K&S/One Guyana National Futsal Championship: Round of 16 kicks off tonight, following enthralling end to round of 32

As the business end of the inaugural Kashif & Shanghai/One Guyana National Futsal Championship draws nigh, the much-anticipated round of 16 will kick off tonight at the National Gymnasium with four potentially-explosive matches.
Gold is Money which trounced Touches 6-0 on Saturday night will face off against Back Circle B
that got past California Square 5-2 on Saturday night. They will collide from 20:00h.
Next up will be Team Cruel and Albouystown Ballers, the two advanced because of wins over Paradise Invaders and Agricola Ballers. They will take centre court from 21:00h.
One hour later, Bent Street and Stabroek B will face off to advance to the quarter-finals, with the final match of the night between the highly-fancied Road Warriors from Region Nine and Ballers United.
Saturday night was certainly a night at the movies as sung by the American pop and R&B/soul vocal group, with fans witnessing some pulsating action in the eight matches that were served up. Two of the matches were brought forward owing to a citywide power outage on Thursday night.

Spaniards of Linden almost upset one of the well-known teams in the city, Bent Street, it took a special strike off the boot of Colin Nelson his second of the game, to separate the two sides and secure Bent Street’s place in the round of 16.
Jamaine Beckles had handed the early advantage to the victors in the fourth minute, with the Lindeners responding in like manner 10 minutes later through Tyric Mc Allister. After the break, Spaniards jumped into the lead with a 21st-minute goal from Jashawn Moore, but one minute later, Nelson blasted the equaliser at 2-2.
It seemed like the game was heading to extra time, but that was not to be as Nelson from some distance out fired past goalkeeper Norbert Sansculotte much to the dismay of his teammates, but ecstatic delight of the Bent Street players and fans. It was the perfect end to an exhilarating round-of-32.
But, the game of the night was the Road Warriors v Victoria Eagles shindig which saw the Region Nine unit, which has displayed the best brand of futsal of all the teams to date, putting on a great show in their demolition of the Eagles, 8-3.

Road Warriors’ custodian from the start of the match played at will in the opponent’s half which showed little regard for the potency of the opposition. This team have been the team to gain the most attention from the fans with their control-and-free-play style of futsal, which is new to the seasoned teams in the city and elsewhere.
It will take some shrewd technical and tactical alterations by the other teams in their path in order to stop their march to the top prize of two million dollars. Road Warriors were led by their Captain, Wendrecky Gois De Souza with a hat-trick in the third, seventh, and 12th minute.
Matheus Monteiro De Souza tucked in a brace (13th, 21st) with one each from Daniel Alves (9th), Jaleei Alcindor (29th), and an own goal in the 17th minute. Victoria Eagles got their goals from Sherwin Skeete, a double (14th, 18th) and Inceford Charles in the 24th minute.
The tournament’s leading goalscorer, Beveney Marks of Back Circle A was in destructive form in his team’s demolition of Vryheid’s Lust, 16-0. Marks, who lashed in six goals in their round-of-64 match against Essequibo, which they defeated 12-0.
He scored in the second, fifth, seventh, 15th, 24th, 25th, 27th, 28th, and 30th-minute. Support in the form of a hat-trick came from Darren Benjamin (3rd, 22nd, 29th), a brace from Stephen Reynolds (24 persons, 26th) and one each from Cecil Jackman (1st) and Stephan McLean (20th).
Results from the other matches on Saturday night: Back Circle B beat California Square 5-2. Team Cruel got the better of Paradise Invaders 6-4; Ballers United of Berbice edged North Ruimveldt 3-2 and Albouystown Ballers were better on the night against Agricola Ballers, 5-2.
Meanwhile, the second set of round-of-16 matches will be played at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Christmas night.