Friday saw Kingston College and their indomitable spirit against the odds fight into the semifinals. Mona is through while one of the pre-tournament favorite stats said goodbye. Now it's time for Spectacular Saturday, three of the four group two teams tending with a shot of making the last four. The two winning at schools in Manning Cup history among them, defending champions Jamaica College take on St. George's College. We are at the Ashenheim Stadium. It is the home of JC. Today they know they will be up against it in this elimination battle. St. George's College in light blue, Jamaica College in dark blue. Time for the national anthem of Jamaica. From this titanic battle in the quarter-final round of the ISSA Digicel Manning Cup competition for 2023, Jamaica College the defending champions taking on St. George's College who are looking to return to the semifinals for the first time since 2018. Ricardo Chambers alongside Chris Taylor for this quarter-final matchup. Tivoli Gardens are taking on Heidel in the other game in this group. Oshane Nation like he was in midweek, the Costa Club action is the man in the middle for this one. Brickton Archer and Sivan Smith, first and second assistants with Paul Green, the fourth official for this encounter. The Jamaica College boys know they have a big jump to do. They will have Raoul Brenton in goal, also in the line-up. Tariq Jones, Javon Mills, Tahir Lawrence, Renson Sears and Malachi Sterling in what may be a back-five, maybe they'll morph into their more familiar 4-4-2 with Zabeer Taylor, Adrian Reed, or make that with Dylan John, Jamali Bennett, Amali King and Jabari Howell with Jamoi Dennis, also in this Davion Ferguson coached line-up. The captains take center stage, Adrian Reed for St. George's College, Renson Sears, Junior for Jamaica College, the official state, their final moments ahead of kick-off. St. George's College, they only need a draw to make progress to the last four of the competition. Dejaun Davis will be in goal, a back-five, left-back, Ajani Peart right-back, Jindu Powell with Jaheem Henry, Anil Mitchell and Michael Pennant in central defense. Zabeer Taylor, their third leading scorer this season, Adrian Reed and Tejon Anil in midfield with Mathias Spence and their leading man, Brian Burkett, at the top of this Marcel Gale coached team. Never-Burtis Bell is the technical director. Chris Taylor, what an occasion. Yeah, lovely stuff, always a tight battle. No surprise to see so many fans coming in, thought it would have been more packed by now. But yeah, two teams have played excellent football so far this season. St. George is undefeated, Jamaica College well. On paper they have had two defeats. One of them obviously points overturned against Tivoli. They actually won that much in 90 minutes on the pitch. And yeah, that loss against Heidel, all to play for. All to play for indeed. This is all they start today, St. George's College ahead of Heidel with Jamaica College and Tivoli. Tivoli the only team out of contention. Very much the case. We'll go through the permutations shortly because there are several. As we get kickoff in this all important quarterfinal encounter in the Manning Cup. Chris Taylor, the last time Jamaica College didn't make it to the semifinals of the Manning Cup was in 2012. They were actually unbeaten that season. I guess we won. St. George's College went on to win that title incidentally, beat Heidel in the final. Jamaica College and Heidel admitted at the second round stage as it was back then. And they drew that game. Heidel advancing on goal difference over Jamaica College. That was 11 years ago and they have made it to the last four at least every tournament since. There is Davion Ferguson, which means since he has taken over, he hasn't failed to get to the semifinal stage of the Manning Cup. So much pressure on the champion today. They will look to come out on the front foot. Remember the 2021 campaign, the COVID season and Jamaica College barely made it into the last four. They got only two points. And the script through two points will not be good enough this time. There's never Burtis Bell on the Manning Cup with St. George's College in 1992. They won the Walker Cup that season as well. Has had three stints with St. George's College. The latest began in 2007. He's won 11 titles with them since that time. Incidentally, Crustela, he's had four unbeaten seasons. Never bell as coach of St. George's College. Never before this season had they gone through the first round without dropping a point. This season being the first in his lot successful history of coaching this unit. That's amazing, especially when you consider some of the size that he's had. Some of his teams. And I'm sure most won't rank this team as the best that he has coached necessarily. But yeah, very dominant in their group and coming of age. They've been together for some time now. St. George's College heading forward, looking for Burkett, first yellow card of the encounter. And it goes to Jamoi Dennis. They know the age of Burkett. Nice one to pass in. And yeah, he knew what he was doing. Jamoi Dennis and has to be careful now. So early in the piece. Only in the third minute. Freak it coming up for St. George's College. Burkett has scored 19 goals this season for St. George's College. They didn't have him for the first game of the quarter final round. But they're delighted that he is back for this one. Adrian Reed is there as well. Was out on cards, Brian Burkett. Now, this angle actually suits Adrian Reed more as a right footer. Not the easiest of angles, but very good from the dead ball Adrian Reed and has scored quite a few free kicks this season as well. Of course, has played all the way up to the Premier League level with Cavalier. If it's Burkett, it will be strong to the back post, you figure. Burkett leads, Reed strikes, curls it away from the target. Technically, very good from the dead ball. Takes penalties even at the Premier League level. And always clinical. Adrian Reed, of course, the son of Adrian Reed, senior former national player. Yeah, always curling wide. Good pace behind it though. Last season was a part of the Coles unit as well. That made it to the final, eventually losing to Campion. So amazing to think that a youngster who could be playing Coles was still playing in the Premier League. George's College on the front foot again. This one falls for Renton in goal. Massive battle on for the ball. A shatting nation. Always seems in a no-nonsense mood when he's out there. One yellow card already. Free kick coming up for Jamaica College. And the same two players that were doing back leaves having another word with them. Dennis included and Burkett. This is just the start of a love battle between those two. Free kick for Jamaica College goes long top of the area. Reed was there to head it away. But J.C. come forward once more with Dennis. Dennis gets inside the boxes. Well tackled up again by Reed. Penance and Zitlang for SDGC. Chris Taylor, St. George's College and Heidel only need draws to advance to the semifinals of the Manning Cup. So once they avoid defeat, they will be through. Jamaica College have to win. There is a situation where both Jamaica College and St. George's College can advance to the semifinals. But that would mean Tivoli would have to beat Heidel. And beat them by two clear goals at least. This match I guess would have to end in a draw. There you go. At that point St. George's College would top the group with five points. J.C. would come second with four. Heidel would finish, well depending on the goal difference. But an inferior goal difference if that was a case. Perke delivers the corner kick. Too much weight on this one. And it goes away from the target. So even though Tivoli have no chance of going through, they pay a huge piece in this puzzle. And they do have big game changes that could certainly take a game away from Heidel. So they can't hit a game lightly at all. Even though Tivoli are yet to record a point in a group. Looked as if they would get a point Tivoli against Jamaica College in the last game. J.C. stole it late to get all three points. Proving crucial for their meaning. Their destiny remains in their own hands. St. George's College again attacking with some amount of flair. Easily cleaned up by Malachi Sterling at the back for J.C. Coming from Ulmas Malachi Sterling. Talented left foot lights to get forward as well. J.C. getting forward. Strong challenge from Anil Mitchell. He's come across from Kingston College to join the SDGC unit crossing North Street. Poor touch here from Males. SDGC on the front foot again. The diagonal ball looking for Taylor. But it was Rahul Renton who got there first. Crowd building on this lovely Saturday afternoon as J.C. head forward. Cleared away by Jaheem Henry. Yeah, Nushain Nation having a strong talking to Sterling. You can already feel the tension, Chris Taylor. Yeah, no surprise. And if you look at the last match in the head-to-head, these two teams nowhere near. It's a long ball coming in and Davis handled it well. Yeah, it's nowhere near that kind of disparity between the two teams. In fact, it was so strange to see in 2021 both teams being drawn in the same zone. It showed the level at which St. George's were at the time they had fallen off quite a bit. And yeah, J.C. beat them by 6-goal to Nile. There is a chance for J.C.'s super save from Dejeune Davis. That looked as if it had won Nile written all over it. Here's Dylan John. He's taken down by Reid but he's right back up. All the cheers getting louder for J.C. This is going to be a marvelous Saturday afternoon. In-to-in stuff here. Jamaica College in possession over on the far side. Switching the angle of the attack. That was a chance for Howell. Should have fallen his way past the keeper. Good save in the end credit to him but maybe they finished a little bit too central from Howell who was closed early by Davis. Here's J.C. heading forward again and dangerously so with Jamal and Dennis. Dennis inside the box. Chance to cut it across. Missed by King. And Amarley, King couldn't poke it home when he really should have. Jamaica College creating the opportunities here but they haven't been able to take any so far. Chris Taylor in a match like this. It always helps if you can get that early goal to ease the tension, calm the nerves. Amarley can tell you about that. Very much. J.C. dangerous to coming forward again. Jabari Howell this time couldn't. Those passes being pinged into the edge, in and around the edge of the 18 yard here. A little bit too easy from a St. George's perspective. Backing off from the attackers and allowing them to take the ball. They're dangerous. This was a great overlapping run from Dennis. Just look at him glance up there twice. And the pass was, yeah the pass was perfect actually. And King should have done better. Total miss kick from King. Who's already scored several goals this season Amarley King. Last court against Eltham in their 3-1 victory right here at the Ashenine Stadium. In the second round, let's say that should have been eight. There has been a school of thought in the past Chris Taylor that if you can really ruffle St. George's College teams and make it physical contests that they tend to win. And maybe that's also part of the plan for Jamaica College today to make it as physical as possible. Here comes JC once more. That's another teasing ball across the face of goal. Yeah, I've always heard that. I don't necessarily buy into that argument. I think it has come about because persons look at St. George's and say well they play attractive football with lots of passing. So it doesn't mean that they can't match up physically. And we have seen situations where the games have gotten quite physical. Here is Jones with a delivery. Not very well-handed by Davis in goal, but he's able to recover comfortably. 