Alpha into today’s Q-final with record

NATIONAL club champions Alpha United Football Club have already established a record in the Georgetown Football Association/Banks Beer Knockout competition, but coach Wayne `Wiggy’ Dover believes that it’s just the tip of the iceberg and much more is to come from the team known to many as `The Hammer’. 

So far in the tournament, Guyana’s top club have scored at an intimidating average of just over 11 goals per match, having netted a record 35 goals and not conceding any in their first three appearances.
The sublime performance has set tongues wagging and pushed Alpha into the quarterfinals which start this evening at the Georgetown Football Club ground.
Placed in Group ‘A’, Alpha first humiliated Blackwater 17-0 then embarrassed Northern Rangers 16-0 in the following match and last Friday, the in-form club defeated Police 2-0 to leave the group stage unscathed.
Daniel Wilson and Dwayne Jacobs were mainly responsible for Alpha’s back-breaking performances, after scoring 11 and eight goals respectively and Dover expects tougher competition in the knockout stage but is confident that his side have what it takes to grab the first prize on New Year’s Day.
“We have the midfield arsenal, the defence backbone and the attacking firepower. I am confident that we are capable of beating any team in this competition. However, we will take it one game at a time. At present we are looking at the quarterfinals,” Dover said.
Alpha will clash with GFC in the first quarterfinal on a double-header card at the GFC ground beginning at 19:00hrs today, with the second match bringing together Pele and Riddim Squad.
Commenting on his team’s performance against Police, Dover declared that it was an easy victory, although his side were reduced to 10 men following a red card in the 11th minute of the game.
He applauded the return of marksman Dwight Peters and noted that Alpha have the ability to dig deep into their reserves. “We played almost the entire game with 10 men, and at no time was our goal area threatened. We created more than nine clear opportunities.
In the end it was a comfortable victory. It is not every day that we can go out and beat a team by 17 or 16 goals. We did what mattered most and that was to win the game,” explained Dover.
“The team is confident and would approach the knockout stage the same way we did the Group stage. While our immediate focus is on GFC and the quarterfinals on Christmas Day, the bigger picture is lifting the championship trophy on January 1. We owe that to ourselves, our fans and our president Mr Odinga Lumumba who has spared no expense to make us one of the best in the Caribbean.”
The team winning the Banks DIH competition will collect $3M.

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