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MISSED OPPORTUNITIES COST STALLIONS
The Marconi Stallions
have let Manly United off the hook in a pulsating 1-1 draw at Marconi
Stadium on Saturday night.
The Stallions were
disappointed they didn’t put the visitors to the sword, especially
considering they created more than enough opportunities in what was an
often exciting contest.
United goalkeeper
Brad Swancott though was in fine form and his efforts ultimately kept
United in the contest.
The tone of the match
was set early, when Ben Vidaic, who was a constant threat to the
United defence, found himself through on goals, only to be denied by
Swancott.
Only minutes later,
somewhat against the run of play, the always-dangerous Robbie
Cattanach put the Northern-Sydney outfit in the lead when he found
himself in space inside the box in the 18th minute.
The match was turned
on its head in the 30th minute when Luke Reading was given
his marching orders after bringing down Vidaic in the box. Skipper
Nahuel Arrarte had no problem slotting past Swancott to square the
match at one apiece.
The Stallions made
the most of their one man advantage in the second half, creating one
chance after another, but a combination of poor finishing and some
fine goalkeeping kept the scores level.
Alex Canak continued
on from where he left last week, with another live-wire performance
and thought he had secured the three points for the Stallions, only to
be called off-side in the 80th minute. Substitute Daniel
Ott, who helped seal the win against Penrith-Nepean the week prior,
almost snatched it for the home-side in the dying stages but his shot
skewed wide.
Despite lacking the
finishing the touch, impressive for the Stallions was their ball
movement, which was much more fluid than in their first round clash.
Missing the experience of injured central defender Andrea Merrenda and
fielding a relatively young back-line, the Stallions defence held-up
well against an impressive attack which included the likes of
Cattanach, Joey Schrippa and Josh Sama.
Marconi Stallions 1 (Nahuel Arrarte (pen) 30’)
Manly United FC 1 (Robbie
Cattanach 18’)
Marconi
Stallions:
22.James Chronopoulos; 4.Umut Tokdogan, 5.Abel El-Jamal, 6.Vuko
Tomasevic, 7.Oumane Toure (14.Daniel Ott 77’), 8.Alexander
Canak, 9.Erick Anabalon, 10.Ali Al-Hilfi, 13.Ben Vidaic (15.Tim
McGowan 86’), 25.Domenic Trimboli (23.Christopher
Nunes 63’),
26.Nahuel Arrarte
Substitutes Not Used:
18.Graziano Trimboli, 20.Cem Akili
Yellow Cards:
Ben Vidaic 25’
Red Cards:
Nil
Manly United FC:
1.Brad Swancott; 4.Spencer Prior, 5.Joel Grenell, 6.Scott Thomas,
9.Robbie Cattanach (12.Jamie Garside 75’), 10.Josh Sama, 11.Craig
Midgley (8.Michael Lloyd-Green 7’), 15.Keith Shelvin, 16.Joey
Schirripa, 19.Luke Reading, 35.Joe Gibbs (24.Bradley Groves 58’)
Substitutes Not Used:
40.Rhyss Keane, 17.Scott Wright
Yellow Cards:
Scott Thomas 33’
Red Cards:
Luke Reading 29’
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