Let’s check out the mini reviews from Round 21 of the National Premier Leagues Men’s NSW competition.
Manly United 2 v Central Coast Mariners 0 at Cromer Park – Full Match Report and Highlights
Manly United have claimed a well-deserved 2-0 victory over the Central Coast Mariners in their Round 21 match-up at Cromer Park thanks to two highlight reel strikes.
Rocco Pelle was responsible for opening the scoring in the 50th minute thanks to a powerful header. While in the 81st minute Miguel Bauza produced a belter from long range.
Marconi 3 v Sutherland Sharks 3 at Marconi Stadium – Full Match Report and Highlights
The Marconi Stallions shared the points with relegation threatened Sutherland Sharks at Marconi Stadium on a cold Saturday night with the hosts ruining a missed opportunity to further stake their claim for a Premiership push.
Coming off a remarkable 9-0 midweek victory over league leaders Rockdale, Marconi were full of confidence, but the Sharks gave them a tough challenge in the action-packed match which stunned the hosts and brought them back down to earth.
Marconi took the lead early through Marko Jesic in the 8th minute, but Sutherland retaliated at the 26-minute mark through Matthew Moric.
Jac McGowan scored a stunner in the 34th minute to give Sutherland the advantage and a third came for the visitors in the 74th minute.
James Temelkovski was quick to get Marconi back into the match in the 77th minute and a penalty in the 94th minute saw him take his tally to two and even the scores at 3-3.
Hills United 0 v Wollongong Wolves 2 at Landen Stadium – Full Match Report and Highlights
Wollongong Wolves continued their impressive June form with a 2-0 victory over Hills United in National Premier League Men’s NSW round 21 action at Landen Stadium.
A goal either side of halftime gave the Wolves a two-goal advantage before they held out against the hosts who created a few chances late on.
The heroes for the visitors were Takumi Of*cka and Sebastian Hernandez both of which got on the scoresheet that secured their victory.
St George City 3 v NWS Spirit FC 4 at Penshurst Park – Full Match Report and Highlights
NWS Spirit FC claimed the honours with a action-packed 4-3 victory over St George City on a very wet night at picturesque Penshurst Park in a highly entertaining Round 21 encounter of the National Premier Leagues Men’s NSW.
After a day of deluge the boutique venue witnessed an incredible game of football – arguably one of the best of the year for the neutral observer – where the visitors held on in the end for a narrow win, after leading 3-0 at halftime and St George City played a fair proportion of the second half with only ten players after a send to Matthew Keremelevski.
Goals from Richie Darko, Michael Konestabo, Zachary Cianci and Kyle Shaw cancelled out goals from the hosts via Louis Khoury and a double from Jesse Photi to secure the much needed win.
Blacktown City 1 v Rockdale Ilinden 2 at Landen Stadium – Full Match Report and Highlights
After being mauled by the Marconi Stallions 9-0 in midweek, Rockdale Ilinden showed its class and responded in the best possible fashion as they defeated a tough Blacktown City outfit 2-1 at Landen Stadium on Sunday.
The victory for Rockdale was made even sweeter as they spoiled Blacktown City’s ‘Back to Blacktown’ day where a number of the club’s ex-stars came out to support Mark Crittenden’s men but fell short in the end.
The visitors opened the scoring via lethal front man Alec Urosevski planting the ball into the bottom right corner from the spot. He added a second from the same area when thundering a shot home for a brace of penalty goals.
Travis Major replied with a quarter of an hour left to play, again a penalty, but it wasn’t enough to deny a determined Ilinden side.
Sydney United 58 0 v St George FC 0 at Sydney United Sports Centre – Full Match Report and Highlights
Sydney United 58 and St George FC played out a 0-0 draw on Sunday afternoon at Sydney United Sports Centre.
United 58 created plenty throughout the fixture, but St George held firm to keep a clean sheet away from home.
Western Sydney Wanderers 0 v Sydney FC 3 at Wanderers Football Park – Full Match Report and Highlights
Sydney FC grabbed three precious points to lift them three points clear from the dreaded relegation zone thanks to a 3-0 victory over arch-rivals Western Sydney Wanderers at Wanderers Football Park on Sunday.
The hosts, who held top spot for a number of weeks, has seen them fall just inside the top six following their freefall. Sydney FC made it four games unbeaten as Mathias Macallister opened the scoring in the 14th minute then doubled his delight in the 40th to make it 2-0. Tiago Quintal confirmed the win with his goal in the 67th minute to give them their first away win of the season.
Sydney Olympic v APIA Leichhardt at Jubilee Stadium – WASHED OUT
