DESPITE winning the NAMILCO One Love Football Classic title last Sunday night, Alpha United coach Wayne `Wiggy’ Dover said it was the worst performance by his charges since he has been with the team.

Alpha United defeated the Guyana Defence Force 1-0 in the final of the sixth annual competition, organised by Fruta Conquerors at the Georgetown Football Club ground.
Mark Miller scored the lone goal of the match in the 17th minute of extra time after the two sides were locked 0-0 at the end of regulation time.
Speaking to Chronicle Sport via telephone yesterday, Dover said he feels good about the win since his aim when the tournament started was to win the title, “but we did not play well at all; we failed miserably with our midfield play. We had no control of the game, we hadn’t enough ball possession,” Dover stated.
He said the win will, however, boost the players who will take a one-week rest before resuming training for the CONCACAF Champions League, which will be contested by Caribbean and Central American teams, and includes teams from Costa Rica, Mexico and Panama.
Dover said after a one-week rest the players will start gym work and this will be conducted by the team’s Brazilian trainer.
He explained that in the CONCACAF Champions League which starts in August, each team will play home and away matches but he is not sure which group Alpha United will be drawn in.
Dover, who has led Alpha United to several championship titles, said regardless of which group Alpha United are drawn in, the team will do their best to come out on top “and, winning the Guyana Football Federation (GFF)/Banks Beer 2013/2014 National Premier League and now the NAMILCO title is definitely a boost for the players.
Meanwhile in the third place play-off on Sunday night, tournament hosts Fruta Conquerors defeated Riddim Squad 4-2 to take the third place prize.