 JUNIORS:
U15 Green Gully v Preston Lions JFC
Thursday
12 June
2008
This was a battle of first place Green
Gully and second place Preston Lions. Preston won the coin
toss and elected to go with the wind and from the word go
put Gully under constant pressure.
After a number of fouls the referee
finally decided that Gully had been given enough leeway
and started booking their players for careless and what at
times looked like deliberate fouls. Preston outplayed
Gully and were in command of the first half. The
instructions the boys were given was to use the wind and
get a few long balls over to the sticker and also to take
shots at the short Gully Goal keeper.
The boys hard efforts finally paid off
when a through ball to Michael Korunovski was capitalized
on. The shot came from outside the 16 yard box and found
the net despite a dive from the Gully keeper Carlos. The
bench erupted and so did the crowd, this is only the 3rd
goal that Gully has conceded so far this year and their
coach was not happy and it showed. The second half the
home side had the wind and started using rough tactics
again. Andrew the keeper for Preston was called upon to
make many saves and had the better of the offence for most
of the day.
Three key defenders were injured during
the course of the match. Alex Rostankovski received a blow
to the face and came off with a blood nose, the sweeper
Chris Kitanoski got kicked from behind and was unable to
continue and Jason Petrovski was still recovering from a
first half tackle. With some of Preston's key defenders on
the bench Gully was able equalize and in last minute of
the game broke through the defence and scored the winning
goal. Despite the disappointing loss the Preston players
received a huge round of applause from all the parents
believing it to have been the team's best game so far this
season.
Despite the injuries Preston had before
and during the game the boys can hold their heads up high
knowing that they matched and for most of the day
outplayed the team at the top of the ladder. The boys all
put in 100% and coaches and parents alike are very proud
of their efforts.
Well done guys!
The U15's have a bye this weekend which
should allow the boys to get over some of the injuries and
come out strong against the Manchester Cup Victorian
representatives Altona Magic. This game will be played on
the 22nd at Paisley Reserve Altona. Come down and support
the team, ALL are welcome.
Green Gully 2
Preston Lions JFC 1
Green Gully Reserve
2008 Squad Members
1 Andrew Karafillis, 2 Duglas Mendez, 3 John Stojcevski, 4
Tony Themistokleous, 5 Chris Kitanoski, 6 Alex
Rostankovski, 7 Steven Gusevski, 8 Daniel Petrovski, 9
Michael Korunovski, 10 Daniel Pendovski, 11 Ben Cundari,
12 Dejan Kupresak, 13 Jason Petrovski, 14 Jovan Mavrov, 15
Robert Milicic, 16 Thomas Meletis
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