THE Police football club will once again meet Western Tigers in the final of a football tournament, this time the Limacol round robin/knockout football tournament final billed for Saturday at the GFC ground, Bourda.The Police clinched their spot in the final through a 2-1 win against Winners Connection FC.
Winners hadn’t a chance to impose their physical style of play as they were oftentimes overwhelmed by the sheer pace of the Police attack.
This pace ensured they scored first through Junior Gordon in the 25th minute; leaving the Linden side behind the proverbial eight-ball.
The Linden side tried hard but could not find the breakthrough in the first half, but eventually slotted home in the 68th through Allon Garrett.
This led to Police picking up the pace for more frequent raids on their opponents and eventually took the lead again in the 85th minute.
A cross from the left side of the box fell neatly at the feet of Lerone Charles whose first time finish left the goalkeeper helpless to even scratch a save.
Game two saw crowd favourites Western Tigers play against the Santos line-up with the former winners a 3-2 firecracker.
Santos as usual looked to capitalise on the Western Tigers’ ‘grooving-in’ period to produce the spark and it paid off, as Ryan October eventually assumed the lead in the 26th minute.
Devon Millington did not allow that lead to stand into the break and utilising his skills, brought the game back level after collecting an expertly sent through ball to beat the keeper.
An own goal on the part of Western gave Santos the lead once more in the 52nd minute but not for long as Millington returned to bring the game level just two minutes later.
Then four minutes later, he slotted home his third for the winners to ensure that the Western Tigers scoop up the second spot.
In Saturday night’s final Santos will play Winners Connection in the third-place game from 18:30hrs.