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STALLIONS' RUN COMES TO AN END 
An injury time strike
has ended the Marconi Stallions unbeaten start to the season away to
Sydney United on Sunday.
Substitute
Elsid Barkhousir was the man of the moment for United, his goal
sending the enthusiastic Edensor Park faithful into raptures.
It was a harsh end to a
brave performance for the Stallions who defended bravely in the last
20 minutes to stave off a relentless United attack.
It was
different in the first half, with the visitors not afraid to take the
game to the league leaders.
The opening chance of the match fell to the Stallions' Ali Al-Hilfi,
who turned a free-kick just wide of the goal from outside the box. Not
long later Ben Vidaic was fouled in the box, leaving skipper Nauhel
Arrarte to convert from the spot.
In the 30’ minute Marconi were unlucky not to have doubled their lead
when, after a series of near misses in the box, it all ended with
Vidaic toe-poking the ball towards goal only to see it take a
deflection and finish just wide of the post.
A few
minutes later United went close to squaring the ledger after Mitchell
Thompson sent in a beautiful cross from left to reach a charging Ante
Milicic, but his powerful attempt from close range was
off target.
In the second-half the early chances again fell to the visitors.
Firstly, Vuko Tomasevic superbly set up Alexander Canak unmarked in
front of the goalkeeper, but his finish didn't trouble the keeper. Al-Hilfi
then had an opportunity to double the Stallions' tally but he was
unable to control his shot.
Sydney United equalised in
the 67th minute after the Stallions failed to clear the ball, which
fell to David Zdrillic who had no problem slotting home.
With the
home-crowd cheering them home, the Stallions were always going to face
an uphill battle to keep United at bay. In the end it was left to
Barkhousir to steal all three points for United when he netted in the
93rd minute.
Match Stats
Sydney United 2
(David Zdrilic 67’, Elsid Barkhousir 93’)
Marconi Stallions 1
(Arrarte (pen)
20’)
Sydney United:
1.Vedran
Janjetovic; 5.Damon Collina, 4.Milan Bosnar, 6.Joe Vrkic, 21.Dominic
Rossi, 19.Mitchell Thompson, 9. David Zdrilic, 2.Ricky Perinich,
12.Davor Bajsic (15.Lisandro Berbis 55’),
10.Ante Milicic (16.Elsid Barkhousir 46’),
11.Luka Glavas.
Substitutes Not Used:
18.Glen Trifiro, 24.Andrija Petkovic, 20.Michael Frost
Yellow Cards:
Bosnar 82’, Barkhousir 90’+3’
Red Card:
Perinich 90’+2’
Marconi Stallions:
22.James
Chronopoulos; 4.Umut Tokdogan, 5.Abel El-Jamal, 6.Vuko Tomasevic,
7.Ousmane Toure, 8.Alexander Canak, 10.Ali
Al-Hilfi (15.Tim
McGowan 74’),
13.Ben Vidaic (9.Erick Anabalon 85’),
23.Christopher Nunes (18.Graziano Trimboli 61’),
26.Nahuel Arrarte, 30.Andrea Merenda
Substitutes Not Used:
2. Wade Oostendorp and 20. Cem Akili
Yellow Cards:
Vidaic 22’, Arrarte 45’, Canak 78’, Chronopolus 80’
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