Late winner seals an important victory - Sydney Olympic 1-0 Rockdale Suns

Wednesday night saw the re-scheduled Round 5 encounter against Rockdale take place at Belmore Sports Ground. I was pleasantly surprised to see plenty of Olympic supporters make it to the game on a cold Wednesday night, well done to all who made it.

The match itself started with us having a couple of half chances, the opposition also had a couple of half chances leading up to half-time. Generally the first half saw the game get bogged down in midfield with both teams finding it difficult to carve out clear cut chances in what was a tense and at times a physical encounter.

The 2nd half saw much of the same as the 1st half, the recent run of matches by our boys looked to be taking its toll on a few of them as we continued to search for the elusive goal. The game looked to be heading for a 0-0 draw with both sides failing to find a winner. That all changed in the 87th minute when the ball sat up nicely for the in-form Harris Gaitatzis who smacked the volley into the back of the net sending the healthy Wednesday night Olympic crowd into delirium and securing another important 3 points.

Our next match is this Sunday away to Blacktown City at Gabbie Stadium - 3pm.