13 and a half minutes. Still no goals in this one. Two glorious opportunities for Jamaica College though. Yeah, there have been quite a few instances where the game has got physical and St. George's have still been able to manage it and also play their attractive brand of football. So that man so pivotal for St. George's College today, Brian Burkett. 38 goals in a schoolboy football career at the under 19 level. I scored 19 of them this season. I scored 16 in all competitions last season. 15 in the Manning Cup, one in the Walker Cup in his fourth season. So he has as much experience as you can hope for at the schoolboy football level. Yeah, was there in that 2021 season that last time that matchup where they lost by six goals to nil. It was a real start of this unit. A lot of these players were there in that time inexperienced a lot of them and they've grown together and now much improved. What I'd love to see from Burkett is better performances in big games. And this is one of them. This is the kind of match that he needs to come to the four and produce has played at the Premier League level. Yes, very talented left foot. And as he said, scores a lot of goals and creates a lot for the team. But in big games, sometimes he needs to do a bit more and both himself and Reid, that is one aspect of their game that we'll be looking for, especially in this and in matches to come this season. They also have Matthew Spence who has scored 12 goals this season, scored their last goal as well here to make a college in possession with Howell. An important equalizer against Heidel in that one all draw. Of course, Heidel were leading for some time. Spence got the equalizer and an important point. And that also showed resilience and character about the St George's team. Because so many of so many teams and we saw it with St Andrew technical when they fall behind, they crumble, for example, had had not trailed all season. St Andrew technical. Here is JC heading forward. Let's see what they can make of this one. Absolutely nothing. It's won by Zabir Taylor for St George's College. And now they can look to escape. Here is Adrian Reid back into defense. Have to be careful here. Goal kick coming up for SDGC. 17th minute of this contest. Pen and for St George's. Taylor didn't control well, but was fortunate to regain possession of the football. St George's College struggling a little bit now to get the ball out of their half with the type of fluency that Jamaica College has been able to advance with. Tariq Jones with the throw. JC on the front foot once more. Dennis trying to keep it in play with the macro batics. No success for him. It's a pretty hot afternoon as well. So they are working really hard out there given the intensity of the game and the importance of it. So we'll see how long they'll be able to keep this up. Yeah, it is very hot. It's quite hot. I think there would be an expectation of a water break as they have in their conditions of play as well. A water break in each half, especially when conditions ask for it. And today could be very much one of those days. It's a gentle breeze, but yeah, at this point, the heat overwhelming. Mitchell unsuccessful with that attempted clearance. It was won by John. Immediately he was surrounded by two or three St George's College players and now SDGC looking to catch JC on the counter. Unsuccessfully so on that occasion. Jixi with King cuts it across. Good defensive work from Jindu Paul, I think it was. Yeah, on a couple occasions this left side of the St George's defense has been exposed. Yeah, it was actually, yeah, it was actually on Neil Mitchell getting back. Yeah, to make the clearance. Corner kick coming up for JC. Reigns and Sears who did provide the assist for that Dylan John goal in the 2-1 win against Tivoli. Good from the dead ball of the extension. Sears delivers away from the target and the head of well-wind of the mark. Coming in from Sterling. Good leap from Sterling, but had so much to do. He was so deep in the 18-yard area. Couldn't really generate the power or the accuracy. A lot of fans still coming in Ricardo. Always a good sign. No team in the Manning Cup has been more resilient than Jamaica College in the last decade. Can they pull off one last Udini act to make it a 12th consecutive campaign in the semifinals of the Manning Cup? 20th minute of this one. Still no goals. Yeah, David's getting a warning there for time wasting. Of course, remember the permutations. St George's just need a draw. Jamaica College have to get the win and machine nation and company will be very much aware of that. Hence, just one in the goalkeeper from early. You're not going to be working the clock. Yeah, don't very much. He's already trying to work the clock. It's only the 21st minute of this contest. A long, long way to go. A lot of these players, they work it from minute one. It's always important to play these games like you have to win them. Agreed. Breathe. St George's College doing a really good job in midfield at the wind possession of the football again. The Jamaica College doing a really good job in midfield. Apologies. Yeah, I just think Jaheem Henry, it's the second or third time that St George's number four has been caught on the ball. And I just think in terms of making his decision from the back line, he's taken a little bit too long. Neville Berthe Speller said that to him as well. And again, he's caught on the ball and has to give up a corner. Yeah, from a St George's perspective, they have to be very much careful of that. No surprise that JC are the aggressors. They need the three points. Sears decided against going in with a cross that time. No, it finally comes in. Adrian Reed is on the money once again to hit it away. He's been good so far for St George's College. Now they're trying to escape. Again, the ball is given away. They have to be really careful here, St George's College. Given away a lot of loose balls in the middle of the park. And fortunately for them, JC have not made them pay yet, but they've created the opportunities. Two really good ones so far that should have been punished. Or should have been finished, I should say. Birket trying to keep this one in play. Jamon Dennis unhappy with the call, but it's a free kick that's coming up. Four St George's College. Brian Birket steps up, whips it in with the left foot. But it's a wayward ball. All here is trouble coming up. The ball given away and Jamaica College advance. Charge for 1-0, weak effort and a comfortable save for Davis in goal. That's another missed opportunity for JC. Yeah, we spoke about Malachi Sterling and how he likes to get forward. Their left-sided defender Malachi Sterling. Lovely overlapping run here from the number 27. Does well, cuts across the defender and then just look at this for a pass. That's beautiful, but King takes way too long and then the finish is really weak. Second really big chance for Malachi King. Davion Ferguson hoping that his team will not rule those missed opportunities. And again sloppy work coming from St George's College. Sometimes Chris, when you see so many of those errors you have to wonder if the occasion is getting to the players, even in a small way, stands filling out nicely at the Ashenheim Stadium. Sterling delivers, cleared away by Jaheem Henry. Ball looking for Birket. Sears again in the way. Top defending. Nill Hall still as well between Heidel and Tiffoli. That much going on at the prison oval in St. Catherine. B.B. Koch lead Cornwall College in the Costa Cop quarterfinal action by two goals to Nill. Wow. B.B. Koch out of St. Elizabeth lost their first match for Nill at the hands of Gavi Maseo. Now lead Cornwall College who are coming off of a loss as well, Cornwall College. Their loss came at the hands of Glenmure, was it? Tintil, Tintil with a two-nil win over Cornwall College. 26th minute of this one through a four St. George's College. Looking for Jean-Luc Peart. Couldn't get up to get the header in. And the Jamaica College had quickly down the other end, but St. GC solid this time. Not a very good clearance from Henry. Gets away with it, comes out to Hawil. Not sure if that was an attempted shot or a pass. The crowd very much into this one. You'll also be checking in on the other match as well because that would have a lot to do with it with Heidel and Tiffoli. Nill Hall at the moment there as well. Till and John. Spitz keeps it in for St. George's. Demand Le Penet for JC. Sterling on his way. Into the path. Free kick. Dennis has switched flanks as well. Yeah, caught me off guard for a second there. Yeah, moving over onto the left-hand side, picking up the foul. Busy player is Dennis. Commentary on our last, we're seeing how much Dennis resembles Romain Bleak. Jamaica College number six from last season. Center back and defensive midfielder who's gone overseas, played at Warthouse as well. Very similar build and everything. Pay no helping this occasion is. Free kick coming up for Jamaica College. They have created the clear cut opportunities at least three of them. But they are yet to capitalize. Sears has been putting in some decent deliveries. Sears whips it in. Another good delivery. Flag is up. Play continues. That was another close shave. Yeah, the ball actually went into the goal. Assistant flag for our side. Malachi Sterling is adamant that he didn't touch the ball. He was in an offside position probably though. Not going chase these ways. We approached half an hour. I think the argument of the assistant would be that Sterling is involved in the play. We wait and see. Didn't actually touch it. But yeah, it did end up in the back of the net from Sears. They've done everything right but score Jamaica College, legally at least. There is Sterling. I can't get him back. He's been so good Sterling. St. George's College start at the top of the table. But they could finish the day third as that one is just over the top. Third of course, if they're unable to get at least a point here today. This is a free kick I went from Sears. Who would have been in an offside position? Dennis saw it. But Sterling wasn't even involved in the play. Malachi Sterling, he's done. Well, we thought at first that Sterling as well was offside. But if you looked at that replay, Sterling wasn't involved in the play any at all. It was actually Dennis. Look at it here. Dennis might have been coming back from an offside position. Yeah, Dennis definitely offside. So a really good call from the officials. Dennis tried to get back onside but couldn't do it quick enough. Good defensive work as well. Arrangement in the back line from St. George's. We spoke about Jamaica College's consistency and getting to at least the semifinals of the Manning Cup. The last time St. George's College got to the semifinals without eventually reaching the final was 2013. They lost to Wolmers. Wolmers went on to lose the final to Jamaica College. That Wolmers team that had Jaheel Hyde a season. He felt he definitely would have won and didn't turn out to be the case. That's going to be a yellow card. At least that was a poor, poor challenge. Look at how high his boot was as well. Anil Mitchell.  