Despite securing a 5-4 win over Agricola in their final group-A fixture, Queen Street Tiger Bay failed to join the likes of Sparta Boss and Festival City in the knockout round as they were bundled out of the inaugural GT Beer Futsal Championship on Sunday.
With Festival City downing Kitty Weavers 5-3 in their final group-A matchup, Queen Street Tiger Bay needed to win by at least a two-goal margin at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall to seal their berth.
Similarly, Agricola only needed a draw to progress to the next round. The matchup started off brightly for Queen Street as Darren Harris found the lower left hand corner with a right sided shot, following a counterattack emanating from his defensive third.
It then became 2-0 in the fifth minute as Jason Fredericks scored with a right-footed attempt from the left side of the field into the centre of the net.
Queen Street then secured their third goal of the fixture as Fredericks netted once more in the 18th minute, slotting home unchallenged into the net after collecting a right-side pass from Harris within the penalty area.
The match equation would then become complicated as Travis Welch scored in the 21st minute with a right-side shot into the centre of the goal.
Queen Street’s hopes and lead was then reduced further as Kacy John scored one minute later, blasting his effort from the left side of the field through the hands and legs of the goalkeeper and into the centre of the net.
Further misery was heaped on Queen Street Tiger Bay as the East Bank of Demerara unit equalized the fixture in the 24th minute in the form of Anthony Rollins, who, upon cutting in from the right flank, thumped a powerful effort into the lower right corner.
Rattled by their concession of three goals in the space of few minutes, Queen Street commenced another assault and was rewarded in the 27th minute as Harris scored, cutting across the body of the ‘keeper within the left of the box before blasting his effort into the net.
The Georgetown side quickly grabbed the vital fifth goal one minute later compliments of an Alpha Fletchman effort down the centre of the goal after being in a two-on-one situation with the advancing shot-stopper.
Needing only to see out the remaining two minutes to clinch their berth in the next round,
