With just two more games to go in the fifth edition of the KFC Elite League, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) FC are currently the only team challenging front-runners Guyana Defence Force (GDF) FC for a shot at this year’s title.
While the soldiers are flying high with 22 points (as of Sunday, July 9), the Police Officers have 18 points following a commanding 6-0 victory over Buxton United on Tuesday last.
In that match, goals from Jemar Harrigan (8th); Darren Benjamin (38th); Nicholas McArthur (52nd); Dorwin George (76th, 83rd) and Junior Redmond (80thh) propelled Police to the much-needed victory, as the team need to win all their remaining games in order to lift the coveted trophy.
In a chat with the media following the first of three must-win games, Coach Wayne Dover discussed the importance of Tuesday’s victory.
A glimpse of the GPF FC clash with Buxton United on Tuesday last
“This victory is very important, knowing that we have two more games to play and this would give us a foundation as we enter the penultimate game where we would try to score as much goals as possible, but more importantly, look for the three points,” Dover explained.
He added, “Because heading into the final game, knowing we have one more game to win to win the league, that’s what makes these games important for us to win.”
Asked whether or not they would be focused on picking up a lot of goals in their next game, against Milerock FC, Dover disclosed that the three points were the ultimate goal.
The renowned coach divulged, “Despite the amount of goals we score in this game, we do have to beat GDF to win the championship. But scoring is important so we could play like we’re trying to intimidate them in some way or the other, in terms of sending a threat of our goal-scoring. So, we hope that a little intimidation factor could come into play.”
Quizzed about their preparation ahead of their final league game against the fearsome GDF unit, Dover noted that discipline would be ever-important if the Policemen were to come away with a victory in the highly-anticipated clash
“We’re preparing just like them and we all know that they have some good players, but again, we have to be disciplined in our approach to the game and once we execute the things we work on in training, I think we can manage to get the results that we look for on the final day,” he remarked.
The coach further stated, “To work as a team and to be organised, that would be very critical, because we know the GDF have players and we will need to be very organised against them.”
The Policemen will come up against Milerock FC in their penultimate game of the league tonight, at the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National Training Centre, Providence, East Bank Demerara (EBD) from 19:30h.
Prior to that game, Ann’s Grove United and Victoria Kings will meet from 17:00h at the same venue.
