And then there were two: Milo U18 semi-finals on today

Glimpses of what to expect in today’s Milo semi-finals

The Ministry of Education (MoE) Ground, Carifesta Avenue will come alive this afternoon when the Milo Schools’ Under-18 football tournament semi-finals are contested.
Four teams, namely President’s College, Chase’s Academic Foundation, Dolphin Secondary and Waramuri Primary Top will have the opportunity to book their spots in Sunday’s final, beginning at 16:30h.
Guyana Times Sport caught up with the semi-finalists who all exuded confidence.
For President’s College’s Captain, Shemar Barrington, Chase’s Academy is not a fearsome opponent, since anything can happen in the “beautiful game”.
Barrington said, “Yeah, there’s a lot that we have to work on, because, at the end of the day, no team is perfect, no player is perfect, no coach is perfect, but I think that we have to argue less, keep composure. Besides that, everything is going good.”
He added about today’s clash with Chase’s, “In football, anything could happen. So, even though they’re a strong team, I think we could do it.”
On the other hand, Chase’s Captain, Bryan Wharton says his team will be taking it one game at a time.
“We need to work on finishing, because we throw away a lot of goals today [Sunday last}. The team supposed to get beat by like 11, but we didn’t put we chances away,” Wharton shared with this publication.
The Chase’s Academy Captain went on to say, “We ain’t really studying nobody. We just taking a game at a time. We treating every game like a final.”
The second semifinal will feature Region One’s Waramuri Primary Top, who are eager to make their region proud, according to Captain Odell Holmes.
Captain Holmes related, “Well, I think my team need to work on bettering their throws and finishing.”
The youngster went on to state, “Yes, I’m 100% sure we’ll take this back to Region One. Confident.”
Taking on Waramuri will be Dolphin Secondary, whose Captain Jamal Williams believes his team has what it takes to go all the way.
“We gotta work on we composure and mostly communication. I think we team has what it takes. Essentially, we can go all the way if we can put in the works and come out hard,” Williams shared.
In today’s semi-finals, Chase’s Academy and President’s College will battle at 16:30h, while Waramuri and Dolphin go at it from 18:30h. The final is set for Sunday, April 28.