Guinness Greatest of the Streets Berbice zone: Ballers United dethrone East Bank Gunners in thriller to take 2025 title
…Without conceding a goal in the tournament
Ballers United are the 2025, Champions of the Guinness Greatness in the Streets football tournament- Berbice zone. The team took the title and in the process dethroned the defending title holders East Bank Gunners 1-0 in the final which concluded on Sunday morning at the New Amsterdam Basketball Court.
Lomar Reid scored the only goal in the final
Lomar Reid scored from the penalty spot in the first half after a foul against East Bank Gunners. The thrilling encounter saw the defending champions going into panic mode as they saw the title slipping out of their hands. Shots were being fired red from well beyond the centre line, in panic.
However, Ballers United kept up their steady defense spairheaded by Reid who got good support from Dane Johnson.
Ballers United- the 2025 Guinness Greatness in the Streets Champions
Ther other players; Avon Kendell, Ray Ruddock, Justin Williams and Rayor Rose also landed their support to the effort. The margin of victory meant that Ballers United did not concede a goal in the entire tournament after winning their forst two games 1-0 before putting away Paradise 2-0 in their semifinal encounter.
East Bank Gunners on the other hand secured wins of 4-0 against Rose Hall and 3-0 against Young Strikers in their March to the semifinals.
Playing against Manchester in their semifinal match up on Saturday evening, East Bank Gunners secured their place in the final with a 2-1 win over Manchester with Joseph Giddings and Stephon Henry scoring for East Bank Gunners. Leson Lovell scored a couple consolation for Manchester.
Meanwhile, in the playoff for 3rd place, Paradise with a goal from Ntini Bobb got past Manchester 1-0.
A look at the action in the Guinness Greatest of the Streets Berbice zone final
In the playoffs for the plate and $60,000 Young guns needled Trini Gunners.
Ballers United received $500,000 and the winning trophy for winning this year’s tournament, while East Bank Gunners walked away with $300,000. Paradise third placed $200,000 and Manchester $100,000 as fourth okace finishers. However, no presentations were made for the plate on Sunday during the presentation ceremony on Sunday morning. (Andrew Carmichael)
