Sydney Olympic have picked up another important victory, beating
Parramatta 2-0 at Belmore Sports Ground on Sunday Afternoon. In a match which
never reached any great heights and at times mirrored a training run, as a
result of this, a bit of laziness crept into the side towards the end of the
match. The most important thing however was to pick up the 3 points which we
did.
Sydney Olympic controlled the match from the outset, this was
unsurprising as Parramatta FC were fielding basically an entirely new squad and
had a new coach in former Sydney Olympic Legend, Marshall Soper. We controlled
most of the possession and we were passing it around well, but we were
predictably finding it a little bit difficult to get through the
ultra-defensive set-up of Parramatta. 15 minutes into the game though we did
end up taking the lead somewhat fortunately, as a shot from new boy Mohamed
Rahimi slipped through the Parramatta goalkeeper’s gloves to give us a 1-0
lead. We kept pressing in a bid to find the second goal, but some last ditch
defending and some fine goalkeeping by Parramatta kept the score at 1-0.
Disappointingly for Sydney Olympic we did allow Parramatta to have 2 very good 1-on-1
chances in the first-half, but a couple of good saves from Paul Henderson kept
them scoreless. We probably should have been more in front but we went to the
half-time break with a 1-0 lead.
We came out hard in the second-half, having a couple
of really good chances to extend our lead. 10 minutes or so into the
second-half we would eventually put one of those chances away, as Yu Kuboki got
himself on the score-sheet once again this season with a nice low header to
make it 2-0 to Sydney Olympic. We continued to create chances as Parramatta
struggled to get out of their own half at times, but we could not add to our 2
goals. The final 20 or so minutes of the game descended into some poor play
from us, giving the ball away, losing the ball in possession, poor passing and
generally looking very lackadaisical out there. Although we were never really
threatened by Parramatta who were just not good enough to take advantage of our
poor play, there were some worrying signs from us out there. We had a great chance
late on to make it 3-0 through a penalty, but Peter Makrillos missed the spot-kick,
pretty much summing up the last 20 or so minutes from us.
So it was a comfortable victory for Sydney Olympic in
the end. But it was not the sort of match you want to have under your belt when
the really big and tough fixtures are coming up, and believe me they are coming
in succession over these last 7 rounds of the season.
A mere 3 weeks since we signed Liam Youlley, he apparently has gone overseas
chasing an opportunity over there, while there are also murmurings that a
couple of others will be gone too, not good news.
In terms of the Club Championship, our U18’s lost 1-0 and in the U20’s we ended
up with a 3-1 win.
Our next match is this Sunday Afternoon June 25, a vital game against Rockdale at
Belmore Sports Ground, with Kick-Off at 3pm.
In the reverse fixture, morons connected to next week’s opponent damaged
vehicles belonging to Sydney Olympic Supporters while also trying to initiate
“punch-ons” with sections of the elderly Sydney Olympic Supporters. This happens
on a regular basis with this mob, FNSW continues to ignore these actions &
the constant provocations from this outfit masquerading as a soccer club.
Hopefully Sydney Olympic is prepared for Sunday and can identify these grubs at
the gate and not let them into the ground. I urge all Sydney Olympic Supporters
to come out and support the club and each other this Sunday.
Get to Belmore this Sunday and support the Club.
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