Sagitun tops Juventus in BFL action
Good evening I’m James Adderley and we want to welcome you aboard this fanciful flight on Sports Monday. Week II of the BFL football playoffs brought no real changes in the standings. The haves got more, the have-nots got nothing. We take you to the People’s Stadium O.W. where the home team Juventus looks to win its first playoff match as they play host to the defending champions, Sagitun of Independence.
Of course this year’s home support for Juventus falls way short of what is usual–as can be deduced from the absence of crowd in the stands.
Notwithstanding, its Robbie Cadle of the visiting team who fires off the first salvo of the standoff, but it’s easily handled by the O.W. keeper.
This time downfield, it’s David Torres looking to put the defending champion on the scoreboard, but he misses the target. It’s more Sagitun offence when this spotkick forces the O.W. keeper into the save, but no goal, no harm.
One of the few Juventus attacks in first half comes off this corner kick and maybe Landi Pinelo should have gotten this one between the sticks. At the half we have a scoreless ballgame.
So we go to second half and it’s just five minutes in when Robbie Cadle beats the keeper to this Bent Burgess push and Sagitun takes a 1-zip lead.
Luis “El Chino” Briceño tries to answer for Juventus, but good defence makes it impossible for him to put any real pace on the shot.
The equaliser for O.W. comes when Briceño finds Pablo Madrid with this spotkick and off the header we have a tied ballgame. Meanwhile, Chino Briceno looks better on this Estevan Hall pass, but still fails to impress the scoreboard.
It’s yet another scoring opportunity for Briceño, but it seems today is not his day. And now we must head to sudden death overtime to decide this match.
Sagitun comes out looking for the sudden death goal and creates problems for the Juventus defence on this push, but there’s still no goal to show after two tries.
Now you tell us folks, does Bent Burgess deserve the penalty call here–we think so, but obviously the referee does not. And as a matter of fact, the striker would have to leave the ballgame.
Anyway, like a thief in the night, the end comes as Wilmer Garcia fires this thunderous left foot that crashes into the net giving Sagitun a 2-1 sudden death big “W”.
Meanwhile, out at San Ignacio, Kulture Yabra distributes a 4-zip blast on Leslie’s Verdes. At the Ricalde Stadium Corozal, Builder’s Hardware Bandits burned Metro Stars in a 2-1 score.
In other football news, the National Team of Nicaragua arrives in Belize today for two matches against its Belizean counterpart, as both teams prepare for the UNCAF Tournament, which comes up sometime on the eighth of ninth of May. On Tuesday the visitors face the National Team on the MCC Grounds and game two is set for Thursday in capital city Belmopan.
In basketball news, checking in on Bird’s Isle season shows that on Friday night, Mirab edged Medina’s House of Jewellery 68-67 and Brodies Travellers hammered M&M Christian Ambassadors 92-56. Yesterday it was Team Colonial smoking Belize Bank Wildcats 30-27 in Under-20 play. Defending female champions Griga Express rolled over Maria Chang 46-35 and in the Division I night-cap, Christian Ambassadors stopped the University of Belize 61-59.
