The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Elite League continued last Sunday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground with a double header that had fans on the edge of their seats and others biting their nails. At the end of the night, it was supporters of city sides Western Tigers and Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Football Clubs that went home smiling.
When the referee signaled the start of the first match, the Western Tigers players seemed hungry for success and pounced at the opportunity to find the back of the net in the second minute through the effort of national player Vurlon Mills.
The early goal turned out to be the only goal of the contest as New Amsterdam United Football Club tried a number of strategies known in the football realm to get back in the game. They attacked hard and even made some desperate substitutions but the Tigers were too good.
In the other contest of the night, Buxton United Football Club (FC) went out on the field and employed a strategy of playing three at the back but that wasn’t the best thing move they could have employed and were mauled by the defending
Abumchi Benjamin who scored a hat trick against Buxton
champions 4-0.
For the soldiers, center forward Abumchi Benjamin ran circles around Buxton United’s backline leaving them in disarray, as he pierced their goal in the 10th minute to secure the lead. But Buxton hadn’t seen the last of him as he returned to extend the lead two minutes later to dent the hopes of the east Coast Demerara team.
At half time GDF FC had a 2-0 lead and were looking comfortable, but they weren’t done with Buxton as they returned to rub more salt in the wounds of the Buxtonian team scoring another two goals.
Benjamin completed his hat trick four minutes into the second half when he tore through Buxton’s defence as he had been doing throughout the match. When he felt his work was done for the night, he was replaced by Sherwyn Caesar in the 63rd minute.
After finding his feet, the last GFF player of the year, Caesar placed the final nail in the coffin for Buxton team when he blasted the ball into the goal during stoppage time.
GDF FC have now moved into second place only two points behind table toppers Fruta Conquerors Fc while Western Tigers FC sit comfortably on fourth place with a substantial lead over Victoria Kings FC who are in fifth place.
