SUNDAY APRIL 20, 2008; Micoud Saint Lucia – Having fought for ninety

minutes on a rough and uneven surface, the Myette Gardens All Stars were

forced to rely on a calm approach when the dreaded penalty kicks shootout took

place in today’s Micoud District Representative Under-19 Football Final against

Village Boys All Stars.

 

Both teams played the game with pace, but it was the Village Boys who found

themselves under early pressure. Their defense was yet to sort themselves out,

and the aggressive Myette Gardens forwards ran them to the ground.

 

However, it was a combination of poor shot placement, lucky defending, and

good goalkeeping, which kept them in the hunt.

 

Village Boys soon settled and began to mount raids of their own, but repeatedly

encountered a green wall of defense.

They went into the interval with the scores goalless, and upon the resumption,

Village Boys went into the attack.

 

Myette Gardens returned the favour with attacks of their own. It was in the 71st

minute when the deadlock threatened with a sizzling shot from outside the area.

The Village Boys goalkeeper was equal to the task and pulled off a stunning

save, and so the score remained until the official blew the whistle at the end of

the 90 minutes.

 

 

Village Boys were only able to convert their third penalty kick, by which time

Myette Gardens had already slotted home three.

Myette Gardens striker for their fourth penalty kick, sensing victory was near,

made no mistake in slamming the fourth one home to record a 4-1 penalty

shootout victory, and capturing the 2008 Micoud District Representative Under-

19  Football Championship.

Shaun Justin of Village Boys was judged MVP of the final, while earlier, Ti Rocher

squeezed past Line Boys one-nil to take the third place.