With the Corona Beer Invitational Tournament coming down to the business end, Santos who needed a win to ensure progression to the quarter-finals had Kacy John to thank for a walloping 8-0 victory over Eastville.
John who hit four goals in the second, half was supported by prolific striker William Europe who opened the scoring for Santos in the 24th minute, just two minutes later Sherwin Skeete joined in on the act to make it 2-0 in favour of Santos.
Eastville fought back but were let down by errant passing. The score remained the same as the two sides went into the halftime break.
However, upon resumption John began his onslaught curling in an eye catching effort in the 51st minute before adding a second in the 62nd.
Europe had his second immediately after and Santos were cruising at 4-0. John continued his impressive finishing with two more goals in the 78th and 88th minute before Lionel Holder capped off a fine performance with Santos’ eighth goal in the 90th minute.
In the second match of the night GFC (Georgetown Football Club) comfortably trumped Beacon FC 4-1 despite defensive hiccups.
The fleet footed Benjamin Opara scored possibly the fastest goal to date in the tournament when he scored in the first minute of the game after some smart passing from the GFC midfield.
The goal scorers for Santos, four goal hero Kacy John is 2nd from left.
Midfielder Alberto Da Santana give GFC a 2-0 lead in the 22nd minute but a reckless challenge coupled with defensive frailties gave GFC supporters some jitters as Beacon’s Quasan McCaulay converted a penalty to make the game interesting at 2-1.
However, Dwayne Rebeiro in the 53rd minute and Opara with his second goal in the 66th minute ensured that GFC walked away with the win.
In the feature match of the night the Western Tigers lived up to the hype as they beat the Police FC 2-1.
It was a riveting encounter and which left fans satisfied as the two sides played entertaining football. A bit of eye catching skill by Dwayne McLennon in the 20th minute left the Police side stunned as Western seized the lead. However an Anthio Wallace strike in the 42nd minute leveled proceedings for the Police.
Phillip Rowley was next to score in the 71st minute, as the Western Tigers deservedly took the led which they never let go of to win their final group match.
With the group stage of the tournament at the end, the first of the quarter finals matches will be played on Friday, September 1 at the GFC ground.
The first quarter final will begin at 19:00 hrs. when Camptown clash with Northern Rangers.
Immediately after, Western Tigers will once again face Police.
