Keep Your Five Alive futsal championships: Slingerz, Sparta, Swag Ent, Stabroek Ballers storm into semis

Action in the Keep Your Five Alive futsal championships continued on Saturday night with the quarterfinal round being held at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

In the first game of that night, the recently relaunched Slingerz FC ensured their continued success in the Futsal arena with a 6-4 victory over Beterverwagting (BV).

Slingerz’ chief marksman Deon Alfred opened the scoring with a goal in the first minute of the encounter. BV’s Neron Barrow equalised in the 5th, and Ian Dooker made it a 2-1 game in BV’s favour by the 6th minute.

Alfred struck again in the 11th, to level the scores once again, then Delon Lanferman handed Slingerz the lead with a goal in the 14th; but the scores were again levelled in the 17th with a goal off the boots of Dooker.

However, Slingerz proved to be the better second-half team by producing three additional goals to run away with a semifinal berth, as
Quincy Adams found the back of the net in the 25th and 29th minutes, and Darian Dickson added another in the 30th for the victory.

In the following fixture, Swag Entertainment roared against Future Stars 5-2. The collective effort from Swag Entertainment saw Kellon Primo (21st), Kendolph Lewis (23rd), Kocie Gentle (41st), Rene Allicock (43rd) and Deon Charter (45th) adding their names to the scoresheet with one goal each.

Before Swag Entertainment found their footing, however, goals from Keron Solomon (19th) and Carl Griffith (27th) had forced the need for the game to go into extra time.

Futsal favourites Sparta Boss silenced East Front Road 3-1. East Front Road, who are not to be discredited, put up a good fight in this quarterfinal match, gagging Sparta Boss for the first half of the encounter. It wasn’t until the second segment that Jermin Junor sent home the first goal in the 22nd. Minutes later, Marcus Wilson netted Sparta’s second, and, in the 34th, Nicholas McArthur found their third and final goal.

Tevin Campbell was the lone player to muster a goal for East Front Road when he found the back of the net in the 38th minute.

The final game of the quarterfinal was anticlimactic at best, as a lone goal gifted Stabroek Ballers passage into the semifinal round. Seon Taylor was the marksman for Stabroek, evading the goal’s custodian in the 27th for the 1-0 victory.

The semifinal round is expected to be hosted at the same venue, the National Gymnasium, next weekend.