Rangers, Santos record victories on opening night

Corona Invitational Football Tournament

As action in the Corona Beer Invitational football tournament kicked off on Sunday night at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground Northern Rangers and Santos Football Clubs recorded the tournament’s first wins.As action in the Corona Beer Invitational football tournament kicked off on Sunday night at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground Northern Rangers and Santos Football Clubs recorded the tournament’s first wins. In game one on match night, The Northern Rangers needed a goal on both sides of halftime to beat East Ruimveldt 2-0.In a game largely dominated by midfield possession, the Rangers had a few chances and were rewarded when relentless attacking in the 22nd minute pressured an East Ruimveldt defender into scoring an own goal.The remainder of the half was fairly tame with both sides failing to penetrate each other’s defences. After halftime, the Ranger’s Sunil Logan struck one from 15 yards in the 64th minute to give them a 2-0 advantage which they would hold on to for the rest of the game.In game two between Riddim Squad and Flamingo, it was a goalless affair as good attacking football was thwarted by sound defending for that game to end at 0-0.In the final game of the night Santos FC played fluid and attacking football to convincingly beat Pele FC 4-0.Santos’ Robby McClaggon produced a neat piece of skill and technique to beat the Pele custodian in the 9th minute to get the ball rolling for his team, two minutes later Kenroy Deminick was in the right place at the right time as the ball fell into his path for the midfielder to poke one home to make it 2-0 Santos.Pele’s defenders composed themselves enough to see out the first half without being breached again, however after the break, in the 65th minute Josh Parvattan slammed one home from just outside the box to cement his side’s approaching victory while Orin Yarde got in the action in the dying moments of the game to make it a 4-0 victory at 90+2 minutes.Games will continue on Wednesday July 12 at the GFC Ground with the following matches:17:00 hrs: Western Tigers FC Vs Black Pearl FC 19:00 hrs: GFC Vs Camptown FC 21:00 hrs: Police FC Vs Beacons FC