THE Petra Organisation’s MODEC Tertiary Football Tournament on Tuesday moved to the Iman Bacchus Ground on the Essequibo Coast.
Essequibo Technical Institute (ETI) delivered a superb performance to outperform Leonora Technical Institute (LTI) and earn a 5-3 victory.
It was a back-and-forth battle as Reon Alleyne scored the opener in the 25th minute to put Leonora ahead before Deangelo Davidson scored the equaliser in the 30th minute for Essequibo.
Again, Leonora found the back of the net, Thierry Thorne this time hitting the mark in the 49th minute to make it 2-1.
But the score didn’t stay long as Jamaal Smith hit the net to level the scores yet again, this time in the 51st minute for ETI.
Davidson then scored his second goal to break the deadlock making it 3-2 in favour of ETI for the first time before Kennard Singh brought things back level in the 55th minute.
Davidson, returning to record a hat-trick with his third in the 62nd minute, made it 4-3 before Jim Carter capped the entertaining clash with his first in the 72nd as they ended 5-3 winners.
The matches are being hosted in the different regions where the tertiary schools are located with teams playing on a home-and-away round-robin basis.
The top seven and the next best team will advance to the quarter-final.
The top teams will be awarded $300,000, $200,000, $100,000 and $50,000 for places 1-4 with proceeds going to a school project of their choice.
The tournament will conclude on March 8th at the Ministry of Education Ground in Georgetown.