South Coast Wolves bites back Bankstown
28.03.10 22:11
South Coast Wolves have come from behind to get their first win
of the season against a hapless Bankstown City FC side with the
score ending at 3-2.
After frustrating Sydney United in recent weeks, the Wolves got a
deserved victory thanks to a brace to Mark Picciolini and one to
Andres Gomez.
The match began in typical fashion at Jensen Park with Bankstown
City pushing and showing their gritty football with rough challenges
flying in.
Gaining the majority of possession, the home-side had the first
chance of the match.
In
the 9’ minute, Tallan Martin did well to dribble past three
defenders and lay it off for Hussein Salameh, but his poor shot went
well over the crossbar.
Following a flurry of Bankstown attacks, South Coast slowly began to
find their feet and could have hit the lead twice in the matter of
minutes.
In
the 14’ minute a great through ball from in-form Tayfun Buyukkopru
found Andy Keep as the striker beat the goalkeeper but hit the post.
A
minute later and South Coast were to be denied again as great
dribbling by Andres Gomez ended in a fantastic shot from 25-yards
out, beating Joseski in goal but smashing the crossbar and shocking
the home fans.
South Coast then began to keep the ball, frustrating Bankstown which
resulted in a number of yellow cards being dished out by referee
Peter Vrtovski.
It
took Bankstown until the 33’ minute to have their second real chance
of the evening as the Wolves continued to break down their plays.
After Joseski cleared the ball from goals, Nick McInerney misjudged
the flight of the ball allowing Hussein Salameh to pounce. The
clever striker beat another defender and had his powerful effort
saved by Brody Crane’s chest, without the shot-stopper even noticing
the ball coming towards him.
The Bankstown faithful did not have to wait much longer for the
opener however, as against the run of play Richard Luksic jumped up
for a header and buried the ball into the net for the 1-0 lead.
Although having conceded against the run of play, South Coast
continued to pester the Bankstown defence going close on a number of
occasions to end the first-half.
The second period began much like the first ended as South Coast
equalised in the space of 2’ minutes.
After winning a corner, Mark Picciolini scored a header in almost
identical fashion to Luksic’s goal to pip the score back to 1-1.
The match then began to heat up as both teams went in hard to find
the ‘go ahead’ goal. In the 60’ minute South Coast took the lead as
Picciolini scored his second with a beautiful strike finding the
back of the net in great fashion.
Picciolini nearly added a third on 64’ minutes as he struck a shot
at goal only to be thwarted by the waiting Joseski.
Bankstown City again began to gain the possession as the searched
for an equaliser, though the Wolves defensive duo of Dave Abel and
Alex Mansueto stood tall with great headed clearances frustrating
the home-side.
Bankstown had a golden chance in the 73’ minute as Shannon Burgin
moved in from the left-hand side, beating three defenders and
hitting a cracking shot goal bound, though the shot was excellently
saved by Crane in between the sticks for the Wolves.
One minute later and Bankstown thought they deserved a penalty after
Mileski was brought down in the area, but the referee waved play on
much to the disgust of the home fans.
The missed chances came back to haunt the home-side as the Wolves
extended their lead on 81’ minutes.
Following a throw-in, Bansktown crowded their corner to clear the
ball but a sneaky through ball by Lisandro Berbis put Paine on goal
to square the ball as Gomez hit the back of the empty net to all but
seal South Coast’s first win of the season.
In
the dying minute of the match, Bankstown’s hard work returned some
consolation as Almir Dizdaric scored a header to enter his name on
the score sheet.
Following the match, Wolves coach Trevor Morgan was ecstatic with
the result:
“We were very weary of the quality this side had and to come away
with the points is magnificent.
“After our game against Sydney United where we were paralysed at
times I told the boys we have to back ourselves and play our passing
game and some of that we got right tonight which ended in our favour.’’
Bankstown City FC coach Peter Tsekenis also heaped praise on the
South Coast Wolves:
“That is the best side we have played so far this season.
“We were below par today. I think we expected to walk all over them
and it came back to bite us.
“They played well, defended in numbers and credit to them, they
really deserved the win today.’’
In
the Grade 20’s fixture, the South Coast Wolves ran away with a 2-0
win over a determined Bankstown outfit.
Match Stats
Bankstown City FC 2
(Luksic 35’, Dizdaric 92’)
South Coast Wolves 3
(Picciolini
47’, 60’, Gomez 81’)
Saturday, 27th March, 2010
Jensen Park, Sefton
Referee:
Peter Vrtovski
Crowd:
300 Approx.
Bankstown City FC:
1.Zlatko Joseski (gk); 2.Scott Thomas, 3.Shannon Burgin, 4.Brett
Studman, 5.Richard Luksic (C), 6.Peter Tsekenis, 7.Steve Liavas (11.Almir
Dizdaric 75’), 10.Robbie Mileski, 14.Suad Ameti (8.George Nohra
66’), 20.Hussein Salameh, 23.Tallan Martin (99.Chris Goddy Bascur
69’)
Substitutes Not Used:
16.Damien Brosque, 22.R. Napoleon
Yellow Cards:
Brett Studman 18’, Steve Liavas 45’, Peter Tsekenis 62’
Red Cards:
Nil
South Coast Wolves:
1.Brody Crane (gk); 2.Alex Mansueto, 4.Dave Abel, 5.Nick McInerney,
6.Lisandro Berbis, 7.Andy Keep, 8.Tayfun Buyukkopru, 9.Mark
Picciolini (19.Ken Chun 79’), 11.Andrew Paine (10.Jason Trifiro
90’), 14.Andres Gomez (16.Keiren Deane 86’), 17.Tynan Diaz
Subsitutions Not Used:
3.Greg Valic, 40.Nick Matic (gk)
Yellow Cards:
Lisandro Berbis 18’
Red Card:
Nil
Player Ratings:
3
- Mark Picciolini (SCW)
2
- Tayfun Buyukkopru (SCW)
1
- Dave Abel (SCW)
-By Christopher Georges
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