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| St Georges' goal scorer Romeo Parkes tries to bring the ball under control, despite heavy pressure from Sandals Whitehouse's Damion Wynter, during their Flow Champions Cup semi-final at the Anthony Spaulding Sport Complex yesterday. Parkes grabbed a brace as St Georges ran out comfortable 3-0 winners. - Ian Allen/Photographer |
The winner of the 2011 Flow Champions Cup will come from either Tivoli Gardens or St George's after both teams registered contrasting 1-0 and 3-0 wins over Boys' Town and Sandals Whitehouse, respectively, in semi-final action at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex yesterday.
In the first semi-final, Premier League strugglers St Georges, brought Sandals back down to Earth, thanks to a brace from midfielder Romeo Parkes, while in the feature, defending champions Boys' Town surrendered a 102nd minute defeat to rivals Tivoli Gardens.
Christopher Jackson got the all-important strike from the penalty spot, after Boys' Town's Asrick Samuels handled the ball in the box. Things got worse for Boys' Town a minute later when Wayne Ellis was ejected for a foul on Keammar Daley.
After taking the pressure to Sandals in the opening game, St Georges were able to grab the lead in the 15th minute when Parkes running into the area topped home from inside the area.
Sandals then tried to come back, however, on each occasion they were denied by poor passing, and a level of eruditeness from the Portland-based St Georges.
second goal
This then resulted in the second goal, which was netted by Parkes, who in similar fashion to the first, followed through into the area, and was in the right place at the right time to tap home from close range, a square from James Delroy.
The game was then made safe in the 57th minute when Richardo Watson, in almost similar fashion to the first two goals, tapped home from inside the six-yard area.
"It feels good to be in the final and the hope is that we can go all the way in what has been an up and down season for us," said St George's coach Geoffery Maxwell.
proud coach
Sandals coach Aaron Lawrence credited St Georges for their win, but said overall he was proud of his team's accomplishments.
"St Georges is a more quality team than us and they really took the game to us ... congrats to them," he surmised.
"But having said that, reaching this far is a great accomplishment for the club, the players, our fans, and myself, as nobody expected us to reach this far. We just hope we can build on this and continue to grow from strength to strength."
The final will be played on May 8, following the end of the Premier League, which will see its final round of matches being played on May 1.
Source: http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20110418/sports/sports1.html
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