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GTT Round Robin / Knockout Football Competition
Kings, Topp XX cruise past respective opponents
Victoria Kings and Topp XX cruised past their respective opponents when play in the GTT Round Robin / Knockout Football Competition continued on Monday night, at the Victoria ground, East Coast Demerara.
In the feature clash, Victoria Kings defeated Golden Grove by a 2-0 margin, while Topp XX beat Ann’s Grove by a similar scoreline in the opening encounter.
Played before a fair-sized crowd, Kings experienced marksman Winston Pompey opened the scoring for the home side in the 48th minute, racing on to a loose ball within the centre of the box, before smashing it past the goalkeeper into the lower right hand corner to send the home supporters into frenzy.
Winger Alden Lawrence then doubled their lead in the 72nd minute with a well directed header from the centre of the box that glanced off an opposing defender, before landing into the roof of the goal.
The visitors then had a chance to pull one back after winning a penalty, but the weak effort was pushed into touch for a corner in the 83rd minute.
Victoria Kings had a similar chance to make it 3-0 after being awarded a penalty from a reckless challenge in the boc, but the ensuing spot kich was squandered by Rueben Morris whose shot was saved by the goalkeeper.
The scoreline remained the same until the final whistle sounded to hand the Kings full points, the same as Topp XX who won their opening clash against Ann’s Grove thanks to a brace from Travis Watterton.
Watterton broke the stalemate in the 83rd minute after delivering a piledriver from about 30 yards out which blew past the diving Ann’s Grove goalkeeper with blinding speed.
Five minutes later he was back in action, with another piece of mastery, this time cutting inside the penalty area, before firing past the keeper to give his team a 2-0 advantage minutes from full time.
Winner of the event will pocket $500,000 and the championship trophy while the second place side will pocket $250,000 and the respective accolade. The third place side will receive $125,000 and a trophy while the fourth positioned unit will collect $75,000 and the respective accolade.
Action in the competition will resume on Thursday, at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground in Linden with another doubleheader.
Current Points Standings
Group-A
Team GP W L D GF GA GD Pts
Winners Connection 1 1 0 0 6 1 +5 3
Victoria Kings 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3
Golden Grove 1 0 1 0 0 2 -2 0
Rosignol United 1 0 1 0 1 6 -5 0
Group-B
Team GP W L D GF GA GD Pts
Topp XX 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3
NA United 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3
Milerock 1 0 1 0 1 2 -1 0
Ann’s Grove 1 0 1 0 0 2 -2 0
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