Substitute Samuel Anthony Garnett scored twice in three minutes as Western Tigers powered past Den Amstel 5–0 in Sunday night’s Elite League Season Eight double-header at the National Training Centre, Providence.
Guyana Defence Force also enjoyed a comfortable night, beating Santos 4–0 with Abumchi Opara contributing two goals. The two matches produced nine goals, with neither winning side conceding.
Western Tigers had already built a three-goal lead when Garnett entered in the 63rd minute. His strikes in the 84th and 86th minutes completed the scoring and rewarded the decision to introduce him for Michael Junior Oie.
De Quan Shemaar France had put Western Tigers ahead in the 18th minute. Den Amstel made an early change a minute later, replacing Kiston Gibson with Robinho Abrams, but went into half-time two goals behind after Hakeem Shaquille Dumarni Legall scored in the 44th minute.
Kevon Nelson received Den Amstel’s booking in the 34th minute, while France was cautioned in the 46th.
Oie made it 3–0 in the 53rd minute before Western Tigers made three changes together. Alongside Garnett’s introduction, Rondel Peters replaced Jamal Fraser and Sean Taylor took over from Turston Gordon.
Den Amstel sent on Jonathan Conyers for Paul Payne in the 72nd minute. Western Tigers then introduced Keanu Laurence for Legall and Dwayne James for William Europe in the 80th.
GDF’s victory over Santos also featured a strong finish, with two goals arriving from the 90th minute onwards.
Trayon Bobb opened the scoring in the 34th minute to give GDF a 1–0 half-time advantage. Opara added the second in the 57th minute before GDF replaced Bobb with Keron Spencer and Jerome Harrigan with Colwyn Adams a minute later.
Cato made his contribution to the scoreline in the 90th minute, extending the lead to 3–0. Opara then struck again in the second minute of stoppage time to complete his double and seal GDF’s four-goal win.
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