– Round robin teams confirmed
– following exciting second night’s action

THRILLS, goals and close finishes marked night two of the inaugural Xtreme Clean & Maintenance Co. / GT Beer ‘Gold Rush’ Futsal Tournament, which continued on Saturday evening at the National Gymnasium.

With the teams vying for a spot in the round-robin stage of the competition, fans who swarmed the venue were treated to several mouth-watering encounters while most teams left being heartbroken.

Broad Street Bullies were made to show merit to their name, after being forced to play their best Futsal by a more than determined Buxton Diamond team.

Despite walking away 2 – 1 winners, Broad Street Bullies, with goals from Darren Benjamin (3rd minute) and Daniel Favourite, were pushed to the limit by the Buxton unit.

In fact, after Delon Wright had scored Buxton’s equalizer in the 14th minute, it was Favourite’s last minute strike that sealed the win for the Broad Street Bullies.

Meanwhile ,Plaisance, debutants in Futsal clashed with Alexander Village in what was the best game of the evening, given the fact that it took sudden-death penalty shootout to determine the winner after the two sides finished 4 – 4 at the end of regulation and extra time.

Tucville clinched a 5 – 4 win over Melanie ‘B’ thanks to William Europe, who slammed in four goals.

Other teams booking their spots in the next phase following wins were: Bent Street, Back Circle and Future Stars.

The top two teams in each group and the two best third-placed teams will advance to the Quarterfinals. The Round- robin playoffs continue on June 6 and 8. The Quarterfinal will be played on June 13, while the Semi-final is set for June 15 and the Final on Saturday June 17.

The winning team will take away $500,000 and the winners’ trophy, while second, third and fourth placed teams will take home $200,000, $100,000 and $50,000 respectively.