After last round’s much needed victory over APIA
Leichhardt, Sydney Olympic has followed that up with a magnificent performance
on Saturday Night, by defeating a very good Marconi side, at Marconi Stadium.
The match did not start off on the right foot for Sydney Olympic. As within a
couple of minutes of the kick-off, we went 1-0 behind. Thoughts turned to the
match played a few weeks ago at Marconi, between Marconi and Sydney United,
when Marconi started off similarly and were up 5-0 inside the first 20-odd
minutes.
Thankfully, any fears of a repeat of that were put to bed. As 30 seconds after
we had conceded, a long ball from the back, found Alejandro Sanchez in space,
who finished off brilliantly to restore parity.
After this fast start by both sides, for most of the rest of the first-half, we
dominated the play and we well may have scored another 2 or 3 goals but it was
not to be. Marconi came back into the match late on in the first-half, but
neither side could add to the score-line and so we went to the half-time break
locked at 1-1.
At the start of the second-half we looked the much better side once again,
regaining the ascendancy. We did not have to wait long to take the lead, as the
ball once again found Alejandro Sanchez free inside the box and he finished off
well again for his 2nd of the night and put us 2-1 up.
Marconi tried to come back again, knowing they needed to after falling behind.
They had their fair share of chances, but we held firm defensively. In this
period of Marconi dominance, we still had chances to kill the game off.
With 10 minutes remaining though, we did ice the game and made it 3-1. Thanks
to a spectacular freekick from Nikola Kuleski, a real rocket which gave the
Marconi goalkeeper no chance of saving.
At the full-time whistle, it was a happy bunch of Sydney Olympic Supporters who
made their way out to Fairfield to support the team, as we recorded another
important victory.
Through this tough stretch of fixtures, we have managed to take maximum points now
against APIA and Marconi, with Sydney United beckoning next week, making it a trifecta
of derby matches.
There has been a vast improvement from how we started the season to how we are
playing now and there are some good signs going forward.
For the Club Championship, the U18s lost 1-0 and in the U20s we came away with
a 1-1 draw.
Last Wednesday Night we progressed to Round 6 of FFA Cup Qualifying, after
coming away with a 2-0 victory over the Stanmore Hawks. There were some nervy
moments at times, but we did enough to get passed a tricky and in-form opponent.
We now await on who will be our opponents in the next round.
I will now touch on the situation, that phantom, that has become the Tempe
Reserve redevelopment. The Inner West council are dragging their feet and have
been for 5 years. Unlike before where some information was available, I personally,
have zero idea what is going on, that may not mean much, as who am I, but
still.
What I do see, and see it regularly, is countless announcements of other teams getting
millions in funding, having pitches built etc. One wonders what is going on,
maybe the Club can clear it up?
Our next match is Sunday Night, May 12, in what will be another tough match
away at Edensor Park against Sydney United. Kickoff is at 5pm.
On the women’s side of things, they trounced their opponents, the Emerging
Jets, 5-0 on Sunday and after 9 rounds are sitting top of the League.
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