Elite League: Western Tigers stun defending champs GDF

The seventh season of the Elite League continued on Saturday, March 15 at the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National Training Center (NTC) in Providence, where the second encounter of the night saw the defending champs, Guyana Defence Force (GDF), taking on the Western Tigers.
In a closely-fought game, the Western Tigers defeated the GDF football team by a scoreline of 2-1. GDF took the lead through Abumchi Opara, scoring first in the 22nd minute of the game.
Western Tigers then fought back with a goal in the 35th minute by Simeon Moore and took the lead 10 minutes later when Andrew Murray scored for the Western Tigers. The halftime score was 2-1 in favour of the West Ruimveldt-based outfit.
The second half produced no goals as both teams fought hard, and the defending champs would be left disappointed by their overall performance.

In the first game of the day, Mainstay Gold Stars FC were humiliated by Den Amstel FC, suffering a heavy defeat. Keanu Lawrence started the onslaught with a brace in the 10th and 15th minutes of the game.
Jeffery Joseph pulled one back for the Mainstay Gold Stars FC as he netted in the 30th minute of the game with the halftime score 2-1.

The second half came and was one-way traffic in favour of Den Amstel FC as Deon Alfred got his first goal of the night, scoring in the 50th minute. Lawrence completed his hat-trick by scoring in the 53rd minute of the game. Anthony Benn scored his first of the night in the 57th minute, while Alfred also went on to get a hat-trick by scoring in the 61st and 68th minutes of the game. Benn went on to get the third hat-trick of the game, scoring in the 77th and 90th minutes. Cleavon Murry would add more suffering to Mainstay Gold Stars, scoring in extra time (90th+2), to end the game with an astonishing 10-1 scoreline.

On Sunday, Santos FC comfortably defeated Ann’s Grove United FC by a 3-0 scoreline. Shaqua Joseph opened the scoring in the 17th minute, while Ravi Coates netted in the 28th minute, making the game 2-0 by halftime.
Carl Griffith added the final goal of the game, making it a commanding victory for Santos FC.
In the next match-up – a six-goal thriller, the Guyana Police Force got the better of Fruta Conquerors FC. The star of the game was Adrian Aaron, as he got an impressive hat-trick in the 10th, 18th, and 49th minutes. Fruta Conquerors FC started their fightback in the 60th minute of the game through Jamal Jockman and Shamar Koulen in the 74th.
Neron Barrow ended all aspirations for an equaliser for the Fruta Conquerors as he ended the game with a goal in stoppage time (90th+3).