Ladies and Gentlemen, don’t let the score-line
fool you, it was a right mauling of the Marconi Stallions on Saturday Night.
The first 60 mins in particular was total dominance from Sydney Olympic and if
we had been more clinical in front of goal, it could have very easily been 5 or
6.
We did not have to wait long to open the scoring, as we opened them up at will
early on and within the first 30 seconds of the match, Alejandro Sanchez had
the ball in the back of the Marconi net to put us 1 goal to the good. Only a
few minutes later we had another great chance to make it 2-0 but it was not to
be. We were dominating possession and we were looking threatening every time we
had the ball, while also having the bulk of the chances. Max Burgess found
himself in good positions throughout the first-half and a couple of times he
was found with a pass free on the edge of the box, the only thing that was
lacking was power in the shot to seriously threaten the Marconi goal. Marconi
had sporadic moments in that first-half but never really looked like troubling
our defense in any meaningful way. Heading to the half-time break we looked in total
control of the match and although we were only leading 1-0, we looked in
ominous form to add to that in the second-half.
This turned out to be the case as we began the second-half very well,
controlling the game as well as creating some more chances early on. We had a
couple of half-chances which we could not put away, but 15 minutes into the
second-half we would eventually get our reward. We broke away with the ball at
pace to create a 3 on 3 situation, in the ensuing attack, the ball was
subsequently teed up for Jason Madonis, who buried his shot into the back of
the net to continue his great personal goal-scoring form in 2018 and give us a
2-0 lead. After this, inevitably Marconi came out and tried to get back into
the game, by grabbing a goal and trying to turn the last 20 minutes into a
contest. They did create a couple of opportunities, but we looked solid
defensively and continued to deal with their threat very well. With them
pushing for goals it did give us the ability to counter-attack but we could not
add to our 2-0 lead, despite our chances. The match finished in a 2-0 victory
for Sydney Olympic, we were well deserved victors.
It was another encouraging performance from Sydney Olympic, as we navigated our
way through what could have been, a potentially difficult match. Of course,
what is important at this time of the season is that we picked up another 3
points, as well as recorded our first clean sheet of the season.
For the Club Championship, the U18s lost 2-0 and the U20s lost 1-0. It is
simply not good enough here. Horrible results again.
Last Tuesday Night we kicked-off our FFA/Waratah Cup campaign for 2018 at home
to Emu Plains FC. It turned out to be a comfortable 7-0 win for Sydney Olympic,
as we progressed to the next round. Radovan Pavicevic scored 4 goals, while
Jason Madonis scored 3.
Our next match is on this Sunday Afternoon April 15, at home at Belmore Sports
Ground against a team we do not have a very good recent record against,
Blacktown City. Kick-Off is at 3pm. Get down there to support the players and
the club.
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