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20th
Feburary 2010
City Boys
vs Micoud in SLFA Final
Anthony De Beauville
It
has already been dubbed as a mixed action packed
2009 – 2010 football season, as with less
than 12 hours away the tournament finally draws
to a close. The excitement is said to be building
on the eastern side of the island with the staging
of the SLFA Inter District Senior Men’s
Final and third place play off that is scheduled
for the Wenn Playing Field in the community
of Mon Repos today Saturday 20th February, a
first of its kind for that community.
In a slight alteration to the stipulated times
the third place play off will start at 1:00
pm instead of 2:00 pm between Dennery and Marchard,
while the Grande Finale will kick off promptly
at 4:00 between Micoud and Central Castries
as previously mentioned by the SLFA.
By the look of things one wonders whether its
time for the Central Castries team to deliver
under Head Coach Nigel James if they are to
upset the odds to claim what would only be their
first crown in an undisclosed number of years
at a national tournament.
Interestingly still bubbling after their 2 -
0 win in their semi final leg of the championship,
Micoud with home support behind them will start
as favourites despite both teams looking evenly
matched. But with the likes of Captain # 6 Nathan
Justin, # 5 Andre Charlery, # 19 Kervin Augustin,
# 7 Enderson George, # 16 Phillip Gaspard, #
14 Guy George, # 18 Cornel Evans, # 00 Gimma
Mason, # 11 Andre Willie, # 17 Shane Paul, and
# 9 Cornelius Butcher on their roster they will
be coming out firing and will want nothing less
than a win ahead of St.Lucia 31st Independence
celebration.
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The Central Castries team
will be looking to up the tempo and work the
ball around in the midfield area and score
the many opportunities offered to them if
they are to nose ahead of Micoud. The likes
of # 5 Captain Germal Valcin, # 6 Shawn Kerton,
# 8 Trevor Daniel, # 01 Arthur Langeiser,
# 4 Nieve Denis, # 11 Steve Henry, # 17 Junior
Samuel, # 7 Cliff Valcin, # 12 Valence Duncan,
# 18 Leyd Prospere and # 15 Micheal Marshall
will have it all cut out as a unit if left
to them and the final whistle.
Micoud 59th minute substitute Shane Paul 78th
and 90th minute goals were enough to settle
the deal against neighbours Dennery to secure
a berth into today’s final, but on the
other side of the coin Central Castries will
now need a big performance from their players
on the afternoon if they need to overturn
the drought of a national championship, The
City Boys dressed in their customary blue
and white outfit scraped into the final by
the skin of their teeth after Marchand custodian
squandered a sudden death penalty to give
Central Castries a 7 – 6 win in fading
light.
Carrying the official whistle in the encounter
between Dennery and Marchand is Gordon Wilson,
with Lewis Francis and Nigel Mathurin as his
second and third assistant referee’s
respectively, while Referee Giles Arthur will
take charge on the square in the grand final
between Central Castries and Micoud. Arthur
will be assisted by Andre Phillip, Anthony
John and Fitzgerald Popo. So it’s anyone’s
guess as to which team will hoist the 2009
- 2010 SLFA Inter District Men’s Trophy
and the $15,000.00 at stake.
Discuss
Story
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