Sparta’s plan is to play attackingfootball-Britton

Preparations are well and truly on for this Saturday’s Georgetown Zone of the Guinness “Greatest of the Streets” final between Gold is Money and Sparta Boss at Demerara Park.
Guyana Times Sport spoke with Sparta Boss’ forward Courtney Britton who said that his team will be looking to attack their opponents as they look to assert themselves as true “Guinness in the Streets” Champions.
Britton stated that his team was feeling confident despite enduring a contrasting tournament by their standards. The attacker said his unit will be looking to curb their passive ways and pull out all the stops against their top-ranked opponents.
“So far we have been good with our defense, because we haven’t done much

attacking. In our last game we didn’t really do too much defending in the first half, only in the second. We’re trying to work on our attack because we have a good defence already so we’re just training and practicing together so we can come out and do well,” said Britton.
With only two losses but some very uncharacteristic, unconvincing wins under their belt, Britton believes that it’s critical, especially against a strong unit such as Gold is Money that his teammates look to play positively and keep the opposition starting big four at bay.
“Well the starting four for Gold is Money is a good top four and we really have to be on the lookout for them because they already have a win over us in the semi-finals of the last tournament, so we have to look at that and correct our mistakes from the last time.”
Regarded as one of the top futsal teams in Guyana, Sparta has made a name for themselves on the local scene but have not lived up to their reputation as the powerhouse unit they are.
Due to their scratchy approach to the tournament this year, Britton said the players who have been playing together for some time, have been encouraging each other and it has been paying off as the team’s momentum going into the finals are high.
“Well most of the players play together for a good while we didn’t really have changes so it’s about helping each other and giving courage and help in areas where we might be weak in,” said the striker.
Concluding his interview, the footballer believes that come this Saturday, the gloves are off and both teams will be bringing their A-Game; with Sparta looking to silence the doubters by winning the title in a convincing manner.
“Really we haven’t won any convincing games, we had two games on penalty and that’s not really Sparta. So we will be trying to secure a convincing win in this final, we know they already beat us so we will be trying to play hard. We will be looking to throw it all on the line and bring out everything,” ended Britton.
The mouthwatering finals will be held at the Banks DIH Demerara Park tarmac from 21:00h on Saturday. Admission is free. (Clifton Ross)