The final regular season round of the season is here. Going into this
final round, there were still a few unanswered questions regarding where we
would finish and who we could be potentially facing in Week 1 of the Finals.
It's all been run and won now. I'll expand on this further, a bit later.
On to the game. The boys would have been eager to erase the 3-0 loss earlier in
the season at Edensor Park. The match started with tackles flying in from both
sets of players. It was surprising that within the first 10 minutes we already
had 3 players with Yellow Cards whilst the opposition had none for some crude
challenges of their own. The opposition had a few chances via set pieces but
the Olympic defense dealt with them pretty easy all day. We also managed to
carve out some chances in the 1st half but could not manage to find the back of
the net. United's Goalkeeper was called into action to help keep the score at
0-0. Will Angel picked up an injury halfway through the 1st half and was
replaced by Harris Gaitatzis. Not sure what the injury was, hopefully it was
not too serious and Will is ready for next week. Not much else of note happened
and we went to the break dead-locked at 0-0.
In the 2nd half we stepped it up a bit and began to control the match. We created
further chances early on in the 2nd half and 10 or so minutes in we managed to open
the scoring. We had a few shots saved in quick succession, with Harris
Gaitatzis there to bury the rebound and put us 1-0 up. As the match progressed
we really should have put the game to bed as we had several further chances but
we were unable to capitalise and thus unable to kill the game off. With the
score at 1-0 the opposition were always in the match and had a few half chances
of their own to grab an equaliser. But our defense held firm and Hendo at the
back was safe between the sticks. The score remained 1-0 at the full-time
whistle, another deserved 3 points.
Around the grounds; Bonnyrigg put Rockdale to the sword smashing them 4-0, APIA
played out an entertaining 4-4 draw with Blacktown Spartans, South Coast Wolves
beat a hapless Marconi 2-0 consigning that club to almost certain relegation,
Parramatta Melita ensured their safety by beating Manly 2-1 in Manly and
Blacktown City beat Sutherland 4-1 to clinch the Minor Premiership.
As a result of the final round results, disappointingly we weren't able to
crack it for a top 3 finish and secure the double chance in the Finals. As a
result of finishing 4th we take on a rampant South Coast Wolves who finished
5th in an Elimination Final next weekend. APIA (2nd) play Bonnyrigg (3rd) in
the Qualifying Final, with Blacktown City having a week off.
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