Sergio Gilharry scored Nizhee's 2nd goal to draw 2-2

Jacinto Pinelo drew first blood for the island squad, and they held on to the 1-zip advantage up to the half time break. When play resumed in the 2nd half, Hilberto Caliz soon made it 2-zip when he converted a penalty in the 63rd minute after the Nizhee defense goofed.

Unfortunately for the Dolphins, their defense was equally inept, which also cost them a penalty, and Nizhee sweeper Antonio Castillo converted for the visitors’ 1st goal in the 67th minute.

After 3 back to back losses, it looked like it might be the Dolphins 1st win, until Sergio Gilharry drilled home the visitors’ 2nd goal in the 83rd minute to tie the ball game at 2-2, and this remained the score at the final whistle.

Defending RFG cup champs Ilagulei of Dangriga had even worse luck when they visited the 2007 champs Hankook Verdes at the Norman Broaster Stadium on Wednesday night.

Verdes took the game to Ilagulei from the getgo, with the first strike coming off the feet of Danny Jimenez in the 27th minute. Marlon Meza joined the party with a 2nd goal in the 28th minute; then Danny was back for another bite of the apple in the 30th minute. Little big brother Richard Jimenez said save some for me as he too joined the party to add a 4th goal in the 40th minute.

Ilaguelei was not totally toothless in this encounter, as Elroy Kuylen scored one goal for the visitors in the 43rd minute, but it was small consolation as Verdes took a 4-1 lead into the half time break.

In fact it would be Ilagulei’s only consolation goal, as Richard Jimenez came back for another bite of the apple in the 49th minute for a 5-1 lead, until Marlon Meza made it 6-1 in the 52nd minute.

Veteran striker Norman “Tilliman” Pipersburgh, lately of the Superleague’s Tex Mar Boys, joined the party with a 7th goal in the 53rd minute, but Ilagulei’s humiliation was not yet over as Verdes’ Amin August blasted in an 8th goal in the 93rd minute in injury time.

Verdes were scheduled to visit Tafari at the Union field in Punta Gorda on Sunday, but the entire sporting community has been laid siege by the threat of the virulent swine flu and all BPFL games scheduled for the weekend were cancelled at the Ministry of Health’s recommendation to avoid mass gatherings to reduce the chance of vector transmission should any case of the swine flu crop up among our population.