Fruta Conquerors brush aside Lady Panthers in 4-2 win
GFF-Always Championship Cup…
The Fruta Conquerors FC Female Team have lifted the GFF/Always Championship Cup after an enthralling final played against Lady Panthers FC at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground on Saturday evening.
Fruta Conquerors and Lady Panthers fought fiercely during their meeting
The match was filled with goals and thrills as both Fruta Conquerors FC and Lady Panthers FC treated the relatively large crowd to an exhibition of exciting football played by talented females.
Fruta Conquerors scored first by way of a goal off the boots of national female player Tiandi Smith in the 14th. However, the Fruta ladies were nowhere near cruise control, as Lady Panthers’ Annalisa Vincent levelled the scores in the 19th minute.
Smith returned in the 28th to again hand Fruta the lead, and the eventual champions were able to hold off their aggressive opponents for a 2-1 score at the half.
Lady Panthers’ half-time pep talk must have been quite inspirational, because they returned with all guns blazing, and capitalized twice on their excellent plays.
Annalisa Vincent completed her hat trick with goals in the 59th and 77th minutes to make it a 3-2 game in Lady Panthers’ favour. But just when it seemed like the East Bank Demerara ladies would thump their Georgetown rivals, Abiocy Heywood netted the equalizer in the 88th minute to give Fruta Conquerors another shot at the victory.
Enthralling action during the GFF/Always final game
The encounter went down to the penalty mark, and the Fruta team, comprising of several national junior and senior players, proved to be the better team, as they won the contest 4-2.
The third-place playoff game saw Santos FC edge past Foxy Ladies in another tight encounter.
Andrea Lashley netted back-to-back goals in the 54th and 59th minutes to give Santos the lead, following a tough first half wherein both sides failed to capitalize on their scoring opportunities.
Horicia Adams scored Foxy Ladies’ consolation goal in the 64th minute, but no one else on that team could pull another goal ‘out the hat’, and they consequently went down to Santos 2-1.
