In a match of limited
clear cut opportunities, at least for us at Sydney Olympic we came away with a
scoreless draw against the visiting Blacktown City, at Belmore on Sunday Night.
For Blacktown City, they might have a different opinion on the match as their
players blew some golden chances to score and win the match. But in the end it
was a well earned point for the Blue & White.
As for the match itself, during that First Half we did have some nice passages of play, we kept possession well and we looked comfortable on the ball, but that final killer pass was not there, and as a result we were not able to create many clear cut chances. William Angel and Josh Gaspari were looking dangerous and there was some good movement, but we were finding it difficult to break through Blacktown’s defence. Jason Madonis had a couple of long range strikes but they did not trouble the Blacktown goalkeeper. Blacktown are a renowned fast-breaking attacking force and throughout the First Half they once again showed that, attacking us on numerous occasions. Our defence though held firm and dealt with most of their raids. Although missing an open net from 3m would not have gone down well with them you would have thought. Paul Henderson was once again great in goals and Mitch Stamatellis and Anthony Tomelic were solid in front of him as we held them out and went to the break dead-locked at 0-0.
At the beginning of the Second Half, both sides searched for a way to unlock the other’s defence. Both sides created chances but Blacktown had the better of them, yet they could not get passed Paul Henderson who was having another big night between the sticks. The game then degenerated into a midfield battle for a lot of the Second Half as both sides seemed miffed about how to get through the others defences. In the last 15 minutes, the Sydney Olympic boys pushed again to try and find that all-important breakthrough. The story of our night was good interplay and movement, but there was a clear inability to produce a good final pass for a team mate to score or at least have a chance at a shot. Blacktown had a few chances late on, but we held on and it was not to be for either side and we had to settle for a 0-0 Draw.
Sydney Olympic of 2016 is improving and we once again showed some good spirit and true grit to fight off the Blacktown challenge, but we are lacking that little bit of magic in the attacking third.
We tried hard in this match and everybody out there worked hard, but we could not find the back of the net. Paul Henderson once again had an outstanding night in goals for us.
One thing that I have certainly noticed with a few of our players is their unwillingness once they are in good positions, to have a shot at the goals, there is a lot of dilly-dallying even once we are inside the box. It’s worth having a crack from time to time.
For a few weeks now there has been much talk of new signings. Josh Gaspari is the only one to of actually featured so far, and with the apparent departure of Chris
Triantis, we need a boost that these players will surely give us. As you would know (or maybe you don’t) there must be a 4 week break before a player’s last match before they can play for their new club, this is an issue we are facing at the moment.
For the Club Championship it was not the best of weekends. The U20s Lost 4-2, while the U18s picked up a 1-1 Draw, add our 0-0 Draw in First grade and we picked up only 5 points for the weekend.
Our next match is next Sunday Afternoon June 19, at Belmore Sports Ground against Sutherland Sharks, Kickoff is at 3pm.
As for the match itself, during that First Half we did have some nice passages of play, we kept possession well and we looked comfortable on the ball, but that final killer pass was not there, and as a result we were not able to create many clear cut chances. William Angel and Josh Gaspari were looking dangerous and there was some good movement, but we were finding it difficult to break through Blacktown’s defence. Jason Madonis had a couple of long range strikes but they did not trouble the Blacktown goalkeeper. Blacktown are a renowned fast-breaking attacking force and throughout the First Half they once again showed that, attacking us on numerous occasions. Our defence though held firm and dealt with most of their raids. Although missing an open net from 3m would not have gone down well with them you would have thought. Paul Henderson was once again great in goals and Mitch Stamatellis and Anthony Tomelic were solid in front of him as we held them out and went to the break dead-locked at 0-0.
At the beginning of the Second Half, both sides searched for a way to unlock the other’s defence. Both sides created chances but Blacktown had the better of them, yet they could not get passed Paul Henderson who was having another big night between the sticks. The game then degenerated into a midfield battle for a lot of the Second Half as both sides seemed miffed about how to get through the others defences. In the last 15 minutes, the Sydney Olympic boys pushed again to try and find that all-important breakthrough. The story of our night was good interplay and movement, but there was a clear inability to produce a good final pass for a team mate to score or at least have a chance at a shot. Blacktown had a few chances late on, but we held on and it was not to be for either side and we had to settle for a 0-0 Draw.
Sydney Olympic of 2016 is improving and we once again showed some good spirit and true grit to fight off the Blacktown challenge, but we are lacking that little bit of magic in the attacking third.
We tried hard in this match and everybody out there worked hard, but we could not find the back of the net. Paul Henderson once again had an outstanding night in goals for us.
One thing that I have certainly noticed with a few of our players is their unwillingness once they are in good positions, to have a shot at the goals, there is a lot of dilly-dallying even once we are inside the box. It’s worth having a crack from time to time.
For a few weeks now there has been much talk of new signings. Josh Gaspari is the only one to of actually featured so far, and with the apparent departure of Chris
Triantis, we need a boost that these players will surely give us. As you would know (or maybe you don’t) there must be a 4 week break before a player’s last match before they can play for their new club, this is an issue we are facing at the moment.
For the Club Championship it was not the best of weekends. The U20s Lost 4-2, while the U18s picked up a 1-1 Draw, add our 0-0 Draw in First grade and we picked up only 5 points for the weekend.
Our next match is next Sunday Afternoon June 19, at Belmore Sports Ground against Sutherland Sharks, Kickoff is at 3pm.
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