On Saturday night at the Albouystown tarmac, Gold is Money showed their credentials to book a spot in the Georgetown Zone Guinness “Greatest of the Streets” final while Sparta Boss versus Leopold Street’s semi-final was canceled.
When the semi-final stage of the Guinness Greatest of the Streets were played it was the Gold is Money outfit who were left celebrating after pipping Bent Street to book a spot in the final.
It was a closely contested match that needed penalty kicks to decide the winner after full time saw the two teams drawing 1-1.
Tonight’s semi-final will pit defending champions Sparta Boss against Leopold Street at the National Cultural Centre tarmac
Randolph Wagner got Gold is Money off to a flyer netting the opener after just three minutes had elapsed in the game, however Bent Street quickly regained composure and defended well. They even went close to equalizing on a few occasions and were eventually rewarded for their persistence when Travis Lyken stuck one home in the 16th minute.
The score remained deadlocked and the resulting penalty kicks saw Gold is Money holding their nerve to win 2-1 from the spot.
They will have to wait until tonight to know their opponents after the second semi-final between Sparta Boss and Leopold Street was canceled after an attempted robbery on a patron resulted in the fans dispersing. The match will be played today at the National Cultural Center tarmac at 17:00h.
Earlier before the disruption, the semi-finals of the plate section were contested and saw two lop sided affairs.
First Kingston dispatched of Upsetters by six goals to two with a blitz of late goals.
The Upsetters drew first blood through Orin Yarde in the 16th minute before Kingston’s Colin Clarke equalized in the 20th, just a minute later Joash Figueira restored Upsetters’ advantage. That would be the end of the latter though as Nigel Denny grabbed two Guinness Goals to make it 6-2 Kingston
In the other Plate semi-final North East La Penitence had a comfortable 3-1 victory over GTI Ballers. Kelvin Moore bagged a hatrick in the 10th, 20th and 25th minutes to resign GTI to defeat. GTI’s lone goal came from the boot of Trevon Calendar in the 16th minute.
The final of the completion is slated for December 16 at Demerara Park. Winner of the overall event will walk-away with $500,000 and the championship trophy along with automatic qualification for the National Playoffs.
The runner-up, third and fourth placed finishers will receive $250,000, $200,000 and $100,000 respectively.
