Windward Islands Football Tournament Day1

The National Lotteries Authority Windward Islands Football Tournament kicked off at the Victoria Park in Kingstown on Sunday.
Following the tragic news of a fatal accident involving two members of the Dominica team that entailed the withdrawal of that team, St.Vincent has decided to fill the vacancy with a Presidents Eleven.
Game one of the double header started at 6:00pm between the Presidents Eleven and Grenada.

Grenada tries to gain possession from the presidents Eleven player.

The presidents Eleven opened the scoring with this goal from the penalty spot.

#5 clears a dangerous pass for the Presidents Eleven in the penalty area. The game ended with a score of 2 goals to 1 in favour of the Presidents Eleven.

 

In the feature game of the evening, the senior St.Vincent team ranked 121 in the world were surprisingly defeated by St. Lucia ranked 152  2-0 in an exciting encounter.

SVG Goalkeeper makes a valiant effort to save this goal.

SVG on the attack.

SLU mounting an attack on goal

SLU player tries to gain control .

Both players tussle for the ball

SVG star player caught in a defence trap

SVG tries to regain control

This time it is the SLU player sandwiched.