… Pele FC play Monedderlust, Fruta Conquerors clash with GFC

GREGORY ‘Jackie Chan’ Richardson will lead Pele FC tonight against Monedderlust while the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) and Fruta Conquerors lock cleats when action in the STAG Elite League continues at the GFC ground. Leading Pele to an unbeaten run so far in the league, scoring five of their ten goals, Richardson is having an ‘MVP’ season and tonight, against the Berbicians, the COURTS Player-of-the-Month recipient could put on another show.
The game, which starts at 18:00hrs, will see Pele FC enter as favourites, despite Monedderlust’s 2-1 win against GFC in their last game.
Richardson and his ‘wingman’ Travis ‘Zorro’ Grant have built a reputation for themselves since returning to Pele from Alpha United as the troublesome duo.
If Omallo Williams could score at least half of the chances afforded him in the tournament so far against Monedderlust, then the Berbice club could be in for a long haul.
Monedderlust are not known for sturdy defending and the fact that they have conceded the most goals in the League so far (nine) suggests that Gordon ‘Ultimate Warrior’ Braithwaite’s men will need to tighten up at the back, especially coming up against the League’s most in-form striker.
Kevin Cottoy and Travis Henry are the players who tormented GFC’s defence in their clash at the #5 Ground over the weekend and the pair will be looking to replicate their performance.
Meanwhile, the second encounter should be mouth-watering if GFC could repeat the performance they produced against the GDF in their 2-1 win, which is their only taste of victory in the league so far.
But with Fruta Conquerors entering the clash and coming off back-to-back defeats suffered at the hands of Pele FC and Alpha United, certainly GFC will be in for a long night.
On paper, the Calvin Allen-coached Fruta Conquerors are the most talented and while GFC are not as technical to match the Tucville-based club in every department, the country’s oldest club (formed 1902) is expected to make up with their fighting spirit.