Now look at this. What is he doing? And he's probably an inch away from getting a red card, Mitchell. Luckily for him, his foot passed the face of the Jamaica College player and didn't actually make contact. It looked as almost the back of his knee making contact in the end. I mean, we're so happy for that because had his touch made contact here with to the face, it might have been an emergency. Yeah, Mitchell played his Manning Cup football previously for Kingston College. Now a vital part of the St. George's College backline. And he will be needed today. Hasn't been able to stop JC from creating those opportunities so far. Davion Ferguson with the former Kingston College head coach Raymond Watson. Who has joined the staff here at Jamaica College. Together they're trying to figure it out. Free kick for JC. Sears again. The JC captain with a chance to test Dejeon Davison goal. Disappointing. Sears has had a couple of free kicks in the previous games and even though he hasn't scored them, they have definitely been on target and tested the keepers as well. Also with a couple assists but that one was disappointing. Well over. Yeah, you look at this first half and JC will not be happy with the fact that they haven't found a goal, especially with three or four really good chances, not even half chances, full on chances. Tennyson twined. Has a little bit of space. It's a good cross in charge. Oh, that is a super save. That is as good as it gets from Dejeon Davison. And somehow it's still goalless in this quarter final encounter. Yeah, excellent save from Davis. It was Tahir Lawrence getting in there at the back post, the number 14. Well done again by Dennis.  Was it King again? I think it was King. Maybe a blessing in disguise because Lawrence had a point blank opportunity. Jamaica College bearing down and goal once again. The attempted cross. From Sterling is blocked and the corner kick is coming up for Jamaica College. How much of this can St. George's College take? Best play on the path for Jamaica College so far in the first 35 minutes. Malachi Sterling driving forward. Very good left foot can pick a pass as well can Sterling. JC, all this pressure needs to come for something on the score sheet. Serious with another dead ball situation. Whips it in with the right foot. Headed away and further away by Henry. Lifted back inside the area. Mitchell heads it further clear again. Tariq Jones picks it up for Jamaica College. They advance once more. Here is Dennis. Dennis face to face with Mitchell and Sterling slashes at that one. Blocked. Junk for Jamaica College. Not sure if that was the best executed chess pass but it worked out. All the way back in defence. Sent forward, picks out King. Lovely take on first turn but then the next decision not the best. Dylan John out wide. Appeal for handed ball and they kept the call. This is good football from Jamaica College though. St. George is soaking up the pressure doing well so far. We'll keep one all. They come again to Jamaica College with a morally king, king across. That's not the best delivery. Lots of light blue shirts back. Speaking about the goals, Dintil have taken the lead against Gavi Moseo. That other quarter final, the Costa Cup match. That's a great delivery. The header from Dennis is wide. He can't believe that he hasn't put that on target. And once again, Jamaica College unable to make the pressure tail. Delightful ball coming in from their leading goalscorer Dylan John. He must have thought he would have picked up his fifth assist there Dylan John of the season. And Dennis, who provided earlier, should have finished that space for him. And all he had to do was direct the header on target because the pace of the delivery from John was perfect. You can't want many more easy opportunities in a match of this magnitude. St. George's haven't had anything in the 18-yard area of GSE so far. It's been all defending for them, not even an opportunity on the counter. And here we go again. And you couldn't meet the point that they are soaking up the pressure. But are they really? Here is Sean. Sean is blocked and Henry can clear. And Henry can clear. I was making the point, are they really soaking up the pressure or are hanging on? Yeah. Well, whatever the case, it's working at the moment. Credit to GSE, they need the result. As it stands, Heidel, they lead against Tivoli and they lead the group in the live standings on seven points that George's College, if they can hang on to the draw, will also advance and the defending champions, Jamaica College, will not make the semifinals for the first time since 2012. Last year's beaten finalists are already out. St. Andrew technical finishing fourth in that group. Shocking, considering they were their favorites. And yeah, Heidel going ahead against Tivoli from the penalty spot. So many penalties we've seen post-second round, Ricardo. And so many missed penalties as well. So most from Mona though. Yeah. Well, their trend still continues. Four penalties missed in a row. But yeah, from a Heidel perspective, they'll be happy that they buried theirs. And an important lead. Again, the ball is given away by St. George's College and in dangerous territory as well. Reid does well to win it back. Chendu Powell unable to control the ball for his time and Jamaica College will hit the other way with space and time and numbers. Dylan John didn't arrive in time as they switched the direction of the attack. But they'll continue to press forward. Mitchell forced to defend for St. George's College. And he does a very good job of it on a yellow card. So he always has to be cautious. Anil Mitchell, but that was a brilliant job to wash the ball into touch for a St. George's College goal kick. Neverbelt has seen it all before. Over 25 years of coaching at this level did coach at St. Jago as well before he coached at St. George's College. He's had so much success. But he hasn't won this title since 2012. It's been a while. He came very close in 2018, was it? Yeah. Bennett slips this one forward. John unable to turn. Sheet seat maintained position. Lawrence. And he plays it out of bounds. Too fancy for his own use, Lawrence. How's the show? I agree with how Dylan John turned here. Got the ball nicely in the box. Went on the half turn and I thought he freed some space for himself that he could have unleashed a left footed shot. Decided to turn back and it was all closed down by that point. Again, the decisions inside the 18 yard here from JC in this first half have not been the best. And as simple as you see, they could be up three, four goals already. 43rd minute, still no goals at the Asherheim Stadium. All important quarterfinal encounter. St. George's College only need a draw to advance. Jamaica College have to win. Still such a long way to go. Somehow JC have been unable to score. St. George's College haven't even created a clear cut opportunity. Four matches going on at the Costa Cop in the quarterfinal round as well. Glenmure and Cristiana locked at Nidall. So too Manchester and Clarendon College. Bibi Cokes still lead Cornwall College by two goals to nil. And Dintil leading Gavi Macio by a goal to nil. So Dintil looking for their second win in as many matches. Of course, in group one, if Clarendon College and Glenmure win, they will confirm their semifinal places. And Cristiana and Manchester will be out. There will be two losses in a row for both those teams. So yeah, Birket won it for St. George's College. They have a throw, and for the first time in a while, they've gotten deep into their opponents' half. Birket again, but on the tremendous pressure. And Javon Mills is there to put the ball away. Davion Ferguson made an important point in the pre-match interview that while they needed to be positive, they also needed to be disciplined. Because of the situation, they find themselves in. Birket, that one. That one, his cues off the outside of the boot. If you don't get the feeling, he will get many opportunities. So when he does... Well, it's another match where I think so far, both himself and Adrian Reed haven't been involved in it enough. JC heading forward again. Lawrence, the attempted crosses charge down. Corner kick coming up for Jamaica College. Do wonder if at some point Birket, for example, there will be some rotation, and maybe he will come a bit deeper. In the middle of the park, they need to have more touches than George's College, just to break up the tempo of the game. Disrupt the JC mobility within the middle of the park, because they are totally owning it at this point. And Reed and Birket, who have that skill, have the ability to distribute, keep the ball. Probably need to come a bit deeper to help them out. Cixi with a cut to the free. And the final shot is backed over the top. The flank was up for offside in any case. Some big names have already gone home this season. St. Andrew technical, and I want to tell you, talking about the Costa Cope, 12-time champions Cornwall College could be heading home as well, because they are looking down a second possible defeat. And if Dintil and Gavi Moseo draw that game, Cornwall are out. States have already gone home. So yeah, some big names falling in both competitions so far. And many teams would come in as favorites or outside favorites. Yeah, they're up against it. As I said, JC, another one of them, who as it stands now, are heading out. We are into two minutes of first half stoppage time. Cixi zero, St. George's College zero. Enough for St. JC to make the semifinals, not for Jamaica College, though. They have to win this one, especially because Heidel are winning against Tivoli. And the only other way JC can advance with a draw is if Tivoli beat Heidel. Here is a penalty. Severe Taylor team down in the box. And against the run-up play in the dying moments of the first half. St. George's College with a glorious opportunity to go in front. How many times have we seen it in football, frustration, but David Ferguson and company. St. George has nothing going forward. Here is Taylor. Yeah, that was close, it wasn't it. Just look at it here. Mills, the two battle of the two number sixes. Yeah, that's a penalty. Mills taking him down, looking to go shoulder to shoulder.  