Fruta oppose homeboys in tonight’s final

Homesters Sunburst Camptown and opponents Fruta Conquerors will battle this evening for top honours in the Camptown Football Club-organized Camptown Goodwill Series while the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and BK International Western Tigers will contest the third place showdown at the Camptown Football Ground.

Kick off time is 6pm.

In this Orlando Charles photo BK Int’l Western Tigers’ Devon Millington is marked closely by a defender in the first half of their encounter against Sunburst Camptown.

The top prize of the Marlon Hendericks trophy and $80,000 will be up for grabs while the runner up team will receive $40,000.

Third and fourth place finishers will receive $20,000 and $10,000 respectively.

Fruta Conquerors was the first team into  the final after sticking up the army team 1 – 0 in the curtain raiser of the double header which saw Camptown getting past Western Tigers 3 -1 on penalty kicks after being deadlocked 1 – 1 at the end of full time.

A 55th minute Manessah Primo goal was all that was needed to defeat the sturdy GDF team.

The first half ended 0-0 and Conquerors were forced to repel a number of attacks on their goal before coming away with the win.

In the feature encounter the  `Tigers’ got off on a good footing making a few good passes, building up plays near the goal mouth and firing shots on goal.

Camptown, on the other hand, seemed a bit shaky in the field with loose defending early on which tightened up as the game progressed.

Tigers however, continued with their rhythm taking the ball into the 18-yard box on numerous occasions.

They were finally able to score in the 39th minute as Ryan Thomas from a goal mouth scrimmage smashed the ball into the back of the net.

Not long after the game was back in the balance when Troy Prescod equalized with a marvelous unorthodox shot from on top of the 18-yard box which rocketed to the far post much to the delight of the home team’s supporters.

The remaining period of play produced nothing but thrills for the spectators as both teams traded nail biting shots but all to no avail which forced the game into a penalty shoot-out where Camptown displayed their superiority.