A GOAL each from Shawn ‘Dash’ Daniels and Terrence Aaron was more than enough to see Amelia’s Russians defeat Wisroc 2-1 on Monday to lift the Guinness Greatest of the Street title and the tournament’s $300 000 first place prize. 

A mammoth crowd turned up at the Mackenzie Market Square to witness the final, most of whom were fans of Wisroc, the team who eventually lost.
Wisroc had to settle for the runners-up prize of $150 000 but will join the Russians as the representatives from Linden in the National Championships later in the year.
The game, though thrilling in the end, saw very little chances but the Russians capitalised on theirs the most.
Daniels, nine minutes into the game, hammering down the right side of the square, let loose a right-footed shot that found its way to the left corner of the goal and the crowd went silent.
Aaron could have doubled his side’s lead in the 17th minute but his attempt grazed the goal and slammed into the barricade.
Omar Archer had a chance to equal the score but, after getting open and going one-on-one with a Russian player at the back, his shot on goal was eventually blocked by the defender.
Randy Wills in the 25th minute pulled one back for Wisroc. With the game coming close and down a goal, Wills sent the crowd into frenzy went he connected on a flick from his teammate.
But the Russians seemed not to be worried, knowing they had the fire power to get them the title. Just before the end of regulation, Amelia’s Ward’s Quacey Johnson sent a pass through to Aaron who unleashed a ‘one-time’ volley that not only scored but put sheer dejection on the faces of the Wisroc supporters.
Meanwhile, the third place playoff ended when both Retrieve Unknowns and Star Boyz were involved in a fight, forcing the organisers to disqualify both teams.
At the time at the disqualification, Retrieve Unknowns were leading 3-0.
With the two teams disqualified, Main Street Panthers were awarded the third-place position and the $100 000 prize and Hard Knocks were promoted to fourth place and pocketed $50 000.

By Rawle Toney