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RE-SCHEDULED FIXTURE
The Round 12
TeleChoice Premier League matches between Penrith Nepean United and
Marconi set for Wednesday 24 June 2009 at Cook Park, St. Mary’s that
were washed out, have now been re-scheduled.
Both First Grade
and Grade 20 matches will now be played on Tuesday 30 June 2009 at
Cook Park, kick off times as follows:-
First Grade
8:15 pm.
Grade 20
6:30 pm
STALLIONS DENIED BY ANOTHER LATE STRIKE
The Marconi Stallions have been denied competition points for the
second time in as many weeks, forced to settle with a draw against
fellow title challengers the Sutherland Sharks on the weekend.
A
Neil Jablonski header in the 89th minute allowed the home side to
scrape a draw, with the Stallions left, yet again, to rue the one that
got away.
The Stallions began strongly, with their
set-pieces proving a handful for the Sharks. It wasn’t until the 25’
minute that the Sharks worried Marconi when Cem Akili was called into
action to make a double point-blank save from firstly Panni Nikas and
then Aram Tayebi on the follow up.
Marconi looked sharp at the beginning of the second stanza and could
have found themselves in front 5’ minutes in when Toure hit a
first-time shot that Denham did well to hold on to.
Marconi was soon in the ascendancy with Alex Canak (twice) and Arrarte
going close before Toure struck the opener when substitute Daniel Ott
fortuitously played into Toure's path and he made no mistake when
sending it down low to the left of Denham when one-on-one with the
‘keeper.
Sutherland came straight back and almost levelled less than 60’’
seconds later when Boardman sent a header agonisingly wide; in the
process clashing heads with Jamal that left the striker with
nine-stitches in a gash above the eye – Jamal also required treatment.
Sutherland had no option but to come at Marconi and piled on almost
relentless pressure to cause them plenty of nervous moments right up
until Neil Jablonski managed to ghost into the box, completely unseen
and unmarked, to head home a Nikas corner.
Lee Sterrey was not pleased either after his side had dominated but
shared the points and admitted:
“Sutherland are a very good side but we didn’t make use of our wide
players enough tonight.
“We kept the ball well and played better and we have lost twice to
them this season so getting something is better than nothing but we
had it in the bag here and if I had to pinpoint something not right in
our play, other than allowing that goal at the death, it would be our
final ball option wasn’t always the right one.
“We’ve played both Sydney United, the League leaders, and now the
Sharks who are also above us, in the last two games and should have
come away with at least four points but we have to settle for just
one.”
Match Stats
Sutherland Sharks 1
(Neil Jablonski 89’)
Marconi Stallions 1
(Ousmane Toure 73’)
Shark Park, Cronulla
Sutherland Sharks:
1.Nathan Denham; 2.George Souris, 6.Chris Price, 8.Nathan Ralph
(10.Matt Hall 53’), 9.Brad Boardman (3.Blake Powell 76’), 11.Ben
Spruce, 15.Michael Katz, 12.Neil Jablonski, 14.Nick Stavroulakis,
23.Panni Nikas, 21.Aram Tayebi
Substitutes Not Used:
18.Kyle Stuart, 22.Yianni Fragogiannis, 17.Jordan Nikolovski
Marconi Stallions:
20.Cem Akili; 2.Wade Oostendorp, 5.Adel El Jamal, 7.Ousmane Toure
(4.Umut Tokdogan 89’), 8.Alex Canak, 10.Ali Abbas Al-Hilfi (11.Matthew
Gordon 70’), 15.Tim McGowan (14.Daniel Ott 70’), 17.Vamara Diarra,
23.Christopher Nunes, 26.Nahuel Arrarte, 30.Andrea Merenda
Substitutes Not Used:
9.Erick Anabalon, 22.James Chronopoulos
-with Soccer NSW
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