Dover relishes “special” victory for Police FC

Guyana Police Force (GPF) Football Club Head Coach Wayne Dover has described his team’s recent triumph in the inaugural Elite League Cup as special, expressing hopes that the victory can motivate his troops in the upcoming eighth edition of the League, scheduled for commencement later this year.
On Saturday last, there were absolute scenes at the Guyana Football Federation’s National Training Centre (NTC) where Police edged Slingerz FC 2-1 to lift the trophy.
“So, we spent this entire preparation dealing with ‘out of possession’, when we’re not in possession of the ball, to get behind the ball, to pressure the first touch, to come across and come back. We applied all the principles of defending during we training sessions and we see that these guys come out and execute throughout the tournament. Hence, that’s the reason why I think we have triumphed,” Dover told Guyana Times, discussing some focal areas in his team’s preparation for the tournament.

He went on to say about their offensive work, “We had our plans in terms of when we win possession, to go through the wing, if not through the wings, we penetrate and we ask one of the midfielders to join forward to add the extra number. Then when we play the ball to the wings, two times there was two effective crosses and we all know crosses are so effective that sometimes you meet to it first and convert or the defending team play it in their own goal and we saw that tonight in those goals.”
Quizzed about finally getting over the hurdle, Dover had no choice but to admit that Saturday’s victory was a special one.
The Police FC gaffer expressed, “It was special, because I think we have been playing a lot of good football for the longest while and we came up empty-handed most tournaments, so we want to make sure we dedicate this particular result to the entire administration in the Police Force, players, staff as well as the spectators. We want to thank them for their support and we look forward to many, many more success as we prepare for the season coming up.”
Dover later responded to inquiries about whether or not Police’s triumph would set the tone for future competitions.
“We hope that the players will be motivated from this result and come out and train and you know, as you rightfully said, now we announce our dominance, we want to continue and maintain this flow of football and results,” the renowned Coach shared with this publication.
For their efforts, Police pocketed a $1 million grand prize. In addition, their players Bevney McGarrell and Akel Clarke were named Most Valuable Player (MVP) and Best Goalkeeper of the tournament respectively.