Keith Kelly suffers broken leg.
By Joel Villafana.
Jabloteh's newly acquired Jamaican Keith Kelly suffered a broken leg during Sunday's Bix Six clash with North East Stars at the Larry Gomes Stadium. Kelly was acquired by Jabloteh in the last transfer window and was carefully weaned into the team while recovering from a knee injury. Kelly did not feature much for Jabloteh due to the length of time he took to regain his fitness and speed which is a big part of Jabloteh's game. In what was turning out to be one of his better games for Jabloteh Kelly was delivering some telling passes to the Jabloteh forward line and in doing so must have made himself a target of the North East Stars technical team. Unfortunately, the vicious tackle he received from a high boot occurred right in front of the referee but the North East Stars player involved was not penalised. The referee allowed play to continue with North East Stars in possession until the ball was won by and mercifully deliberately kicked out of touch by Jabloteh defender Ronald Primus. This allowed the referee to summon Jabloteh's medical team to assist Kelly who at that time was writhing in pain on the ground.
The game turned out to be a very physical encounter with two Jabloteh players, Kelly and young defender Marcelle Francois having to been forced to discontinue playing due to injuries. Francois suffered a cut to his forehead from an aerial clash with a North East Stars player. That offence too was left unpunished by the referee.
In what turned out to be a horrible night for Jabloteh their forward line failed to score but Jabloteh will be looking to use their crisp passing game and quick transition play to get the better of the very physical Stars outfit if they clash in the FA Cup Semi-Finals next Sunday.
