Kulture Yabra stays on top of BFL
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re hooked in to another display of Sports Monday. The BFL regular season is fast approaching. It’s natural conclusion and in fact there remains only one fixture of matches, and that comes up this weekend.
Nevertheless, the jocking for play off position continued unabated over the weekend and here in Belize City as Kulture Yabra looked to stay atop the standings at the expense of Lazio Jumex of Orange Walk.
The array of colours as the referees lead both ballclubs on to the pitch at the M.C.C. Grounds is striking to say the least people. Colour contrast or not, it’s Kulture Yabra looking for the early lead when Peter Canul finds Emory Nunez whose his header flies pass the target.
Yabra keeps the pressure on when El Gigante fires this spotkick, Freddie Ortega picks up the rebound and fires it at the goal only to see Mark Stewart make a spectacular save.
Lazio cranks up its offense with this long shot from the right wing, but Charlie Slusher saves, but not before he fumbles.
On the very next Lazio push, Charlie Slusher gets tested for real, but he passes this time with flying colours.
However, it’s the city team that opens the scoring when David “Manu” McCauley beats the goalkeeper to this long pass and pushes the pill over his head for the 1-zip lead. Of course “Manu” pays the price, but he would continue.
Lazio Jumex could have gotten the equalizer some five minutes later, only the two strikes get in each others way allowing Slusher to make the easy save.
At the other end, McCauley gets the perfect feed from Norman Nunez only to embarrass himself from pointblank range in a one on one situation.
A minute later, McCauley looks feeble again when Rogel Jones finds him for a free shot at goal and at the half it remains a 1-zip Yabra lead.
Immediately out of intermission, Lazio gets to even the score, but they certainly blow that opportunity.
On the very next play downfield, Nunez finds the head of “Manu”
McCauley and this time he makes it good to give Yabra a 2-zip lead.
Eight minutes later Lazio gets to move the scoreboard, but again it concludes as a squandered opportunity.
Lazio Jumex finally impresses the scoreboard when Benito Suazo volleys this long distance shot that catches Charlie Slusher napping. This brings up more offense from the Orange Walk team, but it also woke up Charlie, who successfully dives for the save here.
It’s Lazio still pressing for the equalizer off this spotkick, but like we said, Charlie Slusher is fully focused now.
This time Slusher gets beaten by the Lazio shot, but Vallan Syms saves the day by digging out the ball from the goal with his head.
This forces Yabra to go to the bench and Edon Rawley makes the change look professional as he finds Norman Nunez who smacks the ball into an empty net for the 3-1 Yabra lead.
The fight gets beaten out of Lazio when Marcelino Tun finds Tilliman Nunez who picks up his own rebound and smashes it home for the 4-1 Yabra victory.
In other results from around the league Sagitun humiliated Texaco Dolphins 9-zip. Real Verdes burned Acros 1-zip. Metro Stars stunned Juventus 4-nil at Orange Walk. Out at San Pedro, Caye Caulker Turquoise held Builders Hardware Bandits to a 1-1 stalemate. And at Benque Viejo, Griga Tropical rolled over host team Jube Santa Elena 3-1.
In Basketball news, yesterday’s schedule at big Bird’s Isle saw Rampage romp over Belize Bank Wildcats 41-37 in Under-20 play. Maria Chang Eagles halted Griga Express 43-35 in female play and in the Division I nightcap, M&M Christian Ambassador prevailed over Appliance World 75-71 in a heated ballgame.
On Friday Keith Acosta led Brodies Travellers to its third straight win in a 77-65 decision over Mirab, and Medina’s Jewelers, formally Wildcats got pass University of Belize 54-46.
