 Eagles
too good for Lions
Tuesday 31
March 2009
(Mark
Boric, Goal Weekly)
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Richmond
proved a class above Preston Lions last night (Friday
27th), recording an emphatic 5-1 victory.
The contest was over at half time, with the home side
leading 4-0 at Kevin Bartlett Reserve.
It was a cross from Karahran that led to the opening goal
after 14 minutes.
The ball was headed away as Richie Cardozo challenged for
it at the far post, but fell to Kalambokis on the edge of
the area who carried it across the top of the box.
He unleashed a shot on goal to notch his first score for
the season.
Just two minutes later Richmond doubled the lead.
Lorenz Kindtner won the ball in his own half, passing to
Kalambokis who found Cardozo driving up the middle.
Catalano had made a run on the outside to the left, and
Cardozo slipped the ball to him, a neat finish seeing the
former Essendon Royals midfielder also get on the score
sheet for the first time in 2009.
It wasn’t long before the Eagles had their third on the
board against the hapless Lions.
Robinson took the ball forward until spotting the unmarked
Cardozo on his left.
Another good
finish from just outside the penalty area followed, the
Eagles flying high at 3-0 up inside the half hour mark.
Preston tried to rally through captain Bosevski, one of
his low driving shots from a free kick requiring a solid
save.
But the next score would again come from the Eagles, with
Cardozo putting his second on the board courtesy of a
penalty to make it 4-0 at the half.
The Lions were able to limit the offensive effectiveness
of Richmond in the second half, but would still concede
one more goal.
Kalambokis also made it a double when he scored in the
75th minute, with Cardozo again involved in the build up.
Preston managed to peg one goal back on 90 minutes thanks
to a finely crafted effort from Georgioski.
He found the ball in the middle of the park and switched
it out to Ozsuz on the left wing.
Georgioski then arrived at the top of the box to meet the
cross and slam it past Zois.
RICHMOND EAGLES: P. Zois (GK), D. Black, E. Karahan,
S. McCluskey, D. Tsiaras (9' T. Antoniadis), R. Cardozo,
N. Kalambokis, M. Catalano (63' J. Heineke), L. Kindtner
(78' E. Sivic), N. Robinson, A. Viola
Subs not used: R. Dowisha
Goals: 14' 75' N. Kalambokis, 16' M. Catalano, 23' 48'
R. Cardozo
Cautions: E. Karahan, R. Cardozo, A. Viola
Red Cards: None
PRESTON LIONS FC: D Salcin (GK), M. Miskas, B.
Georgioski, C. Toleski, I. Filipovic, R. Dolevski (63' R. Nadjovski),
B. Micovski, I. Arsovski (46' L. Koceski), M. Bosevski (C), S. Oksuz, Z. Popovic (46' M. Ladnjak)
Subs not used: Aleksandar Stojanovski (GK), I. Kolevski
Goals: 90' Georgioski
Cautions: M. Miskas, I. Arsovski, M. Ladnjak
Red Cards: None
Crowd: 600 (unofficial) at
Kevin
Bartlett Reserve
Photo's:
Nome Risteski |
