KFC elite league season six…

THE Guyana Police Force overcame a dangerous Western Tigers unit on Saturday evening at the Guyana Football Federation National Training Centre as the KFC elite League continued.
In the feature clash at the providence venue, the GPF side claimed a 2-1 victory over a surging Western Tigers.

The police side’s aim was obvious from the opening whistle as they kept the Tigers on the back foot, the tough opening period of play culminated with Jemar Harrigan hitting the back of the net in the 4th minute for the lead.

Western Tigers who have dominated their early clashes, scoring 19 goals on their way to the top of the standing, continued their impressive offense through Trayon Bobb who scored an equaliser in the 11th minute.

The sides battled hard for the remainder of the first half without further trouble to the scoreboard.

Police, who have also been flawless in their first three league matches, would break the deadlock in the 61st minute of the second half when Neron Barrow found the back of the net in a cagey showing for the two unbeaten sides.

The policemen would set up their roadblock after taking the lead despite numerous attempts from Western Tigers to level the scores again.

Police’s win would take them to the top spot by virtue of winning their fourth straight league contest.

Western Tigers with the loss have now been pushed down to second place with Slingerz third on the standings; both on three wins each.

Meanwhile the evening opening contest was full of drama as Santos and Fruta Conquerors battled it out.

Fruta, coming off their first win against Den Amstel after back-to-back losses looked the more aggressive side.

It was Fruta’s Shamar Barnes that hit through the uprights in the 17th minute for the opener.

Santos, despite looking good in front of goal, failed to convert in the final third as they missed time and again, failing to convert their possession dominance into valuable returns.

Santos’ relentlessness would pay off as a poor foul on Randy Roberts in the box saw Fruta giving away a penalty in the 33rd minute.

Roberts would convert it on the second try after the goalkeeper came off his line in the first try causing the penalty to be retaken as they went into the break with the scores level 1-1.
Santos would however self-implode, albeit they looked in good shape on the night.

During the break Santos was hit by a booking as two players got into a scuffle which resulted in a red card for Joshua Braithwaite which reduced them to 10 men.
They would still shoulder on after the resumption.

Fruta Conquerors for their part could not capitalise on the advantage and lacked intent as they seemingly were in a defensive mood allowing Santos too much room in possession.

Micheal Oie again proved a revelation for Santos with their second goal for the lead, again Santos put themselves in a tough spot by Shem James with an ill-advised foul to collect his second booking after a first-half yellow card
The result was that Santos were now reduced to the 9 men in the 89th minute.

Fruta conquerors players, who seem short on fitness, looked a bit winded by the latter stage and again failed to make good on their advantage as Santos held on for the narrow 2-1 victory.
The win is Santos’ first in four outings in season 6 of the KFC elite league.