LINDEN teams won one and lost one when two more matches in the 25th edition of the Kashif and Shanghai football championship were played at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground, Monday night.

In the first game Western Tigers triumphed 1-0 over Hi Stars, while in the second game Linden’s Winners Connection gave Ann’s Grove the boot with a 2-0 victory.
Western Tigers were able to grab the lead and winning goal in the first half, when Anthony ‘Sugar’ Abrams collected a short-range pass, motoring down the outside right from Shane Morris and unleashed a shot from just around the 18-yard box in the 17th minute.
Despite some near misses for both teams, that game ended with the scores unchanged 1-0 for the City team.
In the second game the home-side Winners Connection balanced things off for the local crowd, as they first took the lead through a goal scored from close up, after several forays, after their forwards had pressed their opponents.
That goal was in the 18th minute as forward Rawle ‘Boney’ Gittens tucked in to give his side the lead. Two more clear chances went a-begging in the last five minutes of the first session.
The Linden team dominated the exchanges although Ann’s Grove did create some opportunities of their own.
In the 67th minute Gittens eluded his marker and the goalkeeper was out of his citadel but he sent the ball wide.
The slim-built striker made amends later, in the 83rd minute, when the ball was cleared but his volley in the centre from outside the 18-yard box swirled high enough to beat the goalkeeper on his line over his head to send the Linden team into a 2-0 advantage which they never relinquished.
Winners Connection will now play Pele while Western Tigers set up a clash with Riddim Squad on Saturday at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground.

By Joe Chapman