IGA NPL NSW MENS 1 Grade 20s Round 9 Review

St George FC claimed a 3-0 win to South Coast Wolves FC at home in the Match of the Round on Sunday afternoon.

Round nine also saw Marconi Stallions FC and Blacktown Spartans FC play out a high scoring 3-3 draw and both Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC and Manly United FC grab their seventh win for the season so far. 

MATCH OF THE ROUND

A 3-0 victory saw St George FC ease past South Coast Wolves on Sunday afternoon at WIN Jubilee Oval.

The opening stage of the game was concentrated in the midfield and it seemed as if it would be a game between two evenly matched sides.

But a free kick in the 11’ minute saw St George score the first of their three goals.

Tayfun Buyukkropru’s almost effortless shot just outside the box beat the Wolves defence as well as the outstretched hands of the keeper David Hamilton, finding the right corner of the net.

That was all that was needed for St George to set the tone of the match with constant runs down the right by James Spanoudakis proving dangerous for the visiting side.

This was just the case, when 15’ minutes later Juan Chavez, receiving a ball from the right, found himself just outside the box. The first grade captain struck a superb shot into the corner of the far post, passing the desperate dive of Hamilton.

The first real chance for the Wolves came moments later when a free kick from the left was sent into the box. A simple tap in by James Ralson could have seen the visiting side grab a much needed goal, but it wasn’t to be as he sent it over the crossbar.

Two goals down, the visiting side were left to play catch up, whilst brilliant passing between St George’s forward line Chavez, James Spanoudakis and Rino Zenari proved to be a constant menace for the Wolves defence.

Two minutes into the second half, the visiting side created the first opportunity on goal, providing some hope that they could change the momentum of the game, but they struggled to match up to the home side’s eagerness.

With pressure mounting, St George’s Rino Zenari had his first chance on goal in the 59’ minute, passing a number of defenders before producing a powerful shot that flew wide of the goals.

Zenari’s time was to come though, and in the 63’ minute he grabbed the third and final goal of the game.

A pass up the centre saw Zenari run onto the ball and with only Hamilton to beat, he skilfully struck the ball under the keeper, to seal the match.

With less than 30’ minutes left on the clock and three goals down, the visiting side threw caution to the wind. In a desperate attempt to grab a goal, Wolve’s created some last minute opportunities, but the St George defence proved reliably solid.

South Coast Wolves coach, Jason Spencer was disappointed in the performance of his side.

"The first half we had a lack of enthusiasm and effort, which was surprising given the fairly good week of training we had," he said.

"Second half we had some opportunities, but once again another goal to St George meant we were chasing the game."

"We’ve lost two of our key players, Jordan Murray and Ben Zucco to first grade. In saying that the squad is big enough to replace players like that, we just have to work hard to turn things around."

St George FC coach, Tom Haythornwaite was proud of his side’s performance.

"They’ve been working really hard and good results back to back are always pleasing. We haven’t conceded any goals in the last two weeks, which is always good," he said.

"We’re definitely improving, but we’re not getting ahead of ourselves, there is still a lot more to do."

Match Stats

St George FC 3 (Tayfun Buyukkopru 11’, Juan Chavez 26’, Rino Zenari 63’)

South Coast Wolves FC 0

Sunday May 11, 2014

WIN Jubilee Oval

Referee: M.McOrist

Assistant Referees: L.Corey and A.Giev

St George FC: 13. Tayfun Buyukkopru (22.Paul Ragonese), 25.Christopher Carboni, 36.Lucas Grey, 29.Jordan Guerreiro (27.Vandy Kannew 77’), 14.Jonathan Kontalis, 38.Thomas Menton, 21.Lucas North, 24.Mark Rizoski, 18.James Spanoudakis (30.Rodney Lewin 64’, 31.Rino Zenari (Koray Yazicilar 77’), 11.Juan Chavez

Substitues Not Used: 78.Arthur Karagiannis, 26.Koray Yazicilar

Yellow Cards: Jordan Guerreiro 73’, Jonathan Kontalis 83’

Red Cards: Nil

South Coast Wolves FC: 3.Boden Allport, 8.Samuel Chapple, 2.Shannon Fielding, 1.David Hamilton, 19.Mitchell Delturco, 7.Justin Ivanovic (17.Dean Pender), 4.Samuel Jacobs, 13.Chris Nathaniel (9.Burak Esen), 16.Dusan Kolonja (Brendon Belsito 80’), 14.James Ralston, 10.Brett Wilson

Substitutes Not Used: 5.Danny Lazarevski, 20.Simon Leech

Yellow Cards: Dusan Kolonja 78’

Red Cards: Nil

ROUND REVIEW

SATURDAY

Marconi Stallions FC 3-3 Blacktown Spartans FC at Marconi Stadium

Marconi Stallions FC played out a 3-3 draw with Blacktown Spartans FC at Marconi Stadium.

Judah Cleur, Marco Sama and Lachlan Reus scored for the home side.

Connor Evans scored one and Domenico Dileo scored two for the visiting side.

Sutherland Sharks FC 2-1 Rockdale City Suns FC at Seymour Shaw

Sutherland Sharks FC beat Rockdale City Suns FC at home on Saturday evening.

Jordan Hughes and Nikola Todoroski scored for Sutherland.

Rockdale scorer was Cameron Solevski.

APIA-Leichhardt Tigers FC 1-0 Sydney United 58 FC at Lambert Park

APIA-Leichhardt Tigers FC beat Sydney United 58 FC at home.

Matt Mayora scored the only goal of the game.

SUNDAY

Manly United FC 2-0 Sydney Olympic FC at Cromer Park

Manly United FC beat Sydney Olympic FC on Sunday afternoon.

Dejan Pandurevic and Tommy Morrissey scored for the home side.

Blacktown City 1-2 FC Bonnyrigg White Eagles Fc at Lilys Football Centre

Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC beat Blacktown City FC 2-1 at Lilys Football Centre.

Both Dolor Edoswan, a former Blacktown City youngster, and Tarik Ercan scored in the second half for the visiting side to claim the lead and victory. 

Sam Perre scored for the home side and was the pick of the goals with a stunning one at that.

– By Anneliese Scenna, National Premier Leagues Grade 20s Reporter