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UDFA GT Beer semifinals on tonight
Champions Shattas face Botafago, Net Rockers clash with Eagles United
Tonight is semifinal’s night in this year’s Upper Demerara Football Association / GT Beer 5th Christmas championship where the defending champions Silver Shattas will take on Botafago in the first game at 19.00hrs and the second at 21.00hrs is between Eagles United and Net Rockers at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground..
Orande Wills of Net Rockers
Denzil Pryce of Net Rockers
On Wednesday night Botafago booked themselves a final’s four slot with a 3-0 whipping of Topp XX as Net Rockers knocked out Blueberry Hill by a 6-4 score-line.
Botafago did not waste time in getting on the score sheet and in the 11thminute they took the lead through Jamal Haynes before doubling it in the second half when in the 53rd minute Donavan Francis, who scored in their previous win, collected neatly executed in the 18 yards box by banging home goal number two for his team.
On the stroke of game time Shane Haynes would formalise that win when he netted in the 93rd minute as they comfortably came way winners by a 3-0 margin.
The other semifinal would see Net Rockers being down early as the 5thminute through a goal from Roydon Arthur but they quickly asserted themselves and took control through goals by Orande Wills and Denzil Pryce in the 11th and 36th minutes of play respectively making it a 3-1 advantage.
Net Rockers would then dominate, while the Hill boys were playing catch-up football matching goals, but remained adrift in the end 6-4.
Pryce would get other goals in the 80 and 87th minute of the game for his quadruple, while the other was netted by Clarence Huggins in the 78th minute.
Apart from Arthur’s goal, Kwesi Tafawa would score in the 77th minute and Troy Miller in the 85th and 90th plus three minutes for Blueberry Hill as the Rockers moved through 6-4.
Botafago playing in the first semifinal will likely have Ronaldo Hernandez between the uprights as Kevin David will be the central defender, Jashawn Moore in the middle with Donovan Francis joining the strike force of the Haynes brothers Jamal and Shane.
In seeking to make a successful title defence Shattas will likely suit up with Kellon Major in goal with the defence surrounding Romel Matthews with Dexter Garraway scheming in tandem with Michael Wilson, while goal scoring Robin Adams, Damion Williams, young Jehu Regis and Jamine Samuels will be up front.
Net Rockers and Eagles should be locked in a tense battle from 21.00hrs.
Eagles are building their hopes on the likes of the experienced Clive DeNobrega in the middle to hold things together as he has up front Kwesi Quintin and Kellon Primo, while at the back line is Randy Small.
But Net Rockers Coach ‘Axe-Man’ Wills thinks he has the right chemistry to take him all the way without mentioning players. He said the goals that they gave up in their last game were because of a miscalculation as he wanted to rest some players.
However, he said they are going to show their worth in a concentrated play of total football.
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