WHILE some teams got a dream start in the Stag Elite League, the ‘top dogs’ of Guyana’s football are yet to secure a win, and tonight when the action heads back to the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, fans can expect another enthralling evening of football.
In the opening game, Slingerz FC will come up against Monedderlust from 18:00hrs while Alpha United and GFC collide from 20:30hrs.
Coming into the league as the two favourites, both Alpha United and Slingerz FC failed to live up to the high expectations, with the two clubs grabbing two points from their two games.
In fact, unlike Alpha United, who were able to score two goals in the League, Slingerz FC are yet to find the net – on both occasions playing to a goalless draw.
Despite dominating the entire contest in their game against GFC, Slingerz FC strikers found it difficult to score, even at times when all the ball required was a simple ‘pat’ to get across the goal-line.
“The race is not for the swift,” said Slingerz FC coach Joseph ‘Bill’ Wilson, when contacted by Chronicle Sport yesterday.
“Like all the games, we will be going out to win this one,” Wilson pointed out, while the former National coach made it clear that there’s “no pressure” on his club to win as he made it clear the league is far from over.
For Monedderlust, the game against Slingerz FC could be seen as redemption. The Berbicians won their opening game in a come-from-behind performance to notch a 3-2 victory over the Guyana Defence Force (GDF).
However, while grabbing three points in game one, their second match saw them fall 2-1 to Fruta Conquerors in an exciting affair last Thursday at the Tucville Community Centre ground.
In the night’s second match of the planned double-header, Alpha United, after drawing their second league game 2-2 with Pele FC, will certainly hunt for three points against a youthful GFC line-up.