STAG Elite League Semi-finals on tonight!

– Slingerz to battle Fruta Conquers; Alpha United face rivals Pele FC

IT was said to be football’s litmus test; something the entire country zeroed in on, searching for criticisms. But after three months, the STAG Elite League (League Genesis) is finally coming to an end.

Gregory Richardson
Gregory Richardson

Tonight, at the Guyana Defence Force Ground (GDF) the top four teams at the end of the preliminary round will face-off in the semi-finals to see who will advance to Sunday’s Final at the Leonora Stadium.

Points leaders Slingerz FC (28 points) will battle fourth place seeded Fruta Conquerors (20 points) from 19:00 hrs, while at 21:30 hrs arch rivals Pele FC (27 points) and Alpha United (26 points) will go head-to-head.

Prior to the kick-off of the league, Slingerz FC was a clear favourite and though it wasn’t smooth sailing for the Javid Ali owned club, the team from Vergenoegen showed that they are more than just a popular name.

Delon Lanferman
Delon Lanferman

There was much controversy surrounding the club and at one time, the team’s owner had threatened to pull his side from the STAG Elite League, citing an alleged unfair treatment by the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), after the local governing had sanctioned the now top of the table club for not taking the field against the GDF.

However team, considered one of the most complete in the league, being equipped with some of Guyana’s best players showed much determination and resilience to persevere.

Tonight, they face a team that is by no means a push-over. In fact, the last time the two teams met, the game ended in a 3 – 3 draw.

Coach Calvin Allen will face a seasoned campaigner and former National Coach Joseph Wilson; a square-off between two of the local game’s best tacticians.

Meanwhile, the second semi-final between Alpha United and Pele FC is being seen as a proverbial final in its own right.

The sides have met twice prior to tonight with the first game ending in a 2 – 2 draw, thanks a Gregory ‘Jackie Chan’ Richardson double while in the second meeting, Pele FC was in devastating form, ripping apart Alpha United and won the game 3 – 0.

The game will also be a showdown between the top two leading goal scorers in the STAG Elite League; Alpha United’s Delon Lanferman and Richardson.

Lanferman ended the preliminary round with 10 goals; one more than Richardson but the difference between the two is that the Pele FC player is more versatile.

Richardson is his team’s best player and carried them thus far to the semi-final. He’s a player known to rise to the occasion.

The winners will advance to Sunday’s final to contest for the $4M first place prize.

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