Round 6 Review – NPL Men’s NSW
Let’s check out the mini reviews from Round 6 of the National Premier Leagues Men’s NSW competition.
Mt Druitt Town Rangers 1 v Central Coast Mariners 1 at Popondetta Park – Full Match Report and Highlights
Nothing could separate both the Mt Druitt Town Rangers and Central Coast Mariners as they shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw at Popondetta Park.
The Rangers missed a penalty via Olayinka Sunmola with Adam Pavlesic saving well in the 8th minute as the teams went into the break scoreless.
Muginga Mpota gave the visitors the lead in the 53rd minute before a stunning strike from Pedrinho in the 83rd minute saw the game end level.
NWS Spirit FC 1 v Sydney United 58 1 at Christie Park – Full Match Report and Highlights
A late injury time goal saw NWS Spirit FC keep their unbeaten start to the National Premier League Men’s NSW season alive with a 1-1 draw against Sydney United 58 FC at Christie Park on Saturday evening.
Handing debuts to both Luke Zuvela and Michael Pratezina, the visitors looked a significant goal threat in the first half with Pratezina scoring their go-ahead goal in the 33rd minute, before a red card to Patrick Antelmi saw the game turn on its head with Spirit finding another late goal at their home venue. Jamie Percevski their scorer from a Frankie Ljukovic set piece.
APIA Leichhardt FC 3 v St George FC 3 at Lambert Park – Full Match Report and Highlights
APIA Leichhardt FC and St George FC fought out an exhilarating 3-3 draw in Round 6 of the National Premier Leagues Men’s NSW. Bai Antoniou got the games first goal in the 23rd minute as he continued his good form with his new club.
APIA then replied in quick succession as the second half commenced with Eddie Caspers, Jack Stewart and Themba Muata-Marlow scoring all within ten minutes with the home side cruising to a 3-1 lead.
The Saints squad led by their captain Troy Danaskos failed to give up and it he that grabbed the headlines scoring twice, his second in the 93rd minute to gift his side a precious point against one of the heavyweights of the competition.
St George City 1 v Manly United 2 at Penshurst Park – Full Match Report and Highlights
Darcy Burgess was the hero for Manly United after his 82nd minute winner, courtesy of Ben Koop’s brilliantly placed pass, ensured the visitors broke a two-game losing streak against St George City.
And despite it being the hosts who opened the scoring via a rocket from Fumoto Kamada in their Round Six clash at Penshurst Park, they were unable to go on with the job as Patrick Zwaanswijk’s Men responded in style, in what was truly an up and down encounter.
Blacktown City 2 v Sydney Olympic 2 at Landen Stadium – Full Match Report and Highlights
Sydney Olympic were forced to share the points with Blacktown City after a scrappy 2-2 scorcher at Landen Stadium.
Jack Armson opened his Olympic goal scoring account with a well taken strike in the 4th minute and that put the Blues in the driver seat taking the lead into the break 1-0.
The second half was where all the action unfolded as the hosts hit back with a Ben Berry goal before Seth Clark put Olympic in front midway through the second half.
The Blues lead lasted only two minutes as Martin Fernandez popped up and scored what ended up being the equaliser in a match played in hot and humid conditions.
Sydney FC 0 v Marconi Stallions 1 at Ilinden Sports Centre – Full Match Report and Highlights
The Marconi Stallions secured a 1-0 victory over Sydney FC on a hot Sunday morning at the Ilinden Sports Centre.
One goal was the difference between the two sides, with Stallions captain Marko Jesic netting the only goal of the match in the 56th minute to secure three points for his side in Round 6 of the National Premier Leagues NSW Men’s competition.
Wollongong Wolves 4 v WS Wanderers 0 at Macedonia Park – Full Match Report and Highlights
Wollongong Wolves showed their ruthless streak with a 4-0 win against Western Sydney Wanderers on a sweltering Sunday afternoon at Macedonia Park.
The hosts found themselves a goal up within the first minute when Alex Masciovecchio scored for the third successive game.
Raphael Le’ai then added two more goals for the side to send the Wolves into the sheds with a three-goal advantage.
Nicholas Olsen grabbed another for Wollongong after halftime to round out an emphatic victory over their opponents.
Sutherland Sharks 2 v Rockdale Ilinden 3 at Ilinden Sports Centre – Full Match Report and Highlights
Rockdale Ilinden claimed derby bragging rights following a stunning and epic 3-2 victory against the Sutherland Sharks at the Ilinden Sports Centre with Alec Urosevski clinching the victory in stoppage time via the spot on a hot and steamy Sunday evening.
The match was originally set for Seymour Shaw Park but was not ready due to the Sharks’ home pitch still going through an upgrade, it was Ilinden’s own palace that played host to a quality encounter between two quality outfits.
It was the hosts who started the stronger with Alec Urosevski netting the opening goal inside five minutes when reacting quickest to a rare Danijel Nizic fumble from a Hunter Elliott effort to slot home into the empty net.
However, a wonder strike via Peter Grozos in first-half stoppage time, a sublime dipping, swirling free-kick, levelled the tie at the break and Richard Shoueiki put the Sharks ahead on the restart after Ilinden had struck the bar inside 10-seconds of the kick-off.
Brendan Cholakian set up a grandstand finish with a late goal, a just reward for sustained pressure since going behind but the points wouldn’t be shared in a five-goal thriller under trying conditions with a late, late penalty awarded to Rockdale for talisman Urosevski to thump home and secure the victory.
