In Round 13 of the Dycer Constructions Premiership,
the Portland Panthers travel to Shark Park . The Sharks were
still on a high after both Senior teams defeated Premiership
favorites Apollo at their home ground last week. The last time
Sharks played Portland in Round 6, Sharks won convincingly 6-2.
The weather conditions were perfect, 16 & sunny. Sharks welcomed
their captain Tobbei Kennett back after a shoulder injury, and
was keen to get some match fitness leading up to the finals
in 3 weeks. Outs: M.Weistra, J.Tralongo, E.Parsons Ins: T.Kennett,
H.Widdison Starting Line Up: GK: N.Fuller Defenders: M.Bope,
C.Wright, C.Pilven, D.Leary Midfield: J.Brooks, M.Gordon, H.Widdison,C.Tralongo
Forwards: S.Kasole, T.Kennett Substitutes: B.Lamont, D.Kennett,
L.Harris, C.Mackenzie Game Summary as follows; With the finals
in sights, Coach Bruttomesso urged his players to focus on possession
of the ball and structure moving up & down the field. The Sharks
started the game fairly well, dominating possession early in
the game, and creating many chances on goal with Kennett and
Kasole, not too far from the mark, forcing the panthers keeper
to be alert from the waves of attack from the Sharks. (25min)
Brooks was unlucky not to put the first score on the board,
when a lose ball fell his way, he took a chance by smashing
the ball towards goal, which looked like it was going in , until
it deflected off a Panthers defender and over the line for a
corner kick. (27min) The Sharks score their first goal from
a corner taken by Pilven, who cleverly placed a low and hard
ball towards the front post, the ball deflected off a panther’s
defender and into goal. Score 1-0 (37min) Another corner taken
by Pilven found an unmarked Kasole on the penalty spot, who
flew high to score a well executed header into the far right
hand side of the goal. Score 2-0 Half Time Coach Bruttomesso
was happy with the display of passing and possession game the
Sharks were playing, against a much improved Panthers side.
The second half was much the same as the first, plenty of opportunities
for the Sharks, but could not find the back of the net. (78min)
Kasole scores his second goal, when midfielder Widdison sends
an accurate throughball, splitting the Panthers defence and
allowing Kasole to run onto and slot past the keeper in a one-on-one
confrontation. With a 3-0 lead, Coach Bruttomesso made some
substitutions bringing off Tralongo & Bope for a rest allowing
U17 Players Brad Lamont & Dylan Kennett to gain more time in
the Senior A Grade competition. The game finished 3-0 win to
the Sharks. Next week there is no games played in the WBSA,
as the SAJSA Junior State Country Championships are held in
Broken Hill. Next match for the Sharks is Round 14, an away
match against Millicent United. Sharks will be hoping to be
at their best form against Millicent, in preparation to face
Centrals in the Elimination Final on 4 September. Goal Scorers:
S.Kasole 2, Own Goal 1 Best Players: C.Wright, S.Kasole, D.Leary
Other Scores U12 lost 8-0 U14 won 3-1 U17 lost 3-2 B Grade won
6-1 A Grade won 3-0 Cheers J John Bruttomesso
MILLICENT SOCCER ROUND 13 Mill v Apollo 14.08.2011
Here are results of Millicent Apollo from
14th Aug. Played at Apollo's ground Webb St. Mt. Gambier A
Grade Millicent 1 Apollo 14 Scorer Charlie Strother 1 B Grade
No Match Under 17 Millicent 0 Apollo 10 Under 14 Millicent
0 Apollo 10* Under 12 Millicent 0 Apollo 10 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Apollo started their scoring at the 2 minute mark Millicent
attacked but lacked strength in their team With not enough
players for an A and B Grade team the A grade was a mixture
of senior players Nigel Soams in Goal In the backline they
had Ian Lines, Mal Sneddon and Captain Dave Laydon midfield
Brett Dibley, Peter Alison, Charlie Strother, Jamie Sneddon
and Brad Gardenier Up front Cameron Saint and Tom McRobert
On the Bench was Ryan Potter and Stuart Nuske Apollo scored
again at the 21st and 22nd minute Millicent had a couple of
shots too - without result Brett Dibley's shot was saved by
the Apollo Goal Keeper Dave Laydon made some good long clearance
but to no avail and Apollo scored 4 more goals before half
time Half time Millicent 0 Apollo 7 In the first ten minutes
Apollo scored 3 more goals Apollo were "on the ball" and outpaced
Millicent Then Millicent replaced Ian Lines with Ryan Potter
Peter Alison was replaced by Stuart Nuske Cameron Saint had
a shot which the Apollo Goal Keeper saved With 15 minutes
before fulltime Apollo had 14 goals in the net With only 10
minutes left Charlie Strother managed to go forward and score
Millicent's only goal. Final result Millicent 1 Apollo 14
