For the 2nd year in a row the mighty Sydney Olympic has secured a
spot in the final 32 of the FFA Cup, defeating the South Coast Wolves last
night. The match was at Lambert Park (if you believe reports, at the
request of the coaching staff) on a very cold evening in Leichhardt.
The match got underway and quickly it became very noticeable how highly both clubs valued this match. With both clubs qualifying for last year's FFA Cup, both sets of players and supporters were aware of the reward awaiting the winner. The 1st half saw chances for both teams, particularly for Olympic, with nobody able to take advantage and the match went to the break at 0-0.
The 2nd half saw Olympic come out looking to break the game open with an early goal, and the goal came 10 minutes into the 2nd half after some nice work from Will Angel opened up an opportunity for Dimi Hatzimouratis who made no mistake with the finish. The goal spurred Wolves to come out of their 2nd half slumber and went chasing the goal, which suited Olympic fine as we continued to create chances in a bid to find the killer goal. With about 15 minutes to go, the 2nd goal came thanks to a good finish from the in-form Harris Gaitatzis. Olympic wrapped the game up with 5 minutes to go through Scott Balderson who converted a penalty to make it 3-0, cue the fulltime whistle and the celebrations.
We will go into the FFA Cup round of 32 main draw now, to await our opponents (not sure when the draw will take place) which will most probably be another state league opponent, perhaps from interstate.
Our next match is this Sunday in the League, at Belmore Sports Ground against the Sutherland Sharks - 3pm.
No comments:
Post a Comment