By Treiston Joseph
There was no shortage of action of the final night of group play in the Magnum Mash Futsal Cup continued on Saturday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue. Popular team Sparta Boss continued their winning streak and won their third game in as many with a 3-0 victory of Linden based Silver Bullets.
Gregory ‘Jackie Chan’ Richardson was at the peak of his powers with two beautiful goals in the third and 18th minutes, while Quincy Adams had the next goal in the 13th minute of the match.
Future Stars were also in a no-nonsense mood as they defeated Channel-9 Warriors 4-0 to finish atop their group with three straight wins. Curtez Kellman started the goal-scoring night with a strike in the fourth minute, while Akeemo Anthony added to the lead just before half-time with a strike in the ninth minute.
Alex Moore and Raphael Edwards scored as well with strikes coming in the 12th and 14th minutes.
Meanwhile, Leopold Street, who had a bit of a rough start and needed to win by at least five goals to advance, played their best futsal of the night with 6-1 win against Mocha.
It was a display of brilliant passing that broke the defence of Mocha and allowed Leopold Street to take advantage of a listless defence.
Mark Jhalu scored a double in the fourth and 14th minutes, while Tyrese Forde also had a double in the seventh and 16th minutes. Darren Benjamin had a goal in the sixth, while Captain Okeene Fraser finished the game with powerful strike in the 11th minute.
Rolex Smith scored the opening goal in the third minute of the match, but did not manage to get another on target for his East Bank based side.
Back Circle took a surprise 0-1 loss to Albouystown-B, who were able to top their group, while Back Circle finished second in the group. Moses Gittens scored the game’s lone goal in the eighth minute of the match.
Bent Street also topped their group with full points after their 1-0 win against Swag Entertainment. Andrew Murray Jr scored the winner in the 17th minute of the match.
In other results: New Market Street drew 2-2 with the Rugby Team, Showstoppers drew 1-1 with Team Extreme, Alexander Village topped Hustlers 1-0, YMCA defeated Albouystown-A 2-0, North East La Penitence outplayed Tiger Bay 2-0 and Goal is Money edged Ol Skool Ballers 1-0.
The quarter-finals will commence on Monday (February 12) at the National Gymnasium at 19:00h.
