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  • Waterhouse, Tivoli crush opponents in COK semis

    Waterhouse, Tivoli crush opponents in COK semis
    published: Monday | April 21, 2008


    Kwesi Mugisa, Staff Reporter

    Village United's Lacon Brissett struggles to control the ball while being hassled by Waterhouse's Weston Forrest in the COK champions Cup semi-final at the Edward Seaga stadium yesterday. Waterhouse came from two goals down to win 4-2. - Ian Allen/Staff Photographer
    Waterhouse and Tivoli Gardens will decide the COK Champions Cup KO title, as both recorded fairly impressive semi-final wins at the Edward Seaga Sports Complex yesterday evening.
    In the feature game, homesters Tivoli hammered St James Super League team Granville 7-0. Jermaine Allen led the way with a four-timer, while Navion Boyd, Kevin Blackford and Roland Dean scored the other goals.
    Waterhouse clawed their way back from the brink of elimination to stun Village 4-2 in the first semi-final game of the COK Champions cup at the Edward Seaga stadium yesterday.
    Finding themselves two goals down at half-time, the Drewsland team came out to face the second-half whistle like a team possessed, and by the end of 90 minutes, the shell-shocked Trelwany team could only look on in dismay.
    One foot
    Devron Clarke tapped home a Lacon Brissett square to give Village the lead in the 12th minute. The Waterhouse backline were again found wanting when forward Omar Allen rose high to put away another Brissett cross in the 30th minute, leaving Village with one foot in the final.
    Waterhouse, on the other hand, were struggling to find the back of the net as a 38th-minute chance for Kirk Ramsey and a 42nd-minute attempt by Jonathan Williams flew high over the cross bar.
    Just minutes after being introduced in the second half, Vincent Earle put a stop to the wayward shooting as he blasted his 46th minute attempt from the edge of the 18-yard area, straight past Village United custodian Elvis Hart.
    Caught napping three minutes later, the Village backline failed to pick up Williams in the area and after collecting a Ramsey flick on, despite the raised hands of the Village defenders as they appealed for offside, the wiry striker made no mistake, booting the ball into the back of the net from 10 yards away to equalise.
    Touch passes
    Delightful play from Waterhouse would put them ahead as a string of one-touch passes from midfield eventually reached the boot of striker Leon Strickland, who barged into the area before blasting past Hart in the 84th minute.
    With dropped heads it was hard for Village to keep track of Strickland who broke away from the backline almost immediately after the restart and while striding to goal, rounded the keeper before firing into the net.
    "The team just really lost focus here today, it was just disappointing," said Village coach Paul 'Tegat' Davis. "At half-time they had the lead but they were quarreling in the changing room and it really showed in the second half."
    A contented Wayne Fairclough of Waterhouse was happy with his team's recovery operation.
    "I think we wanted it more today. It was clear that Village came to win and we were caught in the first half," he said. "We made our corrections in the second half, picked it up and we got the goals. Now that we are in the final, anything less than winning this title will be a disappointment," he added.


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  • #2
    Football is a strange sport. Portmore used their best team and could not beat Granville a week or 2 ago, yet Tivoli utterly overwhelms Granville last night and could have scored more. Maybe Granville was a little intimidated in front of the Tivoli crowd, or someone advised them as to what to do!

    So, I don't know what to make of Wadadah's reentry into the NPL if indeed they go on to qualify from the playoffs, but they barely got by Granville.

    Steve Green looked like a Midfield General last night. Probably the best game I have ever seen him play.


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    • #3
      nuh talk too loud, Simoes deh bout a did fi him bwoy back inna the days.
      Memba?
      • Don't let negative things break you, instead let it be your strength, your reason for growth. Life is for living and I won't spend my life feeling cheated and downtrodden.

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      • #4
        I heard someone in the crowd say if the coaching staff were in attendance yesterday, he would certainly get a call up, and a deserved one too!

        But I think Granville would have made even Maestro look fast (over ground, of course) and hardworking, that's how weak they were!


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        • #5
          Wow that nuh sound good fi the West at all.

          maybe them a suffer from fatique? as Lazie say too much comptition deh a yaaad cause them nuh have no bleaching excuse.
          • Don't let negative things break you, instead let it be your strength, your reason for growth. Life is for living and I won't spend my life feeling cheated and downtrodden.

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