Guyana Police Force Football Club (FC) will hope to dispel much of the unknown of Kuru Kuru FC and seal their semi-final spot in the inaugural Turbo Knockout Football tournament when the first round of quarter-finals is held this evening at the Ministry of Education Ground, Carifesta Avenue.
In recent tournaments, the lawmen have announced themselves as the team to beat in the city which makes it a difficult task to for the Soesdyke/Linden Highway unit to stop.
Young Lloyd Anderson (yellow) hopes he can once again be the rock in Pele’s defence
Police in their lone match hammered West Demerara’s Eagles United 6-0, as key marksmen Junior Gordon, Travis Jones and Kester Dundas all were on target. Confident and experienced captain Dwain Jacobs along with forwards Quincy Holder, Rawle Haynes and the crafty Kwadjo Garnett will all add to a powerful firing unit.
For Kuru Kuru, much will be dependent on their captain Cordel Johnson and the promising Omarion Savoury to spring any surprises against Police when their clash gets underway from 18:30h.
In the second match of the night which is slated to commence at 21:000h, Grove Hi-Tech will be licking their lips against an inexperienced Pele unit.
Many stalwarts of the Pele FC are more of the past and their young brigade have managed to perform credible but this East Bank unit could be too much to withstand. The likes of Darrhan Persaud, Akosi Jarvis will lead Pele’s offensive line while the youthful exuberance of Lloyd Anderson and company will hope to keep the backline from being breached.
For Grove, their attacking options come from a long list lead by Domini Garnett, Joel Dick and Lloyd Mathews.
Teams are hunting a championship purse of $500,000, while the runners-up will receive $250,000. The third place team will receive $125,000 and fourth place finisher will have to settle for $75,000.
