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Stag Super XVI – Semi Final dye cast…Victoria Kings and Ann’s Grove enter fray with wins over Uitvlugt& Beavers
Tuesday evening at the Golden Grove ground, East Coast Demerara will be see two potentially explosive semifinal matches in the second edition of the Stag Super XVI knock-out football tournament when defending champions Grove Hi Tech face Victoria Kings in the feature game, preceded by a clash between last year’s beaten finalists, Ann’s Grove and Mahaica Determinators.
Alden Lawrence
Following the final set of quarter final matches on Boxing Night, December 26th at the Golden Grove ground, Victoria Kings got past Uitvlugt 1-0 sealing the deal after Ann’s Grove set the tone for East Coast teams with a 4-0 win over Beavers of West Demerara.
Kings, which lost to Ann’s Grove on penalty kicks at this stage of the tournament last year after a 1-1 tie in regulation time, made no mistake this time around but were pushed all the way by a determined Uitvlugt side.
It was the second 1-0 result for Victoria Kings who had gotten past another West Demerara side, Stewartville in their round of 16 clash and it was also Alden Lawrence who netted the winner, back to back for the Kings.
The game was keenly contested as both sides proved that they earned the right to contest by virtue of playing good football but it was the Kings, once regarded as the most lethal knock-out side in Guyana that prevailed in the end.
In the home straight, when the match seemed destined for extra time, Lawrence pulled one out of the bag to rock the back of the nets deflating the West Side steam in the process as neither team were able to score again which meant that the Kings earned a final four date with Grove Hi Tech tomorrow night.
The opening game saw Ann’s Grove making light work of Beavers who had recorded an impressive 6-2 win over Herstelling Raiders. This time around, Beavers could not find the nets as Ann’s Grove shut them out.
Before the end of the first half it was virtually done and dusted with the score reading 3-0. Goals were scored compliments of Andrew Murray in the 22nd minute, Kellon Barry in the 35th and Anil Hernandez in the 42nd minute.The sealer came off the boot of Shafeer Sanichar in the 53rd minute.
Shafeer Sanichar (left) and Anil Hernandez
The final four teams are all guaranteed some cash but who walks away with the chance to play in the final come New Year’s Night will be known after the dust is settled tomorrow evening. Only two of the four teams will have that chance and only one of the two will be celebrating victory of sealing 1.5million dollars with $500,000 at stake for the losing finalist.
Tomorrow’s night’s losers will clash in the third and fourth place playoff with $300,000 and $200,000 respectively, at stake.
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