SELECT Futsal Premier League 2 – Round 1 Review
The SELECT Futsal Premier League 2 opened in fantastic style across the weekend, as all eight sides brought goals, drama and brilliant efforts as they seek to kick off the new season in style. Let’s get onto the Review!
Match of the Round: Sydney City Eagles 6 defeated South Coast Taipans 3
A first half blitz saw Sydney City Eagles overrun South Coast Taipans as they started their Championship defense on a cool evening at Michael Clarke Recreation Centre on Saturday twilight.
Matthew Trotter opened the onslaught with a scorching effort, before Martin Fernandez and Michael Cimino swept home sandwich between Trotter completing his brace. Sam Perre and Giovanni Strati added further goals in the second stanza to round off the dominant victory.
South Coast Taipans showed glimpses of slick play. Klime Sekutkoski made it 1-nil then a thunderous volley from Kyle Del made it 4-2 at the break. Matthew Mazevski found a consolation goal in the second half for the 6-3 final.
Both sides started the contest off at a feverish pace. South Coast Taipans got the perfect start as a slicing run through the middle created the first shot saved then Klime Sekutkoski slammed home the rebound to make it 1-nil.
They continued to cut through early, Sekutkoski was in acres of space from a kick-in, played in one of his fellow Taipans but some desperate Eagles defense repelled them.
Those chances spurred the Eagles into action. Domenic Vaccari had a low shot saved before Sam Perre burst through but Taipans keeper Bradley Peryman denied him with a magnificent leg save.
Sydney City Eagles would find their breakthrough though. 13 minutes in, Matthew Trotter thrashed an effort into the cage for 1-1. His goal opened up the floodgates for the Eagles as they went on with the scoring in the first half.
Trotter stood confidently over a free-kick that rocketed into the wall before it fell to Martin Fernandez to lash home for 2-1. Trotter quickly completed his brace when he combined well with Perre to stretch the advantage to 3-1.
South Coast mounted a comeback when Kyle Del popped up on the right-hand side of the court to volley home a superb goal that left Eagles custodian John Dimitrakas stationary, making it 3-2 with seven minutes left of the first half.
The Eagles extended their advantage back out to two goals when Michael Cimino tapped home from a superb angled ball from Dean Pelekanos for 4-2. Sydney City Eagles rode out the early damage and were in full control headed to the break.
Their advantage extended three minutes into the restart, some smart thinking from the kick-in found Perre in space, allowing the forward to slide the ball home for 5-2.
Whilst the attack will take much of the plaudits for the Eagles. They were stout in their defensive work as well, with a number of key interventions in the second half, helped by some key saves from Dimitrakas as the Taipans tried to rally back into the contest.
Sydney City Eagles finished off the contest in the 38th minute when Giovanni Strati popped up to tap home from an incisive movement for 6-2.
Despite not taking the points, Taipans did finish the contest with another goal. Matthew Mazevski kept himself in the contest to sweep home a goal in the final minute for a 6-3 final.
Speaking after their victory, Sydney City Eagles coach Roy Perre praised the effort of his squad while they were down on numbers as they dominated the contest.
“I have to give credit to the senior players – Matthew Trotter, Sam Perre – the rest were kids. We were underdone but we’ll be better next week. It was an unbelievable effort as they slotted straight into the team.” finished Perre.
Match Stats
Saturday 29 September 2018
Michael Clarke Recreation Centre, Carnes Hill
Sydney City Eagles 6 (Trotter 2, Strati, Perre, Fernandez, Cimino)
South Coast Taipans 3 (Mazevski, Del, Sekutkoski)
Sydney City Eagles: 1. DIMITRAKAS John, 2. PELEKANOS Dean, 5. STRATI Giovanni, 6. ROSE Lachlan, 7. PERRE Sam, 8. CALIGIURI Cameron, 13. MORABITO John, 17. VACCARI Domenic, 18. CIMINO Michael, 19. TROTTER Matthew, 27. FERNANDEZ Martin
Yellow cards: Strati, Morabito, Fernandez
Red cards: nil
South Coast Taipans: 1. PERYMAN Bradley, 5. MAZEVSKI Matthew, 6. FERRARO Mitchell, 7. DEL Kyle, 12. SMILESKI Jayden, 19. CONNELL Louis, 27. BLACK Tyson, 33. MITANI Kei, 34. SEKUTKOSKI Klime, 35. GROOM Brandon
Yellow cards: Del
Red cards: nil
Raiders Futsal 1 drew with Boomerangs FS 1
The shares were spoiled in the second of the twilight kick-offs this weekend, Raiders Futsal and Boomerangs FS couldn’t be separated at Thomas Hassall Anglican College.
Raiders Futsal Club looked to christen their new facility in style, but much of the first half belonged to last year’s Premiers Boomerangs FS. They forced the Raiders into enough errors but weren’t able to turn it into dominance on the scoreboard. Their sole score came from Daniel Giovinazzo who lashed home a terrific goal.
The second half saw a much more even contest. Raiders started to find their rhythm, their goal went to Tomas Medimurac as both custodians had to pull off some terrific saves to keep their side in the contest. At the full-time whistle, the teams had to settle for a point to kick off their campaign.
Boomerangs FS coach Nick Van Aalst remained upbeat said: “If we can put in performances like that each week, we’ll be in the running.” Van Aalst also lamented their finishing in that first half – “If you don’t punish a side like Raiders when you’re on top in a game, you’re asking for trouble.” he finished.
Phoenix Futsal Club 3 defeated West City Crusaders 2
Phoenix Futsal Club edged out West City Crusaders in a pulsating contest that lit up Hornsby PCYC on Saturday evening.
The home side were first to trouble the scoresheet, scoring the lone goal of the first half through Ethan Dennis before the the Crusaders struck back through a brace to James Mawein in the second half of the contest.
Ultimately, Phoenix Futsal Club took the spoils in a tough contest, Joshua Mathie rattled home a brace himself as last year’s third place finishers banked an early three points. For West City Crusaders, they gave a good account of themselves first up as they begin life in the SELECT Futsal Premier League 2.
Sydney Futsal Club 3 defeated by SD Raiders Futsal 9
SD Raiders Futsal laid down a statement in their SELECT Futsal Premier League 2 debut, piling nine goals past Sydney Futsal Club in a 12-goal thriller to cap off a terrific Saturday of action across Sydney.
It was the Antelmi show for SD Raiders Futsal. Bruno and Patrick combined for the visitors first four goals as the Raiders held a slender 2-1 advantage at the break. Tuan Cao with the goal for Sydney Futsal Club in the first half.
For the second half, it was an avalanche of scoring from the Raiders. They laid siege to the home side’s goal with five different goalscorers to round off the impressive display. Sebastian Malfara, Matthew Barkho, Declan Cotter, Adrian Iorfino and Adrian Monge getting off the mark for the season.
The only blemish for the visitors was a red card to Patrick Antelmi after his brace. Sydney Futsal Club found the net twice late on through Joshua Yeates and Nathan Spinola to make the scoreline more respectable.
-By Justin Davies
