Sagicor South East are the champions of the 2019 Dominica Football Association (DFA) Premier division football league. Needing a win to be crowned champions at the Windsor Park stadium, South East with a second-half goal from national players Sydney Lockhart and captain Joslyn Prince won the game 2 nil.
Dublanc needed a draw to retain their title which they won in 2018 and before a vocal and capacity crowd with supporters of both teams screaming and shouting, it was South East who emerged victoriously.
The defending champions (Dublanc) who had to depend on star striker Travis Joseph in the forwards and veteran Uclide “Boots” Bertrand in the defense to get them to be crowned champion. The champagne was on ice and ready to go but Dublanc had a task on their hands.
The first half ended goal-less and Dublanc’s first task was over, but they still had another 45 minutes to deal with the South East team and the play mastermind Dr. Pharo Cuffy who was to come off the substitution bench.
His arrival (Dr. Pharo Cuffy) in about the 70th minute of play changed the entire situation as he dumped several balls across the field looking for Sydney Lockhart and company. In the 80th minute he crossed a ball and found the head of Sydney Lockhart who made no mistake as he placed it at the back of the net sending the South East crowd into instant celebrations. Dublanc was shocked, it means that they now had to press harder for the draw they needed with time running out.
Well, captain Joselyn Prince had other ideas and his 85th-minute goal put a further nail in the coffin of Dublanc as the South East team soured home to victory and championship honours.
Gavaskar Charles is the coach of the South East team; he was “elated, excited and overjoyed at winning the championship which they last won in 2007.
“Our game plan was to go at them hard…nobody can take that way from Dr. he is just a genius and whenever I call on him he responds. We went to camp from Friday night and prepare for the game I predicted 3 love,” Charles stated.
Jerry Morancie the coach of Dublanc said his team strayed, “We did not stick to our game plan, we came to play for a draw, we tried our best but South East was much better than us and so congratulations to them,” Morancie said
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