Tournament heavyweight Guyana Defence Force (GDF) overcame Upper Mazaruni 3-2 on kicks from the penalty mark when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF)/Guyana National Women’s Football Association (GNWFA) Super-16 Women’s Festival continued yesterday.
The match entered the penalty shoot-out scenario after being locked 0-0 at the end of normal and extra time at the National Training Centre, Providence.
Inefficiency highlighted the penalty shoot-out as both sides spurned two chances each from the distance, with the score delicately poised at 2-2 heading into the fifth and final round.
However, the Army unit was presented with the perfect opportunity to seal the result after their custodian denied the Region #7 outfit from the mark in their final attempt, the tame shot directed straight at the goalkeeper.
GDF would then capitalize on the failure of their opponent to seal the hard-fought result, as the custodian converted, calmly slotting her right footed effort into the lower right corner past the outstretched hand of the diving Upper Mazaruni shot-stopper.
The tournament continues today at the same venue with another matchup. Fruta Conquerors will oppose Moruca at 15:00hrs. In the opening match of the tournament, Swan downed St. Cuthbert’s Mission by a 4-1 score-line. The event will conclude on January 2nd at the GFF National Training Centre.
Winner of the tournament will now receive $500,000 and the championship trophy. On the other hand, the runner-up will pocket $300,000. The third and fourth place finishers will collect $200,000 and $100,000 respectively.
The other competing teams are GT Panthers, Mahdia, Guyana Police Force (GPF), Orealla, Santos, New Amsterdam (NA) United, Foxy Ladies, Lethem, Bartica and Wakapow.
