East Coast Guinness Greatest of the Streets…Melanie-A starts title defence on winning note

Action in the match-up between Plaisance-A (yellow) and Mahaicony United (green) in their group-D matchup of the Guinness Greatest of the Streets East Coast tourney

Defending champs Melanie-A got their title defence off to the perfect start, edging Mahaica 2-1 when the third annual Greatest Guinness of the Streets, East Coast of Demerara edition commenced on Wednesday.

It took only two minutes for Jamal George to open the scoring for the holders at the Haslington Market Tarmac as he buried his first time effort down the middle of the goal, after receiving a right-sided pass on the left side of the field.

The challengers would then respond nine minutes onward in the shape of Eon Abel who finished his strike down the