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CPSL game of Wednesday June 3, 1998.
Here are the results of the CPSL game between Toronto Croatia and Glen Shields played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 8:00pm. This was considered a Cup game.
Toronto Croatia (blue socks, white shorts and numbers, red shirts)
.............................................1 Morris Shirlan
5 Frano Sain...4 Sasha Ilomolar...3 Daniel Pilas...2 Peter Ferreira
7 Domagoi Sain...10 Tom Granic...8 Czeslav Zajac...6 Christie Howard
...........................11 Srad Valic.............9 Joe Cutruzzolla
Subs:...21 Steve Smintic...18 Stephen Warren...14 Chuck Jackson...15 Adis Salvie...16 Melho Osmanovic
Glen Shields (black socks, shorts, and numbers, white shirts, navy trim)
...........................................29 Adam Morandini
3 Luigi DellaRovere...4 Sam Madeiros...5 Dave McDonald...17 Paul Millitan
7 Danny Sankar...11 Angelo Donia...10 Marco Antonucci...6 Tony Donia
.........................18 Bodo Lazetic..............8 Irvin Studin
Subs:...9 Logan Purdy...15 Michele D'Angelo...12 Rob Tilley...13 Lamar Nichols...14 Darren Nichols
Officials:...Referee Gord Arrowsmith...Referee's Assistants Zoran Kristo and Leon Tipovski...4th Neil McDonald.
Game starts at 8:21pm as 22 members of a Croatian Canadian chorus in costume sang
Oh Canada and Croatian anthem. Cold weather 15C, very sunny from NorthWest.
1st Half:...Croatia defend South end.
3 min...TC Domagoi Sain weak 25 yard shot rolls to goalie.
7 min...GS GOAL...Lazetic gets 30 yard run after receiving pass from GS Antonucci on right side and beating TC Frano Sain finished with a 5 yard chip near right post to left side of net.
10 min...TC Tom Granic 25 yard freekick from right of net sails well over bar.
12 min...TC Frano Sain 40 yard chip shot caught by charging goalie.
13 min...GS Lazetic 25 yard shot from right of net goes over bar.
17 min...TC Ilomolar 25 yard freekick left of four man wall rolss to goalie covering left post.
20 min...TC Zajac blasts 20 yard rebound which goalie catches.
22 min...TC Zajac 20 yard freekcik of defender in three man wall's head into box where another TC player's header is caught by goalie.
24 min...GS Lazetic through ball gets 20 yard kick from left side caught by goalie.
25 min...GS short corner from right side trickles through box and fumbled by goalie but cleared. 40 yard rebound lobbed over net.
30 min...GS goalie catches long lob shot in traffic.
33 min...GS player gets takes 35 yard shot lofted over net after short corner kick controlled by GS side.
34 min...GS Tony Donia injured in center circle and eventually assisted off field.
37 min...GS sub...Purdy replaces injured Tony Donia.
38 min...TC Granic sidesteps defender after receiving short pass and slides 12 yard shot from left of goal just wide left of post.
41 min...TC Granic crosses from left line and TC Valic header from right post looks like he knocked it out of net!
2nd Half: starts at 9:20pm
Halftime subs:...TC sub...Warren replaces Domaoie Sain.
............................TC sub...Smintic replaces Howard.
............................GS sub...D'Angelo replaces Sankar.
47 min...TC Yellow card...Frano Sain for injuring GS Angelo Donia.
50 min...GS GOAL...Sankar gets 15 yard shot from right of net hits left side of goal beyond diving goalie.
53 min...TC Zajac lobs 35 yard shot to goalie.
55 min...TC Warren 40 yard freekick rolls to goalie.
60 min...GS GOAL...D'Angelo taps in from 5 yards after taking headed pass from GS Lozetic on left of net. Lozetic had received long cross from right side of goal by GS player.
64 min...GS Purdy passes to GS McDonald whose point blank shot is saved by goalie.
65(?) min...TC sub...Jackson replaces Valic
68 min...TC Cutruzzolla sprung on left side but 20 yard shot wide of net.
72 min...TC Frano Sain gets 30 yard rebound just over bar.
74 min...GS sub...Lamar Nichols replaces D'Angelo.
75 min...GS Studin 25 yard shot wide left.
79 min...GS sub...Dareen Nichols replaces Angelo Donia.
80 min...TC Ilomolar taps freekick to TC Granic who blasts just over bar from 20 yards.
88 min...GS goalie makes point blank save on TC Zajac.
89 min...TC GOAL...Warren gets 15 yard rebound to roll to right side of goal after ball headed around after TC corner kick.
90 min...TC header just wide right of goal.
Final Score:..........Toronto Croatia.............1............Glen Shields.............3
Attendance was about 150 on this cold evening.
Glen Shields playing their first game at the senior level looked very good. The article about Toronto Croatia going to need some time for their defence to settle in appeared true as they were continuously shredded by the speedy Glen Shields through balls.
Rocket Robin
robing@clo.com
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