Well, the fat lady has sung and its over for the Gold Gemz. The Red side rallied from 1 zero to win the game 2 to 1, thanks to an unfortunate last minute own goal by Mahad defending a cross from Trini. The match started out evenly but it was the Gold Gemz who drew first blood with a disputed no goal from MoneyWave. Soon it was a driller from Jogo to put the Gemz on the score sheet. Not wanting to be out shined and refusing to relent, the Red Side soon answered with a Goal of their own from from Tari on a pumsist from the man of the match, Kishane. Fighting back and forth, the two teams were evenly match but as mentioned before, it was an unfortunate own goal that sealed the deal in the last minutes of the match. Sometimes, the football Gods grants you no favors. Nevertheless, the ball is round and for this go round of the 2024 Genesis Champion’s League: Spring Edition, it is the Red Side who will raise the trophy and have all the bragging rights. They are miles ahead on the league table and with only 5 matches to go, the Gold Gemz cannot see the light in the tunnel. Some highlights of the match was Rajae salading Jogo who put the crowd in a frenzy. However, Jogo quickly answered with the penetrator to the Red teams goal. Congratulations to the Red Side for a match well earned.

Fight! It looks like the Gold Gemz is not going down without a fight showing up fully loaded for this match day. Needing to win all further matches and gain 21 goals in the process, it looks like they are going for it and make a miracle happen. It started by chipping away at the difference by 4 goals. We will see if their quest or dream get shattered next match day.

This match day however, was dominated by the Gold Gemz with the Man of the Match, Calvin, who ran the midfield and brought the game to the Red Side. MoneyWave scored the first goal and the rest was history. Some highlights of the match was Mackie salad-ing Jogo but Jogo in turn drilled one to the goal that seemed to penetrate the defenders and the goal keeper and making the statement, “a salad don’t mean a thing if you are not scoring.”

The Gold Gemz’ defense was impenetrable, with the Red Side unable to get a shot past them. Despite their efforts, they looked worn out, and even when Trini came on to provide a strength, it was too little, too late, no avail.

In short, nothing could go wrong for the Gold Gemz this match day. We’ll see if their quest can continue next match day.

 

Game got forfeit by the Red Side who did not have enough players. Gold Gemz get the points. We will see if a miracle is possible next match day.

Something must have woken up the Gold team from their stupor, slumber or football hiatus. This was not the same team that had been getting beaten in the last few match days. Some one must have made the call for the players to turn up and step up. They had a full squad and more this match day. Perhaps it was the beautiful spring day and the new field, but something definitely clicked. According to team manager Mr. Mahad, he claimed to have seen the win coming as he addressed the team in the public forum before the match. Well, something definitely changed. The Red Side, as usual, started the match confidently and was the first to score, taking advantage of confusion in the Gold side’s defense. However, the Gold Gemz maintained their composure and rallied to equalize, thanks to the match highlight – a brilliant cross from the man of the match, MoneyWave, to Andre. For the next hour or so, the momentum was with the Gold Squad as they took control and thwarted all efforts from the Red Side. High intensity and fast pace characterized match day 13, resulting in another and another one in the bag for the Gold team, which had been lagging behind on the league table.

Ahh…!!! what more to say? Another beating for the Gold Team. They just cannot win. I heard a fan say, “look at their personnel.” That is a reflective question that must be addressed to management. “You can teach football, but you cannot teach heart,” I heard someone else murmured. Lackluster defense and a lack of communication, and that’s all she wrote. Gold Squad starting 2 man short and was holding it for a while but without a concerted effort, their barrier eventually broke down by the Red team and the result was a 3 to 1 victory. Highlights of the match was Mahad, who as always can be heard yelling frustrations to his team, took it on him self to leave the defense and score the single goal for the goal team. While in his valiant effort picked up a salad from Trini, but he fights and that comes with the territory. G-man was man of the match with two to add to his goal tally. Match day 12 has passed and we will see what match day 13 brings.