West Demerara powerhouse Pouderoyen, and East Bank Demerara heavyweight Agricola Red Triangle, battled to a 4-4 stalemate in an eight goal pre-season thriller on Friday at the Agricola Community ground.
Travis Bess, head coach of Pouderoyen during a post-match comment, said, “The weather and the size of the ground had a lot to do with the performance of the players. The ground was smaller than we are accustomed to so it affected how we utilised the space and width. Also we didn’t adapt fast enough to the wet conditions but the team showed fighting spirit because they came twice from a goal down to level the score and earn a draw.”
The torrential downpour which highlighted the first half, certainly did not impede or affect the attacking ability of the hosts, who recorded two unanswered goals. Dominique Butts opened the scoring in the 12th minute, turning and smashing the ball into the right corner from inside the centre of the penalty box.