And as you said, St. George is probably the first time they've really gotten into the 18 yard area. And just like that, a chance for the lead. This is a massive moment in this game. Brian Burkett, the leading man for St. George's College, stands behind it, comes face-to-face with Rahul Renton. Burkett approaches college in front. Light blue nation can't celebrate. They have been dominated in this first half. Montage, and it's a massive advantage as well, because all they need is a draw to advance to the semifinals of the Manning Cup. And Jermakle College must be wondering, how on earth are we behind? Well, clinical from Brian Burkett. Burkett, as he usually is from the spot, 20 goals on the season from Burkett now. I don't think he's had six touches in the game. But he does have six assists to go with those 20 goals this season. And one of them has given St. George's College the advantage going to the break. They were dominated in that first half. They apparently got into enemy territory. Jermakle College had at least four clear-cut opportunities. They could not beat Dejeune Davis in goal. And somehow, somehow, Nevilleville, Marcel Gale, and St. George's College are in front at halftime. They lead by a goal to nail. The home of champions, Jermakle Premier League on Sportsmax Sunday, 3 p.m. for ECT, Mullines United, taking on the defending champions, Mont Pleasant, and Arne Gardens FCF against Tipley Gardens. That will be at 6 o'clock in Jermakle, 7 ECT. And on Monday, 5 p.m., 6 ECT, Harbourview vs. Humberline on Sportsmax 2. Also on Sportsmax 2, Cavalier vs. Waterhouse at 7.30 p.m., 8.30 ECT. Back at the Asherland Stadium, St. George's College leading Jermakle College by a goal to nail. As it stands, the defending champions, JC, are heading out of the competition. Heidel, lead Tivoli by three goals to nail. They have essentially secured their place, and they are atop the table with seven points. St. George's College, as it stands with the 1-0 advantage, also have seven, but they still have to hold on, hold off Jermakle College, who, if they can turn this around, can advance with six points, three still in the fight, but only two can go through. Oshane Nation getting ready to send the second half on the way. The George's drums are going off in the distance. The fans are still filing into the Asherland Stadium, by the way. I guess this is what you call fashionably late. I don't think it works at a football game, though. Final four to five minutes. The last time Jermakle College failed to advance to the Manning Cup semifinals was 2012. They are in danger of not making it to the last four in 2023. St. George's College have a 1-0 advantage, and Jermakle College must win this game. To turn their fortunes around, the battle continues. Heidel seems safe. They are three in a lot. Over Tivoli. They are safe, Ricardo. The only way Heidel would not go through is if Tivoli were to defeat them by two clear goals, which means at this point that Tivoli would have to score five. Yeah, well done, Heidel. It's one of those times I would say I've seen stranger things, but I haven't. Doing the job so far, and doing it emphatically as well. At the start of the season, they were tipped to be troublemakers, as we like to call them. Not favorites, but a team that could cause a lot of problems. Here is Hoyle. He's putting it wide for Lawrence. Flag is up. Shane Winesha blowing his whistle, wondering why. Is it a free kick to GSE? Seems that way. I thought it was offside initially. Well, it was an offside because the second assistant on the far side didn't flag anything. But he looked towards his fourth assistant, the fourth referee, and his first assistant. And well, it didn't have much to say. All right, here we go. Sarah standing behind this one for Jermakle College. Looking to lever early in the second half, having gone behind late in the first. The delivery is gone, and it flashes across the face of Gull. And behind for a Gull kick. How was that missed yet again? Look at this from Hoyle. He's missed kick this Hoyle. Hoyle putting it wide. Well, again, a scuffed connection. Jaycee would have needed to score right there just to, at the start of the half, disrupt things early, back to where they started in terms of the ascendancy and them adding pressure. Well, yeah, they've not been clinical so far. And usually in these kind of matches, in these kind of situations, Jermakle College, you usually see the best of them. Sterling driving forward once again. Pass wasn't great though. Here's one for you, Kristela. The last time Jermakle College didn't make the semifinals of the Manning Cup was the first time Heidel made the semifinals of the Manning Cup. Heidel are in the semifinals for the second time. And they went to the final on that occasion. One nil, one nil they lost in the end. Here, serious. No, they lost three nil to St. George's College. Oh, wide to Lawrence. Lawrence slips it inside the box. Might have gone for the cross. Made it a comfortable clearance for SDGC. There's a good ball coming in, but it's headed right at Davis, who stands firm once again. Good positioning by Davis. Save hands as well. Good connection on the head up.  Serious as ball is cut out by Reed. Here's Birket. St. George's College attacking the cross. Wasn't great from Pirt. Reed with the throw. Pirt leaves it for Reed. Birket JC, 50th minute. The champions under tremendous pressure in their own backyard. They need at least two goals or else they are out of the Manning Cup. It seems certain now as well. Chris Taylor. As the beer Taylor is taken down the man who won the penalty. But it seems pretty certain now, Chris Taylor, that Heidel will top the group, which means they will play Kingston College in one semifinal. Kingston College finishing second behind Mona in group one. And St. George's College would play Mona if this score line holds. Based on goal difference. Yes, far from over though. Both teams would end with seven points. Two wins and a draw. Hasn't been a great game in my estimation, Chris. It's been a scrappy game. We saw some quality in the first half in their build-up from Jamaica College. Missed a number of opportunities, but I would say a lot of quality in everything but the finish from Jamaica College. Lots of quality. Close the midfield. Won all the battles there. Spread the ball wide. Good passes inside the area. Everything was present except the finish. Taylor for St. George's. For St. George's, apart from the Birket penalty finish. No one really come into the four, apart from goalkeeper Davis. I thought he really had a good half, Davis. Looking a lot better in the second half as Reed finds Taylor. Taylor to Birket, Birket from distance as well wide. Much better from his TGC. They have the lead now. And that's what you want from a St. George's standpoint for them to grow into confidence. Go in confidence. I'm missing like the JC attackers.  Well, you got it together, can they? Ford again, but in the second half what we spoke of in the first half with Birket and Reed, Taylor a little bit closer together. Now Birket has gone back high, but at the start of the second half, both himself and Reed were playing closer together. Birket a bit deeper, a little bit more, a few more touches. And if you think about the chance where they got in the 18 yard area, it was actually Birket who executed that pass. So from that perspective, better. Brown with Brinton hasn't had a lot to do in goal for Jamaica College, but he's the one who is conceded. Not that he could do anything with Birket's left footer from the penalty spot. Goes JC's way. I actually thought Lawrence brought that up himself though. Lawrence looked like he kicked the foot of Spence. Let me tell you, if you look at the legs of Spence there, bit like a tank is Matthew Spence. Lucky to get bailed out there was Lawrence and Jamaica College. And I think that's exactly what St. George's are saying as well. The St. George's College bench, up and warming. Substitution coming forward, Jamaica College. Jamal Benet is off. Jadley Johnson is on. Nine goals this season for Johnson. Davion Ferguson needs a 10th and maybe even an 11th from him. John Sterling Johnson, the substitute. Appeal for handed ball and it goes the way of St. George's College. Ash and Ime is pretty close to capacity in terms of the crowd. Yes, you said fashionably late. It was very surprising when the game actually started. The whole thing, it looked. A lot of the St. George's supporters were here early, but not the Jamaica College ones. But yeah, still a tight game. A lot can still happen. And even though Haydell have run away with the other one, by three goals in it at this point, this one can still go either way. Dylan John. Johnson with a cross. Card for Matthew Spence. Obviously for descent, something he must have said to one of the assistants. I think it's to the first assistant. Referee is on headset. So yeah, got the word for Shea Nation. Sterling again. How will... Johnson gives Jamaica College a massive chance. Kepsey's composure to Jadon Johnson. Yeah, was under pressure and clinical after far upright. No chance on that occasion for Davis. And as we said, this a very close match. Can still go either way. And by the way, as it stands still, it hasn't changed the table in any way. But Jamaica College a little closer. To achieve in what they need to do. Eleven on the season now for Jadon Johnson. Sixty first minute. It's one-one. Another yellow card. Johnson, the goalscorer, sees yellow for taking out Burkett. Yeah, a little bit too much a lip between the players now. And that has resulted in that silly challenge there. Needs to get a hold of himself, Johnson. Just scoring a goal. You don't want to get yourself sent off. As Burtis makes a change of his own. Clarke on for O'Neill. Chacon Clarke. Takes off his leading assist make-up of the season in O'Neill. Twelve assists did O'Neill have.  