Pele and Fruta Conquerors secured hard-fought wins when the Gregory ‘Jackie Chan’ Richardson Benefit Football Series commenced on Wednesday evening at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground in Bourda.
Pele defeated traditional rival Santos 2-0 in the feature contest. Richardson opened his scoring with a sublime free-kick in the 28th minute. Awarded the spot-kick outside the left of the penalty box, Richardson curled a right-footed shot that sailed over the hands of the goalkeeper and settled into the top right-hand corner.
The eventual outcome was then sealed in the 55th minute, as Orlando Lovell etched his name on the scorer’s sheet. Lurking inside the penalty box, awaiting a left-side corner-kick from Calvin Shepherd, the wily Lovell rose above his marker to direct a powerful header into the left corner of the net.
