Friday, 22 March 2013

A second defeat for Montserrat



7th September 2012
Stade En Camee, Riviere-Pilote, Martinique.  Att. 400
Martinique 5-0 Montserrat  

Hey, that’s not so bad at all!  Only a 5-0 defeat to Martinique is not a bad showing at all for our intrepid islanders from Montserrat, who made several changes to the team from the first match two days ago.  Bearing in mind that British Virgin Islands were beaten 16-0 by the same opponents this performance offers real hope for Montserrat’s final group match against BVI.  Can it really be hoped that defeat will be avoided, or whisper it quietly, even a win?


Kevin Parsemain added to his six goals against BVI with four more against Montserrat, adding to one from Steeve Gustan.  Three goals in the first twenty minutes left us fearing the worst, but Montserrat held out until the hour mark when two more were added in quick succession, but no more after that.
So a defeat, but real encouragement ahead of the final group match.

Martinique         (3) 5       Kevin Parsemain 5, 20, 59, 61, Steeve Gustan 9
Montserrat         (0) 0

Martinique – Emmanuel Vermignon, Sebastien Cretinoir, Marvin Esor (Nicolas Zaire 62), Jordy Delem, Sebastien Lepel, Steeve Gustan (Alex Balmy 75), Stanley Anglin, Jean-Emmanuel Nedra, Djenhael Mainge, Kevin Parsemain (Gaten Sidney 74), Kevin Tresfield

Montserrat – Jermaine Sweeney, Marlon Campbell, Ellis Remy, Leovan O’Garro (Clifford Newby-Harris 75), Dean Mason, Alexander Bramble, Dale Lee (Darryl Roach 57), Nyron Dyer (Junior Mendes 60), Kelvin Ponde, Bradley Woods-Gamess, Jaylee Hodgson

The other group match saw Suriname beat the British Virgin Islands 4-0 setting up a table topping clash between Suriname and Martinique in the group decider.  Far more importantly for us, it also sets up a clash between Montserrat and BVI for last place.

 Current Standings:                         Pl.           GD          Pts.
1.            Martinique                         2              +21         6
2.            Suriname                           2              +10         6
3.            Montserrat                         2              -11          0
4.            British Virgin Islands        2              -20          0

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