 |
| Connor Pain(L) and Chris Dib (R) Photo: John Punshon/Goal! Weekly |
Bentleigh Greens shocked current VPL Champions Green Gully
Cavaliers 4-1 at Kingston Heath Soccer Complex on Friday night in the opening
game of the 2012 season.
After Joel Nikolic took advantage of a poor pass, Scott Bulloch
scored twice inside two minutes before Luke O’Dea also grabbed a brace for the
Greens.
In the opening minutes of the first game of the Victorian Premier
League (VPL) both sides started cautiously but both sides did have effort
through Hamid Basma and Dominic D’Angelo.
Melbourne Victory youngster O’Dea was looking for the opener as he
was found on the edge of the box but fired just wide for the hosts.
Soon after Green Gully scored the opening goal of the 2012 VPL
season after Nicholas Curtis played a ball back to Victory goalkeeper Lawrence
Thomas but Nikolic intercepted before finishing low past the 19-year-old
goalkeeper.
Bentleigh were looking for an immediate reply but Connor Pain’s
low cross was cleared over the crossbar accidentally by Gully defender Daniel
Jones.
 |
| Jeffrey Fleming (L) and Paulo Retre (R) Photo: John Punshon/ Goal! Weekly |
Basma was looking dangerous and beat Aron Wilford to the ball
before powering himself into the box but poked his effort wide, probably the
best chance of the game.
Ten minutes before the break Greens had a great chance to equalise
as Bulloch’s effort was spilled by Rhyss Keane before Paulo Retre couldn’t get
an effort on target. Pain followed up but Keane made a fantastic save to deny
the wide man.
Soon before the break former Perth Glory midfielder Andrija Jukic
tried his luck from distance but yet another effort was fired wide. That was
the luck of hosts throughout the first-half.
Early into the second-half Greens sent the big boys forward with
Mile Medjedovic and Nikolic but Thomas denied the latter from close range.
Both sides were pushing for a goal but Scott Robson fired wide for
Gully before D’Angelo volleyed wide for the hosts.
On the hour mark Greens equalised when a stunning Bulloch effort
deflected before flying into the top net.
One minute later Greens scored their second inside two minutes
when he converted a penalty after Mile Medjedovic brought down Pain. Although
Keane is goals did get a touch.
On 67 minutes Greens made it 3-1 when Pain crossed low for O’Dea
to finish at the near post. Greens now had scored three goals inside seven
minutes and pretty much finished off the champions.
With time ticking down Greens extended the lead with Luke O’Dea
grabbing his brace. After Phillip Arnold’s cross the Victory forward finished
with a volley with the outside of his foot.
Match
Details:
Bentleigh
Greens
1. Lawrence THOMAS (GK), 7. Nicholas
CURTIS, 8. Wayne WALLACE (c), 10. Scott BULLOCH, 12. Paulo RETRE 13. Connor
PAIN (11. Phillip ARNOLD 75’), 14. Aron WILFORD, 15. Luke O'DEA (6. Evan BATSIS
82’), 22. Dominic D'ANGELO (3. Joey CALDERONE 87’), 23. Andrija JUKIC, 24. Luke
PILKINGTON
Substitutes
Not Used:
31. Christopher DAVIS, 2. Christian
LAR
Goals
Bulloch
(60’ & 63’), O’Dea (67’ & 81’)
Yellow
Cards
Curtis (73’)
Green
Gully Cavaliers
1. Rhyss
KEANE (GK), 2. Daniel JONES, 5. Christopher DIB (9. Brent FISHER 68’), 7. Jeffrey FLEMING (c), 8. Jason HAYNE,
12, Mathew SANDERS, 11. Scott ROBSON, 15. Hamid BASMA (20. Osagie
EDERARO 58’), 16. Mile MEDJEDOVIC,
17. Andy VARGAS, 18. Joel NIKOLIC (19. Johnathon MUNOZ 75’ )
Substitutes
Not Used:
23. Michael O’FARRELL, 14. Matthew
HUME
Goals
Nikolic (20’)
Yellow
Cards
Nikolic (28’) Jones (78’)
No comments:
Post a Comment