Sterling sends it long. Laurence Salt-White. Johnson. This time the shot is wide. Was never in control. And Jamaica College sensing once again that they have the upper hand in this game. Can they get another goal to have the upper hand in the group, in the quest for a spot in the semifinals? Yeah, Johnson getting in the thick of things. Maybe a bit of a surprise that he didn't start, Johnson, but coming off with the kind of energy that JC need. And well, it must be said, finishes of a clinical nature because that's what they lacked in the first half. Pipping their steps again, JC. Did someone say physical? Maybe looking to get away with a booking is Adrian Reed, who is very vocal. The captain was actually Reed, was it? There was Michael Pennant. Free kick coming up. Sears again. Standing over it for Jamaica College. JC looking for the advantage. Sears floats this one to the back post. Timely header. A way for a throw. Back inside. What did Davis, who had his near post, covered Johnson once again?  Yeah, this much is very tense. Now sidelines, players on the part, the officials on the pressure as well. I don't think anybody would have it any other way. This is as big as quarterfinals get in schoolboy football in the land of wood and water. Talking about 53 titles between these two schools, money cup titles, that is. It was always going to be this kind of battle. One must go home. One will advance. This is where it can also be more than just your ability to play football. As a player, you want to embrace these major occasions. Many persons here embracing it, Ricardo. Maybe including Geron Morrisili, who is on the sidelines. Thank you so much. Thank you so much, Ricardo. Of course, there's a lot going on down here. There's a heated battle between not only on the field, but between the coaches. Now coach Neville Burtis Bell from St. George's College is imploring his players, of course, asking them and telling them and shouting at them and make sure that they press the ball and try to get the ball back as soon as possible from Jamaica College and force a bad pass as what Jamaica College was doing to them in the first half. And that is what he's asking his players to do. Of course, he's not satisfied to that level about the pressing that they've been able to come up with, but they're working on it. Over on the Jamaica College side now, you can see the top two wingers, of course. The concept that coach Ferguson is going with is, of course, getting the control in the midfield, asking his wingers to run a little wider and then cut inside. That is what created a goal for them. And that is what they're trying to break down. That's where they're trying to break down, St. George's College on the wingers because they see that there's weaker defense on the wing and they're looking to exploit that. So that is all that's happening down here from the sidelines and Gerard Morsi. Back to you guys in the commentary box. 1-1, 67th minute. A result that favours St. George's College. JC made one more goal at least. Talking about defending champions, Claren and College have a two-year lead against Manchester at Deandre Gallimore-Brace. In the second half there. BbCo continued to lead Cornwall College by two goals to nil. In second half action, it's still 1-0, by the way, between Dintil and Gavi Moseo. Dintil with a one-goal lead. And Gleymure and Christiana are locked at nil on. This is excellent football now from Jamaica College. Dennis being tackled up by Jindu Powell. Still got the cross in. So much. To play for. JC applying pressure with Sterling. Mills slipped inside. Appeal for a penalty. Nation was right there. No call. Serres goes long. Looking for Lawrence out wide. Lawrence got ahead to it and picks out Sterling. Sterling back to John. JC spreading this football now and keeping it away from St. George's College. Serres wants more. Chips it forward. St. George's College almost chasing shadows at the moment, Chris. Yeah, they won't mind that as long as they keep them at the half line. St. George's. Sterling. They first knocked a good ball. Heading back inside. The flag is up for offside. I don't think Jamaica College are moving the ball quick enough at times though. They are allowing St. George's to get behind the ball, organise themselves and then hoping for a mistake. I like when they transition quickly. And if you think about the goal from Howell, even though we're about to see a change. The pass from Howell, how that goal was constructed from a JC perspective, the ball moved quickly through the middle. Howell with a decisive pass through and Johnson running on was able to finish. They didn't slow up the game. St. George's couldn't react in time, couldn't organise themselves. Malik Lorraine comes on for St. George's College in place of Jindu Powell at right back. 70th minute. A spot in the semifinal at stake. Taylor, the man who won the penalty for St. George's College. John for JC. Howell. There is Howell again. Picks out John once again. Howell too very important to assist in the last two games. Picked up an assist against Tiva Liganzi. It was the same combination. Howell to Johnson and again in this game. Finding Johnson, really good chemistry between himself, the number 12 and the number 15 from Jamaica College. Popping up at the right time where they need more, they need another goal. Sterling for Sears. JC attacking. Sears felt ambitious. But ambition I guess doesn't always yield success. Cornwall College have pulled one back against BB Koch. It's now 2-1. That's over into the Costa Cop. Second set of quarter-final matches on today. They'll finish off their quarter-final round on Tuesday. Big C gets the call. One little off-time in St. George's College and their fans are feeling confident. Jamaica College have pulled level and now it's all to play for. Sterling drives at the St. George's College defense once again. Plays it back to Howell. Howell picks up Mills. Mills finds Sears. Here's Ja'Vonne Mills in possession. Howell again. Driving forward. Howell, his ball is cut out. St. George's College can relieve a little of that pressure. Sterling's pass intercepted. It backs it forward. Spins further forward. The shot is well off the mark. To win championships, you have to find a way through these very difficult games. Difficult moments. By the way, for the other fans who are listening in, as you mentioned, there's a Costa Cop. Rakim Grizzel, the scorer for Cornwall College. Trailing BB Cop by two goals to one. Glenmure and Cristiana still at Nillall. It's 1-0 to Dintill against Gavi Moseo, the elite. All matches are in the second half at the moment and Clarendon College with a De'Andre Gallimore brace. Lee 2-0 against Manchester. Howell in the centre of the park for Jamaica College. Trying to send John on his way. John gets a good ball inside the box. Here's a shot. Oh, lovely save. What's at a good height. Footage on Davis. Lots of miss kicks. But there's one thing about Jalen Johnson. He's come with a shooting bouton. His strike yet again. And this time, Davis equal to the task. Yeah, look at this. Quite a few miss kicks in here initially. Sterling, John and company. But yeah, Johnson making good connection. And yeah, as I said, a comfortable life for Davis, but still had to get it done. He's been a major difference for Jamaica College Johnson. Corner kick coming up for the defending champions. As they fight to remain in the Manning Cup for the 2023 season. This one whipped in into the centre of the St George's defence. The header is wide though. As Johnson again, wasn't it? Yeah. That man again. Yeah, had a bit of space. Probably should have done better with the header. Wasn't really challenged was Johnson. Again, the chances are coming for GSE. They can't say that they haven't created a lot. And so far, they've only taken one. And to me, they're almost at maybe 10 really good chances. Davion Ferguson sounded extremely confident in the pre-match interview, suggesting that they started shakily. They had a problem in the first game against Tydel. And they have fixed it. There's been another problem today. Yeah. Sterling. Got a lot of time on the ball, Sterling. Here he is again. This time his pass is cut out. This is exactly what we expected. We figured it would come down to the final 15 minutes, Crustela. And it has. Take your pick. Who do you suspect will find what is necessary from this point on? Well, in over 11 years of matches between these two teams, we haven't seen a draw. So this current score line, not something that happens between these two teams. It is all St. George's College need though. So I think there's another goal in it. It's just what color will it belong to? St. George's College getting ready to make another substitution. The crowd has almost gone quiet, Crustela. Anticipation. Ronaldo Barrett getting ready to come on forward. Jamaica College as well. Harris Burkett for St. George's College. Chips it into the path of Piert. Two inside the box waiting. This one comes to the edge. Shot is well off the mark. The substitute, Shaquon Clark. Yeah, that should have been a corner though. There was a deflection. And none of the officials picked it up. As you'd see in cricket, there was a double noise. Okay, Mr. Empire. Here's Ronaldo. Barrett coming on in the 78th. Confirmed, Mr. Al Ronda. Her place is Jaboi Dennis. Here's Barrett now. Right away on the football. Fresh legs to try and run at the St. George's College defense. Davian Ferguson is sitting. Looks calm on the outside. But I'm sure burning on the inside. Donald Stewart is assistant up on the bench. Screaming all the instructions. Kingston College left it very late yesterday to find the goal that was needed to take them through over St. Catherine. Can Jamaica College deliver similarly? Here is Howell. Barrett the substitute. Mills back to Sears. St. George's College closing down all the passing lanes. Goes out wide to Howell who can't get across in. Who does get across in, but it's headed away. 80th minute. Maybe SDGC have gone into defense mode now as John dribbles forward. Lawrence is free out wide. Lawrence with a less than effective delivery. He had all the time in the world to hear Lawrence and will be disappointed with that cross. Substitution coming up for St. George's College. Violent free Campbell will be coming on. Can't miss him. He'll be the smallest on the park. And he will replace one of the biggest men in Matthew Spence. Top marksman into the Costa Cup. Cahim Dixon has scored for Clarendon College. They now lead by three goals to nil against Manchester High. They're about to record their second victory in the quarterfinal round. Big favourites to retain their title Clarendon College. Tivoli have pulled one back against Heidel. It's now 3-1 in the other man in quarterfinal going on. As we know in that match though, Tivoli would have to win by two goals to nil to really disturb, but would have to win by two clear goals to disturb this group in terms of the order. So as it stands, Heidel are through safe and sound. Tivoli would need another four goals, at least, and they're only about 10 minutes to go. Jamaica College only need one. Jabari Howell, that's good