It was an unusual kickoff time for a Sydney Olympic league game,
Saturday 3pm. It was moved mainly to give the boys an extra day to recover
before our all-important FFA Cup round of 32 match on Tuesday night against
Gungahlin United down in the A.C.T. Blacktown City were coming off a Wednesday
FFA Cup round of 32 match of their own and we were saving a few players for
Tuesday night, those two factors were going to make this match intriguing and
those gathered at Belmore were interested to see how the match would pan out.
It didn't take too long to find out what kind of match we were in for as we
opened the scoring inside the opening 5 minutes via a Scott Balderson headed
goal, we only had to wait another 10 or so minutes for our 2nd goal with Dimi
Hatzimouratis finishing coolly to double our lead. 10 minutes before half-time
Taiga Soeda joined the party getting our 3rd goal, and the Olympic supporters
couldn't believe what they were seeing. This was not the end of the scoring
though as Taiga grabbed a 2nd with a great freekick giving us a 4-0 lead.
Moments later the referee blew for half-time and we went to the break with well
deserved 4-0 lead.
The 2nd half began with both sides trying to continue the free-flowing play of
the 1st half. As expected Blacktown City came out eager to improve on their
dismal 1st half display, we also had a few chances to further extend our lead.
But by mid-way through the 2nd half both sides were pretty much resigned to
accepting the end result, giving our boys a chance to put our feet up and not
exert ourselves as much, having in mind our very important match on Tuesday
night, this was a great position to be in. To the joy of the Olympic supporters
full-time came and we had banked another important 3 points and a great win to
boot.
I don't like to use the word ''curse'' but we have had a bit of trouble with
Blacktown City over the last few years, with wins against them proving hard to
come by. Sure they were coming off a 3 day break, but i will take a win against
them all the same. Our form and performances have certainly picked up after our
mid-season slump. We are looking good heading into the business end of the
season.
Our next match is the FFA Cup round of the 32 clash against Gungahlin United in
the A.C.T. - kickoff 7.30pm.
The club has organised a bus for supporters to go down and watch the game, call
(02) 9787-7890 to book your seat or head to the offices at Belmore Sports
Ground. Or you can head down independently and get your tickets at the gate at
the Gungahlin Enclosed Oval.
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