GT Beer Keep Your 5 Alive KO Futsal Tourney… Back Circle, Tucville, Dave & Celina’s All-Stars, Hustlers in Quarter final battles tonight

Jul 22, 2017 Sports, http://www.kaieteurnewsonline....nal-battles-tonight/

A few weeks ago 32-teams commenced battle for the available spoils in the GT Beer Keep Your 5 Alive knock-out Futsal competition and now it is down to the final eight teams which will commence quarter final action tonight at the National Gymnasium for a place in the semi finals.
Sparta Boss, North Ruimveldt, Leopold Street and West Front Road (Goal is Money) were first into this stage and joining them following latest action on Thursday night at the same venue were Back Circle, Tucville, Guinness Greatest of the Streets reigning champions Dave and Celina’s All-Stars of Linden and Hustlers.
Tonight’s opening clash at 20:00hrs will see Tucville throwing down the gauntlet to West Front Road in what will be an exciting duel.
This will be followed by a match-up between Dave and Celina All-Stars and Future Stars.
Next up will be an exhibition shindig between Muslim Brothers and Upsetters before quarter final action resumes with a clash between Back Circle and Kitty.
The main event of the night pits Sparta Boss against Leopold Street in what is expected to be a fierce contest.
In Thursday night’s action, Back Circle banged 4 past Rhythm Star who could only respond with 2. Showstoppers and Tucville battled to a 5-5 draw in the allotted 30-minutes of regulation time.
The ensuing eight minutes of extra time failed to separate the two teams and kicks from the penalty mark were required to decide the winner and it was Tucville who prevailed 3-1.
It was via a similar route that Dave and Celina All-Stars booked their quarter final place after their match with Tiger Bay ended 1-1. The Linden side drew first blood in the 12th minute through a Donovan Francis goal.
They enjoyed that lead up until two minutes into the second half when Tiger Bay drew level on account of a Wendell Austin goal.
The remaining minutes in regulation and the subsequent period of extra time did not see either team troubling the score line.
Dave and Celina proved to be more efficient from the penalty mark and they sent Tiger Bay packing, 2-1.
The other match saw Hustlers out maneuvering Alexander Village 2-0.

Following are the full results of Thursday night’s encounters:
Game 1 – Alexander Village-0 vs Hustlers-2. Anthony Sancho -32nd, Kwame Holder-36th.
Game 2 – Tigerbay-1 vs Dave and Celina’s All-Stars-1: Dave and Celina’s won 2-1 on penalty kicks. Dave and Celina’s scorer, Donovan Francis-12th; Tiger Bay scorer Wendell Austin-17th.
Game 3 – Showstoppers-5 vs Tucville-5: Tucville won 3-1 on penalty kicks.
Tucville scorers, Pernell Schultz-6th and 38th, Rafael Edwards-9th, Dennis Edwards-22nd, Eon Alleyne-26th.
Showstoppers scorers, Marvin Josiah-14th and 19th, Jermaine Samuels-28th and 33rd, Delroy Ferdinand-21st.
Game 4 – Back Circle-4 vs Rhythm Star-2. Back Circle scorers, Stephon McLean-4th, Andy Duke-13th, Selwyn Williams-28th, Vincent Thomas-30th.
Rhythm Star scorers, Sceyon Hope-5th, Kevin Gordon-7th.