defending. From Anil Mitchell. This is nerve-wracking stuff. Sometimes it can be more difficult being a fan than actually being out on the field of play. Opportunity for St. George's College to relieve some pressure as Birken goes to the floor. Tintil technical have found another goal, and in that big matchup against Gavi Moseo, they now lead by two goals to nil. Wow! Merron Gordon under pressure, coming off of a four-nil win against BB Koch. Tintil should be heading, well, looks like they're heading to two wins from two. Two wins from their last two in the quarter-final round would take Jamaica College through, but they need one more goal, at least. There is still time. Quite a bit of it as well. Here is Mills, decided to try his luck from distance. That's part of the game when it goes well over the top. A bit of desperation from Jamaica College. A lack of imagination as well. David Ferguson is saying that. Giovanni Taylor will be coming on. Lifestandings. Heidel Lee, the group ahead of St. George's College and Jamaica College. JC can change that with a goal here. They would go to six points, as Giovanni Taylor comes on for JC. The JC number 10 worked when he brought on Johnson. There's Craig Butler. His Mona team already in the last four and they are watching the team. They are likely to play, regardless of whether it's St. George's College or Jamaica College. The SDGC fans trying to pop the players on. If they can get a goal here, they would all but finish this off, I think. There's a shot that rented. There's Vassar Reynolds, the Kingston College coach in white. No purple today. He's also there. Both coaches in the semifinals. Yeah, wait. They're opponents. Vassar Reynolds has won the Walker Cup with Wilmas. He's won the Costa Cup with Racise. He's won the Champions Cup. Yes, that man has won a couple of Walker Cups as well. A Manning Cup, not in that colour though. Brought Kingston College back to glory. Lodla Bernard having spent years at Wilmas where he couldn't deliver them to the promised land, but he won two Walker Cups here. But he definitely delivered Kingston College the prize that trolled for the Manning Cup. And then did it again. Won it all, didn't he? Yeah, he did. And played an attractive brand of football as well. The fans are getting back into it because they realise it's coming towards that moment. SDGC just need to remain disciplined. Jamaica College need a moment of magic. Oh, you never know. Simplicity. Sears. That's not what they need. It's turning who has been so good today. Doesn't control well. Yeah, crunch time now. The theme purple has got it done. As their motto says, they brave may fall but never yield. No work is burning in this field as Taylor goes down. Free kick St. George's College. But is it enough work to get them the goal they desperately desire? Free kick taken quickly. Taylor. St. George's College may throw a few forward here. This is a glorious chance to cross from Barrett. And now they have to get back. Johnson to John. And the play is broken up by Mitchell who despite an early yellow card I think has had a fabulous game for SDGC. That's good work from Tariq Jones. Malakai Sterling. Jamaica College in possession. 88th minute of this match. John Chases will have a corner kick. Dying moments of the 90. The JC fans shout goal. They are desperate for it.  Now the shot of desperation. We've seen serious stake. Most of the dead ball situations it was Dylan John who took that one. The Sportsmax app moment brought to you by the Sportsmax app. Dylan John with the cross. Johnson with the shot. Dejean Davis with the save. Not convinced that was his best one of the day but it was one of quite a few that has kept St. George's College in this game and in pole position to advance to the semifinals. We are in the 90th minute. We watch the fourth official closer to see how much time will be added on. Here's the ball floated inside. And behind. Cheers coming from the St. George's section of the crowd. Four minutes to be added at the end of the 90. Spread faces. On the Jamaica College side of the Divide. There is confirmation and we are into those four minutes. It was six for St. Catherine to hold on yesterday and they couldn't. It's four for St. George's College to hold on today. Can they? Jamaica College have found away so many times before. Under Miguel Coli they did. Under Andrew Peer they did. And Davion Ferguson is trying not to become the first Jamaica College coach since 2012 not to reach the Manning Cup semifinals. Here's Dylan John another desperate delivery. How will Buckley for it a swing? From Birkin a free kick forward Jamaica College. This is a good chance Chris. It is. You look nervous. I've never heard you stop talking for so long. I think you're nervous. Yeah. I wonder why you're just a commentator. Yeah I think there's another big moment in the game. Johnson just four minutes. Yeah Johnson is there. Think Sears is there as well. Johnson has already scored once. This is a good distance to be able to get the ball over the wall. It's some way out. It would take a blinder from here. We've seen blinders before. Johnson has scored one already. We are in the 93rd minute. Surely if JC scored now there would be no way back for St George's College. Low down is the chance. That's your chance. That's the chance for Jamaica College. And I must say after this free kick that the second touch there is poor. It's not good enough from Lawrence. Why are you taking an additional touch there? Took a deflection off the wall Chris Taylor. And Davis did well to make the save. It's not over yet though. JC's still coming forward. The pass is cut out. St George's College can clear the football. Free Campbell has brought on to the point. Yellow card he receives in the Manning Cup this season. Tis seconds to play. Takeer Lawrence sees yellow. And St George's College will be in no rush to take this one. The light blues feel as if they have done enough. But there is still time on the clock. But not a lot of it. We are about to hit 94. We are in to time. Add it on to added time. Never bell had that. They have done it. The champion over crown for 2023. The teams who contested the championship match last season have both been knocked out at the quarterfinal stage this time around. St Andrew technical yesterday. Jamaica College today. College, Heidel and St George's College are the final four in the Manning Cup for 2023. So the four that will represent the urban area in the Champions Cup. The draw to be done on Tuesday night following the final set of quarterfinal matches in the La Costa Cup. There's the final score. Jamaica College won. St George's College won. But it's SDGC who have the desired result. Oshayn Nekshan set the game on its way. St George's College needing only a draw to make a college needing to win. Adrian Reed with a free kick early. Wind of the mark. Glorious chance here for Jabari Howell. Couldn't beat the goalkeeper. Sears with this corner. The header will wind from Sterling. St George's College struggled in the first half. That was a poor pass and Sterling picked up on it. Lovely cut back to Amarley King. But it was a really weak effort from the Jamaica College number nine. This one went into the back of the net. But Jamoin Dennis was in an outside position. The assistant in the perfect position. That went over the top for SDGC. But it was Jamaica College will continue to create the chances in the first half. This one falling for Tahir Lawrence. Dejaun Davis was having a peach of a first half. Dennis to Lawrence. Davis in the way what the game he had. Dylan John with a cross of absolute quality. But Jamoin Dennis couldn't head on target. It was well-wined. And then in the closing stages after all the domination from Jamaica College. The number six is collided. Jamoin Mills pushing. Sabir Taylor and St George's College had a penalty. Brian Birkin stepped up and slipped it at home for his 20th goal of the season to go with his 11th assist. His 39th goal in his senior schoolboy football career. And he was letting the Georgians know there was still a lot of work to do. JC continued to miss opportunities. David Ferguson brought on Jaden Johnson in the second half. He delivered for his coach a wonderful buildup. And a glorious finish. Precise pinpoint accuracy. It was one-one. And at that stage Jamaica College would have been feeling that they had time to get the job done. 30 minutes to find one more goal. They got the opportunities. Johnson forcing another brilliant save out of Dishon Davis. Was that a good height though? And he did very well to parried over the top. Yes, we saw a lot of that. But even at that stage JC still felt they could do it. And they should have done it. Free kick taking a deflection. Davis would receive the follow-up. Straight to take a second touch of it. That was the chance gone. It was the final one. Davis had done it again. And St. George's College had denied Jamaica College a spot in the Manning Cup semifinals for the first time since 2012. Jamaica College 20 shots. Nine of them on target. St. George's College 12 shots. Just three on target. 27 falls in the contest. 13 committed by JC. Six yellow cards. Four of them going to Jamaica College. JC dominated possession. 58% to 42. There were seven corners. And six of them went to Jamaica College. But the most important statistic is that St. George's College avoided defeat, which is all they needed to do to join Heidel from group two into the semifinals of the ISSA digital Manning Cups football competition for 2023. Let's go to Gerard Marseille. And there is no doubt who the digital man of the match is. Yeah, thank you so much, Ricardo. Of course, we have the presentation to the man of the match, Dejan Davis. He is the man of the match. Of course, that presentation made by Katie Webly, the junior brand manager of digital. So thank you, Katie. Dejan, talk to me about the first save. You made a lot of good saves in this game, but that first one in particular was the best of the game, in my opinion. Was it in yours? With the first save, I just realized that the ball came through and I had to be there to back up. My defenders failed to do that for me, but they have really done it throughout the game. And I know I had to step up to the plate and make that save. And so I did. Yeah, obviously the chance to go to the semifinals made you put your all in this game. But was it extra special that you were able to knock out the defending champions? I mean, it was extra special to me because my first Manning Cup season I came back in 2021. As most people know, we got demolished by JC 6-0 in 2021. And this is my chance that I had to step up and show them that we were coming back. It was not just not our season and we're here now and we did that and we beat them and now we're through to the semifinals.   