Rockdale Suns 2-2 Sydney Olympic

In a tough encounter on Sunday Afternoon the boys came away with a 2-2 draw. With a bit of luck and bit more composure, we may well have come away with the all-important 3 points.

The match started off on the right foot for Sydney Olympic as inside the 1^st minute of play we took the lead via a fantastic shot from Max Burgess, his long bomb left the opposition goalkeeper with absolutely zero chance of saving it. Of course by scoring so early it gives the opposition plenty of time to recover and work their way back into the match. Even so it was us that should have made it 2-0 a few minutes later, only to see our attempt miss the target. After this the opposition managed to go down the other end get their equaliser and it was certainly game on. For the rest of the first-half both sides traded chances but nobody was able to get their noses in front and at the half-time break the score stayed at 1-1.

The second-half started with high intensity from both teams, but only 5 minutes into it we went behind through a sloppy goal and had to come up with a good last 40 minutes to get something out of the game. Over the next little period there was some good play by us but no real clear cut chances to score until with about 20 minutes to go in the game, when we received a penalty. Yu Kuboki stepped up to take it but unfortunately he missed and it would be a chance we would rue for the rest of the game. Despite that disappointment we continued to push hard in a bid to find an equaliser and it came with about 5 or so minutes remaining, Yu Kuboki made up for his penalty miss, finishing well to make the score 2-2, in the dying minutes we could have snatched victory but Mitchell Stamatellis’ header could only find the crossbar, the score would remain 2-2 as the referee blew for full-time.

It was a very good match, with 2 of the better sides in this year’s competition and 2 sides you’d think would be there at the business end of the season.

It was another good performance and all the boys from back to front were solid and as mentioned earlier, with a bit more luck and composure we could have quite easily won that game.

With the games now coming thick and fast, which now includes midweek Cup matches, the reliance on the same 12-13 players is starting to have a bit of an impact out there. Hopefully the likes of Peter Makrillos, Jake de Marigny and Goran Subara return as soon as possible.

And now a comment on what we seem to have to talk about every time Sydney Olympic comes up against this Foreign Propaganda outlet masking itself as a “football club.”

What am I talking about? I’m talking about the inability of this alleged “football club” to control 30 hate-filled and extremist youths, whether they gang up on 4 Sydney Olympic Supporters in their 60s and threatening them with violence or whether its them jumping on the hoods and bonnets of vehicles belonging to Sydney Olympic Supporters and Officials, the common denominator in all this is that these pieces of shit have the freedom to cause as much damage and destruction as possible, all with the blessing and the protection of their hierarchy.

Year after year there are a number of unsavoury incidents by this same “football club” and year after year Football NSW continues to look the other way, there are never any repercussions for one of Football NSW’s pet teams.

It is nothing short of a disgrace.

In terms of the Club Championship, the U20’s had a 0-0 draw whilst the U18’s had a disastrous 6-0 loss, I’m not sure what is going on there but that cannot be good.

A quick re-cap of our first FFA Cup Qualifier for 2017 where we took on Manly Association outfit Mosman FC:

As with any match against a so-called underdog, you really must come out of the blocks fast and with intent, you have to match their enthusiasm and try to kill the game off early so as not to allow them to gain any confidence, and we did that, getting out to a quick 4-0 lead within the first 20 minutes.

This allowed us to control the rest of the match as well as control the pace of the game as we eased to an eventual 7-1 victory.

That victory sees us progress to Round 5 of FFA Cup Qualifying where we will play Picton Rangers, details of the match are yet to be confirmed.

Our next match is in the League and it is on Good Friday Evening, April 14, against Manly United at Cromer Park, Kick-Off is at 5pm.