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Courts Pee Wee Schools Football Competition
St. Angela’s and Enterprise go head to head in today’s final
-Technical efficiency to test strong-willed defending
By Rawle Welch
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The action promises to be intense and the youngsters are expected to lay it all out on the Banks DIH Thirst Park ground.
today’s final of the Courts Pee Wee Schools Football Competition St. Angela’s and Enterprise will be aiming to light up the Banks DIH ground, Thirst Park.
Both St. Angela’s and Enterprise survived epic battles in their semi-final encounters albeit advancing in contrasting fashion, after securing a narrow 1-0 win and a nerve tingling penalty shootout respectively.
However, the end result is history and the focus now will be the individual strategies to be employed to guarantee success in what is a first final appearance for both schools.
Enterprise was taken to the brink by the consistent St. Pius, who has won the competition before and who many felt was a strong contender for the title, before losing out in a penalty showdown.
What Enterprise exhibited throughout that game was a strong backline and most of all discipline, not allowing the St. Pius strike force any space to work their magic or even get off a good shot.
While they were held goalless by St. Pius by no means are they lacking in potency up front, players such as Seon Archibald, Martin King and Garfield Caesar are no slouches and it is not beyond them to hit the target with consistency.
However, St. Angela’s has been equally impressive throughout competition and they too had to withstand a stubborn West Ruimveldt team and a hostile fan base.
They showed admirable resilience and maturity in sticking to their game plan and executing it to perfection.
Should they come with similar intensity and the team first mentality, then Enterprise will be in for a rough ride.
Another significant observation is the fact that they’ve looked technically superior to most of the other teams in the tournament and while many may feel that it is not a decisive edge at this level, evidence seems to suggest it is precisely that got them over the line in their semi-final clash.
Keyon Douglas who fired in the winning goal last week has been the lynchpin in the team’s success so far and his presence on the pitch has been a debilitating factor for opponents and a positive influence for his team.
Antwoine Vincent, Nickone Dover, Antonio McArthur and Kenroy Cadogan are all lethal players and integral as well to the team’s chemistry.
It is perhaps the hardest game in the tournament’s brief history to predict a winner.
In the third place playoff, both St. Pius and West Ruimveldt, apart from playing for some amount of solace will have bragging rights in the back of their heads as well.
These two schools have a number of players from the same neighbourhood and this is enough impetus to serve up a mouth watering contest.
St. Pius has been a model of consistency, while West Ruimveldt have looked an improved bunch this year and played their hearts out in the semi-final loss to St. Angela’s, going down by a Douglas strike that glanced off the head of a defender to beat the goalkeeper.
It was cruel manner to lose after such a determined display so a lot of effort might have to be exerted by the coaching staff to get them motivated for a final assault for third place.
Michael Oie and Mark Cameron will have to lead their forces to a win, while St. Pius must be disappointed as well and they too might be feeling a bit low following the heart breaking loss to Enterprise.
Brandon Solomon, Christian Jupiter, Selwyn Jones and Mike Prince are the spearhead of St. Pius attack and will be called upon to engineer a victory.
Fans should expect two pulsating encounters that could go either way.
A number of representatives from Courts Guyana Inc and Banks DIH are anticipated to be on hand to witness the conclusion of the tournament.
Kick off time is 12:00 hrs, while the final is set for 15:00 hrs.
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