I'm here to just play whoever comes in front of me and let's hope for the win. All right, thank you so much and congratulations again on being a Manning match. Thank you for having me. The John Davis there, the man of the match from St. George's College. Let's have a chat now with Coach David Ferguson from Jamaica College. Step up. Be a little bit disappointed. Coach, of course, yes, you are disappointed with this result. But just exactly how disappointed are you? I'm extremely disappointed. I think we came out here to the weather plan. We created enough chances but we just didn't put them away. We have had some issues up top and it showed here to the judges came. They came with a resilient spirit and they deserve to go through. Congratulations to them. Yeah, of course. Now your attack was all out. You tried all you could, especially in the first half, but was the St. George's College defense just too good for Jamaica College today? I wouldn't say that we created a lot of chances. Even the last minute, we had a one on one with the goalkeeper half a ricochet, which we should have scored. But such is football, yeah? You win some, you lose some. And this one today is one that we didn't win. We don't say goodbye to you just yet because you have the walker cup to play for. Are you going to win that title? Well, the most important thing now is to get these boys resettled, refocus, and we'll see what happens there. All right, Coach. I will see you then. Thank you so much. Yeah, my good, good. That was Coach David Ferguson from Jamaica College. The two coaches, of course, embracing St. George's College brain fuzzy. Of course, you know if you see Neville Bell on screen during the interview, that means that they would have lost. But it's a different story here. So we have myself, Gail. Coach Gail, talk to me about this win. How important was it to lift the morale not only of St. George's College football team but of the entire school? To God be the glory, all things you have done. You know, most sacred to Jamaica College. Something we're prepared for. We prepare today that we're going to suffer a lot today. It's a very, it's a very quality team, GC, not taking none away from it. But it's a case of defense versus attack today. Attack with defense totally today and credit must be given to the juror in goal today. It was fantastic between the six today. I think he made a difference for us today. Yeah, of course, we know that Coach Bell wanted the boys to press a little bit more. Is that something that you're going to work on going forward in this competition? You know, the game is like that. Sometimes you're prepared for some moments at some occasion. Today, we prepare for everything. You know, JC has created our only proper change today. But we are still today.  Forcing it today when we break, we create not much chance today, but the one we created, we scored. And that was good. But it's the nature of the game. But our objective today, we met it. All right, so you have Monahai in the semifinals, in case you didn't know. Monahai, a team that plays similarly to Jamaica College but a lot more attacking, is it going to be something similar, some kind of similar tactics that you're going to that game with? For now, we just want to do the recovery right now. And we plan ahead for that. I mean, we have a couple of days to plan for that. So we go out to a joint board and we plan for that game. All right, of course, we'll see you then. Thank you so much and congratulations again. Thanks. Yeah, thank you very much. Gerard Marsili, the Champions Cup quarterfinals, welcome up before we get to the Manning Cup semifinals. There you have it, Haidil and St. George's College qualifying for the semifinals of the Manning Cup from Group 2 and for the first time since 2012, Jamaica College on the outside looking in. So JC Antivoli coming out of the same group, exiting from the same group at the quarterfinal stage. Yeah, here's the semifinal lineup. Monah versus St. George's College, Haidil versus Kingston College. Haidil and Kingston College coming out of the same first round group. They meet again in the last four. Monah are there for a second year in a row. St. George's College in the last four for the first time since 2018 when they went all the way to the final and were minutes away from winning the title. They'll prefer to forget that though. Scoup World Football continues on your home of champions on Tuesday. Garvin Masayo versus Connell College, live 2.30pm, 3.30pm ECT. That's when the pregame show will begin on Sports Max Plus. And the Champions Cup draw will follow the four teams from the Manning Cup and the final four from the Dacosta Cup. It begins at 6pm and then Champions Cup action will be next week, Saturday. We're at that time of the season. Georgie and Fance will celebrate from Old Hope Road to North Street. The job far from done, but they have achieved what they came here to do today. They have denied Jamaica College a spot in the last four. And they head home jubilant as they advance.


So let's look at a new space called the null space of our matrix A. And what we really have here is a system of linear equations such that all the right-hand side values equals 0, 0, 0, 0 so that my B vector equals the 0 vector appropriate to the size or the dimensionality that I'm interested in. So let's look at this A 1, 3, 2 and 6. You can already see that one is just a linear combination of the other. 1 times 3 is 3, 2 times 3 is 6. Even 1 times 2 is 2, 3 times 2, that's 6. So you can already see that there is a problem here. This matrix will not be invertible. But let's have a look at what happens if we do elementary row operations on this. So there we go. I can multiply this by negative 2. So I'm going to get negative 2, negative 6 and 0. I'm left with 1, 3, 0. 2 and negative 2 is 0. 6 and negative is 0, 0. So this is what I'm left with. In essence, I'm left with this. If this was x sub 1, I'm left with x sub 1 plus 3 times x sub 2 equals 0. And this is the same. 2 plus 3 equals 0. If I divide by 2, divide by 2, I get the same equation. I have this, I actually only had one equation as opposed to two equations. And if I were to solve for x sub 1, that gives me minus 3 times x sub 2. And I'm free to choose anything for that. And the choice is usually that we make this choice 1. So if that's 1, this means this is negative 3. So my x vector here really is negative 3, 1. Negative 3, 1. And remember though that we are talking about linear combinations of these. So a linear combination just of this one vector will mean that my solution, my null space, if I go negative 3, negative 1, negative 2, negative 3, let's go there. So I go negative 3 down and I go 1 down there. So this is my vector here, negative 3, 1. So any line, any vector on this line, which is a constant multiple of this vector, is in the solution space, is in the solution space. So I can plug anything on this line, any vector on this line in there to give me 0. So this becomes the null space of this matrix. And as such it is a subspace, this line that is in there. Let's have a look at 1. So here's a weird system of linear equations in as much as there's only 1. I only have 1. So it would be 1, 2, 3, 0. And there's 1 as my pivot. I can't really do anything else. Let's just solve as far as x1 is concerned. So that's going to be negative x2 sub 2 minus 3 times x sub 3. And what I can do here now is create two special solutions if you can look at it. Remember this is just, you know, I can simplify this as well. I can normalize this so that the norm of this vector is 1. It will just be a vector with a length of 1 so it will just lie there. So there's infinitely many solutions here. That is what we're saying, but they will all lie on this line. So that was just on that one line there. Here though we're looking at three dimensions. So, you know, something slightly different is going on here. Let's create two solutions.  Let's just call it s. And what I'm going to do is let this be 0. This be 0 and this be 1. So that's 1 that makes this one negative 2. So that lies on that line. And let's make another one. Or shall we make the other one? Let's make it t. It doesn't matter what it is. So I'm going to make this 0 and this one 1. So this is 0 and this one 1. So that means this is negative 3. So I have these two special cases as far as my solution is concerned. And remember any linear combination of those then should also be, that is my null space of this single equation system of linear equations. Let's look at a, we'll get deeper into this null space. There's a few things to understand about this null space. Let's do this. I'm just going to clear the board. Okay, so we've cleaned the board. I've just moved it up. I can multiply by negative 3, minus 3, minus 6, minus 6, minus 12 and 0. That's 1, 2, 2, 4, 0. That gives me 0. That gives me a 2. That gives me a 0. That gives me a 4. That gives me a 0. That's fine. I can multiply this by minus 2. So it's 0, minus 2, 0, minus 8 and 0. And minus 2, minus 4 should be there of course. But I 1, let's just leave that one out. So I multiply this by negative 1. So 0, minus 2, 0, minus 4, 0. Add that 1 plus 0 is 1. That gives me a 0. That gives me a 2. That gives me a 0. That gives me a 0. And here I'm left with 0, 1, 0, 2, 0. So what I'm saying here is that I have x sub 1 plus 2 times x sub 3 equals 0. And here I have x sub 2 plus 2 times x sub 4 equals 0. So I can solve for x sub 1 here. x sub 1 equals minus 2 times x sub 3. And x sub 2 equals minus 2 times x sub 4. So that's my solution that I have there. Once again, as we did with the previous one, let's make a couple of solutions here, special solutions. Remember I still have 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 as the solution to any of these. But let's do this. Let's make this a 0 and we make this a 1. So we're making x4 a 0 and we're making x3 a 1. That makes x2 a 0 and then makes x3, that's a 1, makes that a negative 2. Let's do another solution. Let's make this a 1 and that is 0. And this x sub 4 is a 1 that makes x sub 2 a minus 2 and that makes x sub 1 of that's 0 a 0. So you can see those special solutions that we can create once we get to this part. And these solutions are all, they all form part in the linear combination form part of the null space of my matrix A that we started with. Let's make this a matrix A. Remember it was the augmented matrix so we were only looking at that was one matrix A. So I'm creating solutions that are in the null space of my matrix. This is a bit tricky when you know you'll see different answers but remember the whole idea here is that the solutions are in this null space here forming this line, here forming a linear combination of these. So the solutions all fall within the solution that we are looking for. They all fall in this and the linear combination of these are in the null space of my original matrix.


