitute Eson Hamer to break the deadlock and secure Buxton’s maiden win of the SEL.
Hamer found the back of the net in the 82nd minute to release a lot of pressure from his teammates and Technical staff including Head Coach, Herbert McPherson.
This Monedderlust player is airborne as he heads the ball away keenly watched by teammate Dane Johnson (#3) and Buxton’s Clive Andries (2nd left) and Rondell Assanah (#4).
Following a few days to recover and refocus, action will resume this weekend with double headers slated for Friday and Saturday at Tucville and the #5 ground, West Coast Berbice.
Friday’s matches will see Alpha United matching skills with the Guyana Defence Force and Pele taking on the home team, Conquerors. Up in Berbice on Saturday, Georgetown Football Club aka ‘The Upsetter’ will seek to take their A-game to the East when they take on home team Monedderlust seeking to bring their season back on track.
Slingerz are set to take on the red hot Buxton United.
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