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Feb 05, 2015 Sports
-West Side Ballers escape in penalty shootout
Many fans who witnessed the sublime exhibition of skills from host Pouderoyen
Showstoppers during their 3-0 dismantling of Patentia Street Ballers have all agreed that they will be hard to stop come final night.
The two teams faced each other in semi-final action of the West Demerara Guinness ‘Greatest of De Streets’ Competition which concluded on Tuesday night, at the Pouderoyen Tarmac.
They will now battle West Side Ballers who defeated Raiders 2-1 in a penalty shootout when their clash ended in a 1-1 stalemate after both regulation and extra times failed to separate the sides.
The final and third place playoff will be played on Saturday, at the same venue.
In the feature game, the host took the lead in the fourth minute of play through Dexroy Adams, who netted from the penalty spot after a Patentia defender infringed the rules and a penalty awarded.
It was deemed that he had blocked a shot to goal on the goal-line.
They then added to their advantage when Adams collected a pass from mid-field, bolted into the opposition area, dribbled past the lone defender and finished with aplomb in the 13th minute for a 2-0 lead.
Nathan Allicock then gave them added comfort when he combined with the skilful Adams,
received the final pass and fired past the final sentinel in the 18th minute.
In the first semi-final, Morgan Denny gave West Side Ballers a positive start when he received a pinpoint pass from the right side, before slamming his effort past the last stop after seventeen minutes and they held that advantage up until the break.
However, six minutes from full time Dexter Marshall gained the equaliser for Raiders when he ran on to a pass from the right flank and swept the ball into an open goal.
The scores remained deadlocked until the final whistle sounded to send the contest into extra time and that too did not unlock the two combatants, before penalty shootout decided the fate of Raiders as they succumbed to the accuracy of the opposition.
In the exhibition matches that were played earlier, the Media cruised past Promoters by a 4-2 margin with Nicquan Nestor netting a brace in the 13th and 18th minutes, while Dwayne Lindy and Jevon Rodrigues supported with goals in the 11th and 14th minutes respectively.
West Coast Veterans blanked West Bank Veterans 4-0 thanks to a treble from Ryan Heeyes, netted in the 2nd, 4th and 12th minutes, while Eustace Joseph completed their tally with a single strike in the 10th minute.
Banks DIH Limited and the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) played to a 1-1 stalemate. Seon McKenzie opened the scoring in the 4th minute for Banks DIH, while Jason Waldron responded for GPL in the 12th minute.
The winning team will receive $300,000 and the championship trophy, while the runner-up pockets $150,000 and a trophy, third place $100,000 and fourth place $75,000.
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