Turbo football tournament Rangers and GFC to contest next week’s final

Dec 08, 2018 Sports

City sides Northern Rangers and Georgetown Football Club (GFC) will clash at the Ministry of Education (MOE) ground this Wednesday to battle it out for the grand $800,000 first place cash prize in the final of second annual Turbo football tournament after winning their respective semifinals on Thursday night at the Carifesta Avenue venue.
In the feature game, Northern Rangers were made to work for their win against Santos FC in a match which went right down to penalties.
For much of the match, Santos had the lead, granted through Orin Yarde in the 16th and they did well to fend off the incoming challenges of the Rangers.
At the half time whistle, things were going according to plan for the Santos side but sure enough, Captain Fantastic Nigel Denny in the 70th minute brought things level again.
For the remaining twenty-minutes, the action picked up intensity with both teams searching for that decisive goal that would give them the spot in the finals.
Even in extra-time, things were still deadlocked, both sides getting into scoring positions several times but squandering their chances to take the game home.
At the end of the day however, it would be rangers, who succeeded 4-2 via kicks from the penalty mark, to ascend into the final.
In the first semi-final GFC made early inroads into the Mahaica Determinators putting them on the back foot early and securing that all important win.

Play between GFC (on the ball) and Mahaica Determinators on Thursday night at MOE ground

Daniel Ross got the ball rolling in the 11th minute after taking controlling the ball between two defending players and clinically firing home.
Ralph Parris doubled the score in the 32nd minute and the GFC who haven’t won a senior final in decades, never looked back and will have a 50/50 chance to finally get a taste of silverware.
Mahaica and Santos will contest the third place playoff next Tuesday from 19:00hrs.
A total of $1.5 million in cash prizes is up for grabs in this tournament with the winners pocketing $800,000, second place $400,000, third $200,000 and fourth $100,000.