Sparta Boss best Bent Street on penalties for championship win

Team Sparta Boss reigned supreme on Saturday night in a high-energy final to become champions of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF)-Kashif and Shanghai (K&S) Year-end Futsal tournament.
Hundreds of avid fans turned up at the Cliff Anderson’s Sports Hall (CASH), Homestretch Avenue, on Saturday night to witness what was another instalment in the age- old Guyanese futsal rivalry between Bent Street and Sparta Boss.
This time around, the teams were fighting for the million-dollar grand prize in the 2021-2022 year-end futsal tournament.
With Bent Street in their signature red and Sparta Boss sporting a PSG kit, the final contest got underway, much to the delight of the boisterous crowd. And surely, they were in for a treat as early as the first half, when the teams went tit for tat with the scoring.
Bent Street’s Clive Nobrega put his team in the driver’s seat quite early with a fourth minute goal, however Ryan “Bom Bom” Hackett, following up on his stellar semi-final performance, sent home the first goal for Sparta Boss to level the scores in the seventh minute.

With both teams including several national football players, past and present, the quality exuded in their play and ability to hold off the opposition.
In the second half, “Bom Bom” found the back of the net once again to give his team the edge. But it didn’t last long, compliments of marksman shooting from Jermin Junor, who equalised just in the nick of time to keep Bent Street’s campaign alive.
Heading into extra time, Gregory “Jackie Chan” Richardson had the first strike in the first minute, but Pernell Schultz showed off his skill with a double strike in the fifth and sixth to back Sparta Boss into a corner. Another ‘in the nick of time’ instance came to pass when Sheldon Shepherd moved the score to 4-4 just before the final whistle blew.
The last resort for the teams to thrash it out was kicks from the penalty mark, it was here that Sparta Boss showed their superiority over Bent Street.
While the Sparta remain pristine with their shots at the goal, their goalkeeper was inventive with his saves to keep out two of Bent Street’s shots, handing Sparta the victory and the championship 5-3, on penalties.
Earlier in the night, Gold is Money solidified their spot at third place, after defeating Leopold Street in the third-place playoff.
Darron Niles got the scoring started with a goal in the 11th minute for Leopold Street, but as fate would have it, that became Leopold’s only goal of the game, as Joel Yhap, Gold is Money’s goalkeeper tightened up the reins thereafter.
It was not long after that, Jamal Pedro levelled the score for Gold is Money in the 18th minute, to set up a 1-1 game at the half. Just as the second began, Pedro completed his brace with another goal in the 21st. While Leopold Street hunted for a reply, Simeon Moore struck a consolation goal for Gold is Money in the 39th, for a 3-1 victory.
Aside from the teams being awarded their prizes, the coveted Most Valuable Player (MVP) accolade went to Hackett, who rode away with a motorcycle, compliments of Rose Ramdehol.