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April 7, 2011
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Star Sport |
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Sandals stun Santos |
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Robert Bailey, STAR Writer
Giant-killers Sandals Whitehouse continued their fairy tale run in this year's Flow JFF Champions Cup Knockout competition with an exciting 4-1 penalty-kick victory over Santos in the quarter-final yesterday at the Bell Chung Oval. Both teams had played to 1-1 draw at full-time and extra-time. Kenrick Preston gave the Carlton Dennis-coached Santos the lead in the 34th minute. However, Dervin Campbell equalised for Sandals four minutes later. Nicardo Dennis, Campbell, Aldean Elliott and substitute Sanjay Spragg scored from the spot for the Aaron Lawrence-coached Sandals Whitehouse. Kirk Edwards and Andrew Morris were guilty of missing from the spot for Santos. In other quarter-final games, defending champions Boys' Town edged arch-rivals Arnett Gardens 1-0 at Collie Smith Drive. Daemion Benjamin scored the lone goal for the Andrew Price-coached team in the 76th minute. Tivoli Gardens also recorded an exciting 1-0 win over Frazers Whip at the Spanish Town Prison Oval. Owen Powell scored the lone for Tivoli in the 81st minute. Sandals Whitehouse will now face St Georges Sports Club, who edged Portmore United 1-0 in another quarter-final game, in one semi-final. Boys' Town will face arch-rivals Tivoli Gardens in the other semi-final. powerful point-blank shot At the Bell Chung Oval, Preston gave Santos the lead when he fired home a powerful point-blank shot past goalkeeper Diego Solomons. However, the speedy Campbell stunned the home fans, when he rifled home a spectacular right-footed effort past custodian Mark Bryan. Lawrence, a former national goalkeeper, said he was very delighted with his team's performance because they played a well-rounded match. "We played a disciplined and complete game because the guys played well for the entire match," said Lawrence. "We got here a bit late and so we had to rush into the game, hence we weren't warmed up properly, but as the game went on we came into our own and we kept them at bay by not giving them any easy chances," he said. "We are looking forward to the semi-finals because it is something that everyone would want to be in and so it is a blessing for the team that we are in it," Lawrence said. "The team has worked very hard and has been very focused throughout the entire season and so deserve to be here."
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