Wales balance the account with BDF
By George Alleyne
Determined to ensure that
they did not go home emptyhanded
at the end of Barbados
Football Association 2019
season, Weymouth Wales players
fought back from a goal
down to defeat rivals Barbados
Defence Force 2-1 and take
away the Champions Cup trophy.
This victory in the knockout
arena Sunday night at the
Wildey Astroturf was sweet
revenge and helped balance
the score for Wales, which had
three weeks earlier suffered a
defeat by a 5-4 goal aggregate
at the boots of the soldiers in
a three-match playoff series for
the 2019 Premier League title,
the other senior men’s competition.
Playing some robust football
Sunday night, the soldiers
perhaps thought they were on
their way to a league and KO
double victories when Captain,
Raheim Sargeant, broke
past Weymouth defenders and
netted the ball in the 20th
minute.
But a football game is for 90
minutes and Weymouth’s substitute
Arantees Lawrence capitalised
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on a loose ball in the box
then crossed to Romario Harewood
who made no mistake
in burying it into the net with
six minutes to go in regulation
time to see the match end 1-1,
forcing extra-time play.
Just four minutes in the 30
minutes of extra-time, Arantees
Lawrence featured in the
goal-scoring play again, this
time crossing the ball to Weymouth’s
Antoine Greaves who
scored the only goal of added
time.
“We were disappointed when
we lost the league, and the
guys were saying they have to
do something this year and the
determination is what carried
us through this game tonight,”
said a happy Weymouth Wales
Coach, Thomas Jordan.
He credited substitute Lawrence
for making the difference.
“Arantees was introduced to
bring energy to the game once
the BDFSP defenders were getting
tired. He has the technique,
he has the speed, and
the stamina, so that is why
we brought him in so late. So,
when their defence was tired
we can apply pressure.” Barbados Knockout Champions Weymouth Wales. Photo by George Alleyne
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