Trinidad and Tobago’s Caledonia AIA have won a big competition in Guyana, the annual Kashif and Shanghai tournament.
After an intense battle against Pele, Morvant-Laventille-based AIA clinched a 2-0 victory at the National Stadium in Guyana on New Year’s evening.
The new champions will fly home with one pound of Guyana gold, the equivalent of 5,000 or Guyanese million.
Runners-up Pele collected Guyanese million.
Earlier in the evening, Milerock and Amelia’s Ward, both out of Linden, went up against each other in the third-place playoff, with Milerock getting a 2-0 win, earning themselves Guy0,000.
The goal scorers were Randolph Jerome in the 60th and Randy Small in the 68th minute with a bicycle kick which earned him the best goal of the tournament.
Bakewell Buxton Stars won the Fair Play prize.
MVP of the tournament was Atullah Guerra of Caledonia. Charles Pollard of Milerock won the best defender prize and Travis Waterton from Amelia’s Ward was the best midfielder. Randy Small of Milerock scored the most spectacular goal, while Andrew Williams of Victoria Kings made the Best Save.
Devon Millington of Pele scored the most goals, with seven.
In the final, both teams started energetically with smooth passing and several shots at goal, but both goalkeepers were exceptional.
In the second half, however, Caledonia took control.
Devon Jorsling scored off a free kick in the 74th minute and, with the Pele keeper stranded way outside his goal, Jamal Gay gently pushed the ball beyond the line in the 83rd minute.
(Source http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/Caledonia_win_pound_of_gold-136636373.html)
