We are a month away from the start of the season
and Sydney Olympic is smack bang in the middle of a series of pre-season
matches, looking to fine tune things in readiness for Round 1.
So far during this preseason we have played 3
matches:
Manly United 0-2 Sydney Olympic
Sydney United 3-1 Sydney Olympic
Heidelberg United 2-4 Sydney Olympic
Obviously during the preseason you don’t want to be peaking too early and going
all out, but in the most recent match against Heidelberg down in Melbourne we
looked sharp and picked up a good victory.
Of interest, Tom Whiteside was at Right-Back and
Jinya An at Left-Back. Not sure if that is the way we will be setting up this
season, or if the Coach was trying a few things out.
This freed up Jason Madonis to push further up the park on the Right where he looks
much better and Will Angel operated in his customary role out wide on the Left.
George Timotheou and Jake de Marigny who is
coming back from a long injury lay-off were the starting CB’s, both did well. In
the middle Nicola Kuleski and Hagi Gligor dictated the play while Max Burgess
was playing in the No.10 position, this midfield combination seemed to work
well.
New Striker Alejandro Sanchez looked the goods
after putting in an impressive performance, hopefully he can be the difference
for us in the final third this season.
Darcy Burgess, Stephen Athanaseris, Radovan Pavicevic,
Rafa Jimenez, Yahya Elhindi got game time and Luke Watson came on to replace
Paul Henderson too, so quite a few getting a run.
Overall it was a good performance with much to
look forward to.
If you want to and you haven’t already done so, sign up to be a Sydney Olympic
member this season and support the Club and the Players.
https://www.sydneyolympicfc.com/news/season-pass-now-on-sale/
https://form.jotform.co/73527249115861
A Full Membership is good value at only $100, it
will get you into all 11 home games for 2018, access to the AGM and I’m sure
the Club will throw in a scarf and polo and things of that sort, so become a
Sydney Olympic Member today.
Click on the links, call
the Club Office (02) 9787-7890 or go to the Club Office in person at Belmore
Sports Ground between 10am-4pm Monday to Friday.
Information about our final preseason matches
are as follows:
Saturday, February 17 vs. Bonnyrigg @ Valentine Sports Park @ 5pm.
Sunday, February 25 vs. Sutherland @ Seymour Shaw Park @ 6.30pm.
Sunday, March 4 vs. Blacktown City @ Lily’s Football Centre @ 6pm.
