“One Guyana” Futsal tournament: Festival City, Pouderoyen win on Night 10

The 10th night of action in the Kashif and Shanghai-organized “One Guyana” National Futsal Tournament saw Showstoppers and Kingston locked in a battle in which neither team was willing to lose points. The match was full of enthusiasm, and there was no shortage of goals, resulting in a 3-3 score.
A sensational goal from Marvin Joseph in the 1st minute gave Showstoppers an early lead, but the equalizer was scored by Theophilus Barker in the 13th, while another in the 14th gave Kingston the lead for a few seconds. Then Showstoppers’ Omar Williams levelled the scores in the 14th minute, but Nigel Denny of Kingston netted a fantastic goal in the 29th to hand his team the lead again, but Daniel Moschetti of Showstoppers levelled the scores for a third time in the 30th and final minute of the game.

Meanwhile, in the penultimate match of the night, Pouderoyen defeated Paradise Invaders 2-nil. Teflon Fraser of Pouderoyen produced a magnificent performance by scoring a double in the 14th and 26th minutes respectively.
An enthusiastic performance was witnessed from Festival City in the final match of the night. They came up against Mackenzie Allstars, and thumped the Linden outfit 3 goals to nil (3-0) and secured their place in the Round of 16 action.
A team performance resulted in goals from Rich Deon in the 3rd minute giving them an early advantage, with more goals coming off the boots of Jamaul Butts and Jermaine Scott in the 26th and 27th minute respectively.
The Medal of Service Award-winning Kashif and Shanghai Organization is pioneering the tournament that will carry a first-place prize of $1,000,000.
The second-place team will pocket 500,000, while $200,000 and $100,000 will go to the teams finishing third and fourth respectively. The tournament’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) will receive a motor cycle.