which I think is the call and response of good morning. So thank you to our hosts for convening this urgent conversation. And let me just say that over the course of today, you will encounter a slew of cogent arguments for taxing the ultra-rich. You've already heard why this is smart economics. You'll hear more about why it is good for racial justice, good for public health, and good for the planet. And you will hear from the polling data how very popular it is, including with Republican voters. But all of this begs the question of why if it is so wise and so widely desired, it will also be so hard to do. In fact, it will not be done without deep power-building and serious structural reform of our politics. I speak then of the elephant in the room, the daunting obstacle to every sound policy idea these days, the corporate capture of our democracy. Many of the best minds in economics and political science and in Congress have exposed how it works. You heard earlier from Paul Krugman, whose columns keep us all informed and sane, not to be underrated. You just heard from Heather Boucher, and you probably know that it was Joseph Stieglitz who first wrote that we have developed a government, and I quote, of the 1% by the 1% and for the 1%. Many of you know the political scientists who have documented however more concentrated wealth is deforming public policy, making it into a veritable wealth defense industry. In books with titles like Winner Take All Politics, Affluence and Influence, Unequal Democracy, The 1% Solution, Billionaires and Stealth Politics was mentioned by Paul, and so many more. Some of you will have read Captured, the Corporate Infiltration of American Democracy by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, who witnessed the process in a front row seat. And whether from Jane Mayer's path-breaking articles on the Koch brothers in The New Yorker or her magnificent book Dark Money, nearly all of you know that the fuel that drove this government capture was political spending on the part of billionaires determined to rig the system in their own favor. My own research for Democracy in Chains complements these accounts. But in following the history of the libertarian political economic ideas that were weaponized into a stealth, step-by-step strategy by Charles Koch and his allies, I discovered, you might say, that it's even worse than it looked to Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein. What we are seeing, I learned, is far more than partisan. It is an audacious project, decades in the making, to fundamentally change the relationship between the people and the government, and to do so permanently, in a manner that is designed to pin the proverbial pendulum to the right so that it cannot swing back again. This gambit is being carried out by a vast and determined network of ostensibly separate national bodies, state-level organizations, organizing enterprises, and academic outposts. With George Mason University's Marketus Center and Scalia School of Law, the flagship, but dozens more now in operation. As Charles Koch rightly boasted to a donor summit last year, and I quote, we have made more progress over the last five years than I was able to make over the previous 50. To grasp why having their plan matters, let me quote Koch Industries senior vice president and general counsel, Mark Holden, lately in the news for rebranding the Koch image with criminal justice reform. I'm quoting him as he gloated to a donor summit in late 2015. He said this, we're close to winning. They don't have the real path. They don't have the real path. He was referring to critics of the Kochs. I found that real path in my research, I believe. It starts with gaining control over an ever-growing number of states, 30 now. It then moves through those state legislatures to rig the rules of the political process in each one in a manner that is designed to choke progressive national policy, too. Among the pivotal changes are these, redistricting to enable minority rule to a degree never seen before, hamstringing labor unions, especially teachers' unions, the most powerful and pro-public in today's America, undermining other strong liberal lobbies such as Planned Parenthood. Then, with these core defenders of democracy weakened, and by the way, I witness this up close and personal in North Carolina, a laboratory. With these core defenders of democracy weakened, the strategy moves on to the next phase, with voter suppression, the privatization of public goods to alter power relations, preemption by state legislatures of local progressive wins, gaining control of the judiciary in the states, and more. The ever-strategic co-grantee Grover-Norquist has equated this chokehold on state-level power diminished in the 2018 midterms, yay, but still very strong, with a Roman pillum. That is a spear formidable enough to penetrate any shield and barbed so that it could not be pulled out. He was, I believe, gesturing to what this real path is driving toward. The ultimate rules change, altering the U.S. Constitution and not in the usual open way. The right is building toward the first state-convened constitutional convention since 1787, under the never-before-used provision of Article 5, which allows two-thirds of the states to call such a convention. The goal is to amend the Constitution in a manner that would curtail most of what progressive social movements have accomplished, not just since the 1960s, not just since the 1930s, but since the 1910s, when billionaires first became subject to progressive taxation. This may sound exaggerated, I know, but it's not, it is happening. Common Cause has called the Article 5 convention push, and I quote Karen Flynn, the most serious threat to our democracy flying almost completely under the radar. And consider this, while the eyes of journalists have been fixated lately almost exclusively on the man I've come to think about as the distractor-in-chief, organizations and elected officials funded by the Koch network with Alec in the lead have been quietly lining up the authorizations needed to call such a convention. They now have the backing of 28 of the 34 states needed, six to go, with five Republican-controlled states, by the way. So what kind of a country would the Libertarian Dream Constitution create? We don't have to guess. The attorney and right-wing talk show host, Mark Levin, has spelled out the particulars in the Liberty Amendments, a 2013 book that made number one on all three New York Times bestseller lists without drawing mainstream attention. Over 3 million individuals have endorsed this call for a constitutional convention, including allegedly mainstream Republicans such as Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio. Hans van Sipofsky of the Heritage Foundation, whose name will be familiar to you as a leader in the project of voter suppression, says that these Liberty Amendments offer the prospect and I quote, of reversing the damage inflicted by the progressive movement over the past 100 years. What then does all of this mean for people like us in this room who are taking on the urgent project of taxing toxic concentrations of wealth? It means, quite frankly, that we have to step up our game. We need to develop a long-term integrated strategy of our own to deal with this. Let me highlight a few of the things that I believe that we need to pay attention to in closing because no one in this room, or the people they represent is going to let this thing win, right? It means that taking stands on single issues, even big issues like taxes or jobs or health care is no longer going to work as it once did because our political system has been so captured by the ultra-wealthy. It means, and this points to rather another crucial lesson, which is that democracy itself must become the focus of every progressive work, whatever their main cause is, as must alerting the public to the profound danger democracy is in in America and not just from Donald Trump. As one nurse wrote to me, I see now that this presidency is the tumor, not the cancer. And to get the treatment, the best treatment plan, you need to have a correct diagnosis, she said. So what is the cancer? The cancer is the chronic condition that allowed the Koch strategy to get as far as it has. The concentration of wealth and power among billionaires who guard their advantages by reading the system. The only lasting way out of this acute crisis then is deep structural reform. Reform to break up concentrated wealth, reform to stop the flow of dark corporate money to candidates to bring more voters into participation, and to rebuild countervailing power to extreme wealth, including the power of unions. HR1 was a promissory note from House Democrats on the kind of changes we need to crack down on lobbying that corrupts to reform campaign finance and to ensure voting rights. You'll hear more about it today, I'm sure, but it passed the House unanimously and every Democratic senator has pledged support for it. We also need to work on democracy beyond elections, year-round enhanced organization, especially at the state level, where the losses had such ruinous consequences. To do all of that, we will need to use tax policy to combat the catastrophic concentration of wealth. And to make that possible, we will need to build vast popular power and align as never before as the final panel today will lay out. It's a tall order, to be sure. But here's the kind of fun irony that history is full of. In trying to take away our shared toolkit, a government with the capacity to carry out the will of the people using progressive taxation and corporate regulation, one we have taken so much for granted as not even to think about it. In trying to take away that toolkit, the Koch-led right may have done for the rest of us what we have been so unable to do for ourselves. Make us realize how much we have in common and how deeply we need one another to preserve our shared values and victories and indeed our common planet. As the old adage goes, there is no crisis that is not also an opportunity. And so I will simply end by saying that if we want a healthy fiscal policy, we are going to have to get a healthy democracy. Thank you.


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