Champs GDF and Slingerz eke out draw to maintain undefeated record.

A TITANIC first-round clash of the KFC Elite League between undefeated sides the Guyana Defence Force and Slingerz FC fizzled out into a draw when the two met on Saturday.
The two sides went into the contest boasting flawless records in the first round of the league, but were unable to overcome each other as the game ended in a goal-less stalemate.
The GDF, because of their superior goal difference going into the game, will remain the top side in the league with eight wins and a draw in nine clashes
While Slingerz will keep their position in second also with eight wins and a draw.

The well-attended super clash saw enthusiastic spectators leaving the ground peeved, but the two top sides will have one more opportunity to match skills before the 10-team league concludes, with each club playing 18 games over two rounds of action.

Slingerz, despite the results, will consider themselves winners after getting their promotion to the league ahead of season six.
The West Coast team which won the inaugural edition of the Elite League (2015/16) has been awesome under their new Jamaican coach Alex Thomas, after struggling to get their ticket back into the league under Coach Charles Pollard.

While the two-time defending champions GDF will feel they should have showed their class, being the seasoned side in their unbroken league stint since it’s commencement close to a decade ago.

Meanwhile, Santos FC took a surprise victory over last year’s runners up Western Tigers 3-2 to move up to fourth place, five wins behind third-placed Police FC who have six wins.
Tigers will now drop down to fifth place with four wins.

In the evening’s opener Randy Roberts gave Santos the led six minutes into the game before Randolph Wagner equalised in the 24th
Roberts returned to make it a double in the 51st minute of the second half to put Santos into the lead once more before Wagner recorded his brace in the 74th and put the game back level again.
Late into injury time Stefan Reynolds found the go-ahead goal as Santos edged Western Tigers 3-2.

The league continues on Tuesday with Western Tigers playing Den Amstel at the Guyana Football Federation National Training Centre.