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CPSL game of Friday October 1st, 1999.
Here are the results of the CPSL game between Toronto Croatia and Glen Shields Sun Devils played at Civic Stadium in Oshawa at 7:00pm. This was the one game playoff semi-final.
Toronto Croatia (all blue, white trim and numbers)
......................................1 George Azcurra
2 Daniel Pilas...4 Domagoj Sain...3 Josip Draganic...5 Ivica Sola
20 Robert Fran...17 Anton Musa...10 Tomislav Granic...6 Ivica Jelic
...........................9 Andy Medeiros...11 Deny Draganic
Subs:...19 Frane Sain...13 Nikola Marketic...14 Robert Mandekic...16 Petar Curic...15 Poul Grguric...8 Czeslaw Zajac.
coach Bruno Pilas, trainer Pero Latincic, bench manager Ivan Pavicic, general manager Zeljko Spoljaric.
Glen Shields Sun Devils (black socks and shorts, red & black striped shirts, white numbers)
..............................................29 Adam Morandini
25 Mike Glasgow...18 Mark McLeish...17 Paul Hillman...15 Raj Takhar
11 Logan Purdey...12 Agostino Vaglika...5 Dave McDonald...2 Marco Bonofiglio
................................13 Phil Ionadi...10 Marco Antonucci
Subs:...14 Ainsley Ropiany...16 John Gillingham...19 Fitzroy Powell...7 Paul Moore...3 Luigi Delarovere...4 Eric Ranaldo...22 Dave Benning.
head coach Dave Benning, general manager John Knox, physio Dr Gringmuth.
Game Officials:...referee Andrew Drajinsky, referee's assistants Glen Sharkey and Denise Daleman, 4th official Steve Mortimer.
1st Half:...game starts 7:09pm...Toronto Croatia defend south end.
6 min...TC GOAL Jelic...Jelic chips shot from 20 yards over goalie on edge of box and ball bounces into net.
11 min...TC goalie grabs ball on edge of box on 1 on 4 play that GS player almost gets to loose ball.
12 min...TC Medeiros boots 25 yarder over net after TC Denny Draganic shot from 35 yards deflects off defender.
14 min...GS Purdey tips 40 yard freekick from 20 yards right to goalie.
16 min...GS Ionadi blasts 25 yard shot just over bar.
17 min...TC goalie picks up 40 yard bouncer just wide right of net.
18 min...TC Jelic and GS Antonucci injured in collision just outside center circle.
19 min...TC YELLOW card...Jelic hurt worse but gets card as soon as he gets up for his part in the collision.
21 min...TC Musa 35 yard freekick headed behind line wide left.
22 min...TC Musa corner from left, headed wide right from 7 yards.
23 min...TC goalie catches bouncing throw-in from left.
24 min...TC Musa freekick from 25 yards on left, TC Pilas heads from 10 yards on right but ball caught by leaping goalie.
25 min...GS sub...Delarovere replaces Bonofiglio.
29 min...TC Fran catches up to deflected ball dribbling across box, but doesn't have time except to turn for rushed shot saved deflected wide left for corner.
29 min...TC Musa corner from left, GS goalie fists out ball from box.
31 min...GS Antonucci blasts 30 yard freekick from right off bar, (or was it deflected?). Referee and ref's assistant argue.
35 min...TC goalie reaches back to grab ball after GS Glasgow taps over to GS Purdey when both charging ball after GS Ionadi cross from right from 35 yards.
38 min...TC Jelic injured at own 35 yard line running into GS kick poke for high ball.
41 min...TC Fran pushes 25 yard ball forward wide left for goal kick.
42 min...GS Glasgow boots ball over own net to prevent TC from getting to through ball.
44 min...TC GOAL Josip Draganic...Draganic puts 20 yard freekick over wall and into top left corner of net beyond leaping goalie.
46 min...GS RED card...Vaglika for head butting TC Medeiros after both players jawing about rough play.
47 min...half ends 7:56pm.
2nd half:...starts 8:08pm.
halftime sub:...GS Moore replaces GS Ionadi (?)
47 min...GS Moore holds off defender on left side but rolls cross into box picked up by goalie with no pressure.
48 min...TC defender knocks away GS Glasgow header from 10 yards after long throw-in from left.
52 min...TC goalie picks up deflected through ball ahead of charging GS Antonucci.
53 min...GS cross from right line flies behind net.
54 min...GS Antonucci 30 yard freekick well over net.
58 min...TC sub...Zajac replaces Deny Draganic.
...............TC sub...Grguric replaces Jelic.
60 min...TC RED card...Medeiros for tackle kick from behind and roughing.
...............GS RED card...Delarovere for roughing.
...............GS RED card...Glasgow for dissent.
GS is down to 8 players!
63 min...TC Josip Draganic 40 yard freekick is over bar.
65 min...TC sub...Curic replaces Tomislav Granic.
...............GS sub...Powell replaces Purdey.
69 min...GS Antonucci rolls 20 yard shot into box.
71 min...GS YELLOW card...A defender for deliberate hand ball in box and Penalty shot as TC Zajac dekes the GS team.
72 min...TC GOAL Josip Draganic...Draganic on Penalty kick to right side of goal.
73 min...GS sub...Gillingham replaces ????????
74 min...TC goalie has to push ball wide left on 20 yard shot from right.
75 min...GS RED card...Hillman draws 2nd Yellow card for dissent in center circle.
77 min...TC sub...Marketic replaces Pilas.
78 min...GS McDonald freekick from 25 yards on left is pushed wide by goalie.
79 min...TC GOAL Zajac...Zajac takes 20 yard blast to right corner of net.
79 min...TC sub...Mandekic replaces Fran.
82 min...TC GOAL Mandekic...Mandekic on through ball 20 yard shot on right to left corner of net after TC Musa gives him through ball from right.
83 min...GS GOAL Powell...Powell bashes through on 1 on 2 rush and rolls ball under goalie 15 yards into net!
84 min...TC Musa 20 yard shot hits bar on shot from left after TC player sents through cross from right.
87 min...TC Mandekic 30 yard shot from left is high wide left.
88 min...GS GOAL Antonucci...Antonucci rushes through defenders to roll in 3 yard shot after GS Gillingham rolls 30 yard ball into box from right.
90 min...GS Antonucci heads in box to GS Takhar who boots 7 yard shot wide left of net.
91 min...game ends 8:54pm.
Final Score:.......Toronto Croatia............5..........Glen Shields Sun Devils.......2......
The Aerosmith tune 'Sweet Emotion' played over the PA system at the end of the game.
The referee was Andrew Drajinsky and he was widely unpopular in this chippy game on both sides. Another Red card should have been given out for a deliberate hand ball in the 71st minute but 'the referee must have felt sorry for them' whined a team executive although he admitted that two Red cards to Glen Shields on the same play was 'for nothing'. On the other hand, at the end of the game it was announced that official Denise Daleman had been nominated by the CSA for a FIFA designation.
Glen Shields finished the game playing 7 men against 10 but they scored the last two goals of the game. I laughed when the Sun Devils defenders would step forward and catch four or five TorCro players offside. Toronto Croatia must play tomorrow without their best forward Andy Medeiros for drawing a Red card which could really hurt in the Final.
Attendance was about 80 and grew to about 100 as the game went on. I was wearing my parka and had no regrets.
Toronto Croatia earn a berth in tomorrow's playoff final at 5:00pm in Oshawa.
Rocket Robin
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