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Kaieteur Sports – It’s could go down to the wire tonight, this New Year’s Upper Demerara Football Association’s promoted Banks DIH 4th annual Christmas futsal championship final, featuring the East of Linden’s best Capital FC, matching skills with the best of the West represented by Botafago, for a winners’ purse worth $1M at the Community Hard Court in the mining town of Linden.
An expectant crowd is likely to be on hand with supporters from the town expecting victory along with bragging rights and the championship trophy, at the end of the deciding game.
The runner up side is guaranteed $500,000 but losing is not an option for the two sides battling in this highly anticipated final.
The two losing semifinalists, Topp XX and Blueberry Hill United, are pitted against each other in the main supporting draw from 8.00pm, with another exhibition match scheduled from 7.00pm.
That Blueberry Hill versus Topp XX encounter will see the winners getting $200,000 and the losers $100,000.
Having disposed of Blueberry Hill 7-3 the Botafago side featuring among their top performers Shane Haynes, Donovan Francis and Malachi Todd must fancy their chances of becoming the new champions, having knocked out Silver Shattas, last year’s s champions in the quarterfinals, before booking their spot with a close win against Blueberry Hill in the semifinal.
To advance to the final, Capital FC eliminated Topp XX by a 3-2 score but will not be a pushover when they face Botafago for the grand prize of $1M, the champions’ trophy.
Their best players in the competition so far had been Selwyn Barnes, Mortimer Giddings Jr. and Emmanuel Atkins.
With major sponsors, beverage giants Banks DIH on board, other sponsors have joined to support this tournament including B. Harry Lumber Yard, Mr. Kelmon Enterprise, Major’s Rental, D. Sookram and Daughters Construction, Semple and Sons General Store, Jermaine and Son Supermarket and Hardware Store and Dr. Joseph Haynes.
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