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Nov 24, 2015 Sports
Victoria Kings and Linden’s Milerock registered impressive wins to join respective group leaders Topp XX and Winners Connection in the semi-finals of the inaugural GTT / Limacol Round Robin / Knockout Football Tournament which continued on Sunday night, at the Victoria Community Centre ground.
Playing before a fair-sized crowd, Victoria Kings fired in four goals before halftime, a lead which they held to defeat New Amsterdam United 4-2 in the feature clash of the double header.
Once again the experienced Winston Pompey led the way with a brace in the 5th and 44th minutes, while Aubrey Gibson and Alden Lawrence contributed goals in the 17th and 19th minutes respectively.
The prolific Adrian Adams was again the leading marksman for the visitors, netting in the 22nd and 80th minutes.
Kings win sets up a date with Linden unit Topp XX for a place in the final.
The ever alert Pompey gave Kings the early ascendancy through a powerful header into the left hand corner from a cross from the right side that landed inside the penalty area.
Playing with the confidence of champions, Victoria Kings dominated possession in the early stages and stretched their advantage further when a cracking free kick taken from 25 yards out by Gibson nestled into the right side of the goal for a 2-0 lead.
NA United appeared to have weathered the early onslaught and created
some threatening incursions, but the Kings repelled their advances.
However, the nippy Adams was able to eventually crack the airtight defence after dispossessing the centre back, who had made a mess in trying to clear the ball from his goal area, before hitting the ball past the goalkeeper.
However, Kings were in no mood to entertain any resistance as Lawrence’s fierce left-foot volley following a scramble for a loose ball played into the goa area made it 3-1.
One minute before the break, Pompey rubbed salt into the wounds of NA United when he received a pass from the left flank and finished with screaming right-footer low into the right corner.
After the resumption, Kings seemed to have eased on the throttle, allowing NA United to enjoy most of the possession and they gleefully accepted it with Adams scoring from the penalty spot ten minutes from full time.
Despite a few encouraging raids, NA United failed to find the mark and when the final whistle sounded it signaled that they had conceded a semi-final spot to Kings.
Earlier, Milerock cruised past Golden Grove by a 5-0 margin with Denzil Fordyce and the indomitable Clarence Huggins netting a pair each, while Jermaine Grandison added the other.
Huggins strikes were recorded in the third and 79th minutes, while Fordyce goals came in the 17th and 20th minutes.
Grandison’s goal was timed in the 74th minute of play.
Milerock now face counterparts Winners Connection in an all-Linden affair for a final berth.
The winning team will be presented with $500,000 and the championship trophy, while the second, third and fourth placed teams take home $250,000, $125,000 and $75,000 respectively.
The other entities on board are National Sports Commission and Sterling Products.
Game-1
Golden Grove-0 vs Milerock-5
Clarence Huggins-3rd and 79th
Denzil Fordyce-17th and 20th
Jermaine Grandison-74th
Game-2
Victoria Kings-4 vs New Amsterdam United-2
Victoria Scorers
Winston Pompey-5th and 44th
Aubrey Gibson-17th
Alden Lawrence-29th
New Amsterdam Scorer
Adrian Adams-22nd and 80th
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