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CPSL game of Wednesday June 10, 1998.
Here are the results of the CPSL game between Toronto Croatia and London City 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 Adis Salkic
2 Peter Ferreira...6 Sasha Konicar...3 Daniel Pilas...5 Frano Sain
15 Howard Christie...10 Tomo Granic...16 Shirzano Morris...8 Cerlaw Zajac
.......................11 Woodrow Norman.........22 Brandon Trtani
Subs:...12 Sead Kalic...9 Joe Cutruzzola...20 Domagoz Sain...21 Steve Smintic...18 Meho Osmanovic
London City (white socks and shirts, black shorts, red trim and numbers)
.....................................1 John Degraaf
5 Kevin Clifford...3 Robert Hildenbrand...26 John Adams...6 Rob Stephens
.............24 Tonino Commisso...9 Andrew Szczurowski...10 Jurek Gebczynski
...............12 Michael Gauthier...11 Junior Emanuel...7 Kenrick Emanuel
Subs:...2 Kasper Bierman...4 Anthony Dominique...14 Denis Borota...15 Paolo Raimondi...17 Andrej Budovic
Officials:...Referee Steve DiPietro...Referee's Assistants Leon Tipovski and Silvin Petrescu...4th Official Nick Rose.
Game starts 8:11pm on this overcast 16C evening with damp ground.
1st Half:...Croatia defend North end.
3 min...City goalie smothers two rolling balls in a row.
5 min...TC GOAL...Trtani gets 25 yard shot from left side of box and ball floats into top right hand corner of net.
6 min...City goalie point blank save from 7 yards on through ball.
7 min...TC Morris with 18 yard volley caught by goalie.
8 min...TC Granic 15 yard shot low tipped just wide by diving goalie.
12 min...TC Trtani rolls 20 yard weak shot to goalie.
13 min...TC Granic blasts 20 yard freekick over and bar.
14 min...TC Frano Sain 20 yard shot from left of net just wide left of post.
17 min...City Yellow card...Gebczynski for pulling down TC Zajac who'd almost broke through into box.
22 min...City defender pulls down TC forward just inside of box as he tries to break through so referee calls penalty.
23 min...TC GOAL...Zajac on Penalty Shot to right corner out of goalie's reach.
33 min...TC goalie stops 15 yard shot.
34 min...TC goalie stops point blank shot after cross from City Kenrick Emanuel.
37 min...TC goalie comes to edge of box to stop City Kenrick Emanuel and rolls out without using hands while making save.
39 min...City Kenrick Emanuel gets 35 yard freekick just over bar.
41 min...City Yellow card...Szczurowski for pulling down TC Morris at midfield.
42 min...TC Norman redirects shot from left side wide left from 5 yards.
2nd Half: starts at 9:11pm
47 min...TC forward shot wide left in crowd from 5 yards.
49 min...City Commisso gets 15 yard shot blocked by goalie.
52 min...City Gebczynski 20 yard shot caught by goalie.
57 min...City sub...Budovic replaces Clifford.
59 min...TC Norman 10 yard point blank shot at goalie rebound bounces off defender for corner, (almost like the own goal in the World Cup Scotland vs Brazil).
60 min...City Commisso 20 yard shot caught by goalie.
63 min...TC Norman crosses near right line to charging TC Trtani who one touches ball wide left from 5 yards.
66 min...TC Granic turns and fires 20 yard shot wide left.
67 min...City sub...Bierman replaces Stephens.
69 min...TC sub...Domagoz Sain replaces Morris.
71 min...TC Norman turns and fires 7 yard shot off goalie's hands onto top of crossbar.
74 min...TC Granic takes short pass and blasts 10 yard shot that goalie tips over net.
78 min...City GOAL...Junior Emanuel 30 yard blast from right side of net curls into top left corner over goalie's hands.
79 min...TC corner kick headed over bar.
80 min...City Commisso 35 yard curling shot caught by goalie.
81 min...City Adams deflects ball across touch line.
83 min...TC GOAL...Norman rolls in 15 yard kick from left of box beyond sprawling goalie.
84 min...TC GOAL...(credited as an own goal by City Hildenbrand). From corner kick from right side ball either TC Norman shot from 3 yards or City Hildenbrand's chest redirects ball into net.
87 min...TC Norman backheels shot from 7 yards on short cross after corner from right side but goalie dives for save.
89 min...TC Domagoz Sain gets through pass that he pushes to far ahead to City goalie.
90 min...TC Norman pulled down by City Adams in box. Penalty shot awarded.
..............City Red card...Gebczynski for argueing call. (he already had a yellow card).
91 min...TC GOAL...Zajac blasts penalty kick to left side as goalie steps right.
Final Score:.........Toronto Croatia..........5........London City.............1.....
Attendance was about 100 people. This was the first game with Croatia's new coach Rudi Belin and new goalie Adis Salkic. Croatia had many scoring chances but only pulled away in the last 10 minutes after London closed to 2-1 and started to tire.
Rocket Robin
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