Juventus wins football title
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and welcome to this offering of Sports Monday. The 1998 B.F.L. Championship series moved to the People’s Stadium for game 2 after the defending champion Juventus had taken the opening match with a 2-zip score over Acros last Sunday at the M.C.C. Grounds.
So we tied to Orange Walk and in the opening minutes it’s nervousness of returning Belize City team Acros as Juan Hasso and goalkeeper Edmundo Funes complicate what should have been a routine play but they do get away with it despite the physical toll.
Talk about errors, we’re not sure about Juan Hasso’s calculation but for certain ignoring this ball invites danger but again all’s well that ends well.
Meanwhile, folks to the left of your screen number ten of Acros takes down inside the 18 by Juan Carlos Barragan and the referee rules penalty. Up steps Juan Hasso who executes a perfect penalty to give Acros a 1-zip lead some 30 minutes into the action. A minute later Acros gets to go up 2-zip but for some reason the Mexican striker can’t get this pass past Charlie Slusher in a one on one situation.
This wakes up the Juventus team. Esteban Hall feeds to Marcelino Tun and the right foot push beats Edmundo Funes to tie the ball game at one a piece.
It’s only five minutes later when the “Tun Connection” puts Marcelino in front of the goal as the left foot swing gives Juventus a 2-1 lead to take to the locker room.
Of course it’s Juventus with momentous in the second half but number 10 does get a chance to tie things up for Acros – which he blows.
At the other end Esteban Hall floats for Marcelino Tun but he bruises Funes to get the ball and the goal is voided. Goal number 3 for Juventus comes from off this corner kick to the head of Esteban Hall and the cords shake.
If you’re counting don’t add this punch from Esteban Hall as the ball bounces off the far upright. However, you can add Freddie Tun’s left foot slice to the current total at 4.
Folks for Juventus these final moments of game 2 all belong to Juventus and it’s this rebound that gives Dean Flowers his goal on the match to make it 5 – 1.
And just in case you thought it could get any worse for Acros, Marcelino Tun steps to the penalty stripe to make a 6 – 1 big W to Juventus whose 3 – seat as the champion of football in Belize. Congratulations from Sports Monday.
Charlie Slusher, Goalkeeper, Juventus
“We just work hard as wa family, as one team. Our team has a lot of love for each other and I think that was a big difference in this game today. It’s not just being out there physically but mentally, emotionally and joining as one. You know, you can win any battle on that and that’s what happened today for our team.”
Patrick Jones
“Early in the game it didn’t look like things were going too good for your team but you pulled it off in the end.”
Charlie Slusher
“Well what happened we started to play dead in the first half. You know, Acros had some good opportunity and they didn’t capitalize on it. Our team finally woke up and we started to score and that was the boost that our team needed and second half we really prove to everybody how bad we want to win this champion over Acros and thanks to God that we win it.”
Q: “Six to one Mr. Sylvester. What went wrong today?”
Louis Leslie, Owner, Acros
“I don’t know; I have to ask my players.”
P. J.
“Obviously the game strategy didn’t work.”
Louis Leslie
“Obviously the other team knew about my game strategy just like last week.”
Q: “What happens now?”
Louis Leslie
“Nothing. Nothing. We’re out of it now. That’s it.”
Q: “What happens to the team.”
Louis Leslie
“Nothing happens to the team but I know who’s gonna go.”
Turning to the cycling scene, these are the sighs and sounds of Sunday’s C.T.C. Cycling Classic presented by the Cycling Association on March eighth. And here are the 60 riders making a bid in this 104 mile journey.
Let’s go to the National Stadium. The sprint to the tape is taken over by the veteran Andrew Smiling. He gets outtaken by Lewis Muslar and Bobby Lee. It’s now a 3 man sprint for the win. Charlie Lewis pulls it off in a time of 4 hours 33 minutes and we say congratulations.
Again the top five looks like this: Charlie Lewis Bobby Lee, Ernest Meighan, Nigel Matus while Andrew Smiling rounds out the top five.
Q: “Andrew Smiling – the winner of the first ever Belmopan Cycle Classic. Sixteen years later Andrew Smiling you certainly gave moments of that 1983 performance. How do you feel today?”
Andrew Smiling, 5th Place
“I felt good most of the way. Down the stretch I felt good. Most of those guys are strong, they are better sprinters than I am and I tried to drop them but everybody was so strong in the field. But I tried my best.”
Bobby Lee, 2nd Place
“I was basically up there by myself just having to do the sprint for myself. So I came around JawMeighan went first or possibly Charlie and they are both much better sprinters than me and I just happen to be lucky enough… had a big enough gear to manage to get around JawMeighan and add another 50 meters I might have caught Charlie but you’ll never know.”
Incidentally folks Camille Solis and Fiona Humes were locked in a confrontation – a head on collision – in a race from Belmopan to Belize City as a part of the C.T.C. race staged by the association on Sunday. For Camille Solis it certainly was a good run. She finished the race in a time of 3 hours 19 minutes. Fiona Humes is still coming along but congratulations to Camille Solis.
Well that’s it. We return to our normal slot next week. You know the usual time, the usual place. Thanks to all the cameramen for their great work this weekend.
Jah over all, I’m James Adderley.
