Sydney Olympic sizzle against Wolves

The game kicked off to a blistering pace with Sydney Olympic the first to attack, moving the ball wide and testing the Wolves lefts side of defence.
Olympic players such as Cedric Ramirez, Matthew Mayora and Chris Triantis combined well and produced many opportunities throughout the afternoon.
South Coast Wolves also took aim with Andy Keep shooting on-target, only for the ball to hit the crossbar in the opening minutes of the game.
This set the tone for the entire match, and within 5? minutes Sydney Olympic broke through the Wolves defensive line with Ramirez finding space and having only the keeper to beat. In a gallant attempt to stop a certain goal, the Wolves shot-stopper ran off his line scuttling the attack and a certain goal, while making sure that no foul would be committed on the Sydney Olympic player.
In the 7? minute, a cross from Iain Ramsey created havoc for the Wolves backline as they tried to clear the ball out of the box only for Chris Triantis to place it in the bottom right-hand corner of the net and produce the opening goal of the afternoon, giving Sydney Olympic the lead.
Olympic?s perseverance had paid off and motivation was high as they continued to press forward while the Wolves defended. The Wolves produced some attacking raids with combinations from players such as Mark Picciolini, Andrew Paine and Andy Keep, however in the 16? minute Sydney Olympic?s Phillip Makrys created a goal from the midfield slotting the ball through to Chris Triantis who crossed the ball wide to find Cedric Ramirez to score the home-side?s second goal of the afternoon.
Sydney Olympic, in the space of minutes, had taken the lead convincingly as momentum was in their favour while the wolves re-grouped and continue to search for a goal to get them back into the contest.
The intensity of the game grew as players began to challenge every ball, which lead to a very physical game.
Eventually, in the 29? minute, the Wolves found the back of the net. With Sydney Olympic scrabbling to clear the ball out of their penalty-area, only for it to land to Wolves player Mark Picciolini, who scored with a fine finish, allowing his team back in the game.
In the 40? minute Picciolini again produced another goal with some fine lead-up by team-mate Andrew Paine who had a shot from distance at the Olympic keeper, only for Zanelli to save and push the ball wide. Picciolini was on the spot to pounce on the loose ball to send his side in at the break on level terms.
The second-half started with the same level of dedication and intensity as the first, and Olympic were crossing long balls into the Wolves defensive area, while their opponents preferred quick passes looking for space.
The South Coast Wolves were creating more chances with players such as Picciolini, Buyukkopru and Trifiro, however their raids on the Olympic goals were not on target while their opponents were prepared to spread the ball wide.
In the 70?minute a free-kick was awarded to Sydney Olympic well outside the Wolves penalty-area with Phillip Makrys producing a kick worthy of a goal, as it floated high over the wall and hitting the crossbar. The Blues were in control from this point forward, producing more attacking football.
On 72? minutes Makrys again attacked the left side of the Wolves defence, crossing the ball into the path of Cedric Ramirez to slot home for his second goal of the afternoon.
Phillip Makrys sealed the win for Sydney Olympic on 81? minutes, win shooting from range, much to the delight of the home supporters.
After the match, South Coast Wolves? coach Trevor Morgan said:
It was a terrible start from us and we gifted Olympic (2) two goals. In the first 25? minutes of the game we started to switch on and play better and it was a great effort to equalise but I am disappointed that we started so poorly.
?In the second-half we were in the game but we failed to put our chances away.?
Pat Marando, the Sydney Olympic coach, said:
?We stuck to our game plan and we knew that we have a little pace up front. We made hard work of it, 4-2 is the score line but it?s not a reflection of the game, full credit to the Wolves as they did have a crack at us.
?The game plan in the second-half was to invite them into our half, win the ball in the middle third, then dispatch a few players in the gaps, we are happy with the result.?
Match Stats
Sydney Olympic 4 (Chris Triantis 7?, Cedric Ramirez 16?, 72?, Phillip Makrys 81?)
South Coast Wolves 2 (Mark Picciolini 30?, 40?)
Sunday, 25th April, 2010
Belmore Sports Ground, Belmore
Referee:  Peter Vrtkovski
Assistant Referees: Scott Edeling and Leigh Pigram
Fourth Official: T. Lee
Crowd: 550 Approx.
Sydney Olympic: 13.Paul Henderson; 4.Josh Lawson (5. Tayfun Devrimol 46′), 21.Ricky Perinich, 8.Chris Triantis, 12.Cedric Ramirez (9.James Monie 73′), 6.Andre Gumprecht, 11.Phillip Makrys, 15.Matthew Mayora (32. Dimitrios Petratos 57?), 17.Iain Ramsey, 16.Steven Tibbets, 23.Luke Gearin.
Substitutes Not Used: 1. Zaim Zanelli, 18. Jerry Kalouris
Yellow Cards: Dimitrios Petratos 90?
Red Cards: Nil
South Coast Wolves: 1.Brody Crane; 17.Tynan Diaz, 2.Alex Mansueto, 3.Greg Valic, 5.Nick McInerney, 6.Lisandro Berbis, 7.Andy Keep (19.Ken Chun 55?), 8.Tayfun Buyukkopru, 9.Mark Picciolini, 10.Jason Trifiro 11.Andrew Paine (16.Kieran Deane 66?)
Substitutes Not Used: 14.Andreas Gomez, 15.Chris Nathaniel, 40.Nikodin Matic
Yellow Cards: Mark Picciolini 10?
Red Cards: Nil
Player Ratings:
3 ? Cedric Ramirez (SO)
2 ? Mark Picciolini (SCW)
1 ? Iain Ramsey (SO)
-By Peter Chiodo