Makesi Lewis double does it for Fatima.
By Kwame Williams (Guardian).
Two goals from Makesi Lewis ensured that Fatima College kept up its 100 per cent record in the North Zone of the Secondary Schools Football League yesterday.
Lewis, midfielder Emmanuel Joseph and defender Marvin James were the goal scorers for Fatima, as the team overcame QRC 4-0 in an action-packed encounter on Fatima Grounds, Mucurapo.
Prior to yesterday’s round of matches, Fatima and QRC were the only teams in the zone that took maximum points from their first three matches. Fatima, however, topped the table with a better goal difference.
From the outset, Fatima took the game to its opponents. Lewis and strike partner, Chad De Freitas, were causing problems for the QRC defence and it was therefore no surprise when, in the tenth minute, Fatima was awarded a penalty kick for an infringement on Lewis. James converted.
Joseph doubled Fatima’s advantage in the 42nd minute, pouncing on a goalkeeping error by QRC’s Keron Superville.
The second half saw much of the same,Fatima keeping up the pressure and QRC failing to create any significant opportunities. Fatima’s forays resulted in another goal in the 66th, when Lewis skilfully turned on his marker and beat Superville on his near post with a well-placed shot. Lewis was back at in the 74th, when hard work from De Freitas left him with nothing to do but tap the ball into an empty net.
The lanky front-man should have had his hat-trick about five minutes later, but hit over the bar after Superville spilled the ball at his feet. That was how it ended.
De Freitas scores four, St Anthony’s striker Akil De Freitas was on target four times for the “Tigers”, as the three-time InterCol champs thumped bottom-of-the-table Tranquility 7-1. Jonathon Glenn (2) and Kerron Sutton (1) also scored for the winners.
Results:
East:
St Augustine Senior 11 (Shastri Spencer 3, Emmanuel Alexander, Mark Alibey, John Stewart, Jesse Davis, Daniel Joseph, Joel Williams, Elton John, own goal) vs St George’s 0.
El Dorado 4 (Dwight Critchlow 2, Jamal Gay, Kendell Allen) vs Malabar 0.
San Juan 4 (Elijah Manners 2, Kadeem Gibbs 2) vs Arima 0.
South:
Naparima College 1 vs Fyzabad Composite 0.
P. Town Senior 1 vs St Benedicts College 0.
Central:
Marabella Junior 3 vs Union Claxton Bay 0.
Chaguanas Senior 1 vs Tabaquite 0.
North:
Tranquility 1 vs St Anthony’s 7 (A. De Freitas 4, J. Glenn 2, K. Sutton 1).
St Mary’s 0 vs Malick 1.
Fatima 4 (M. James, E. Joseph, M. Lewis 2) vs QRC 0.
