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CPSL game of Friday October 1st, 1999.
Here are the results of the CPSL game between Toronto Olympians and London City played at Civic Stadium in Oshawa at 9:00pm. This was the one game playoff semi-final.
Toronto Olympians (white socks, numbers, and trim, bergundy shorts and shirts, yellow 'Coffee Time' logo on chests)
..............................................1 Brian Bowes
5 Tony Marshall...6 Peyvand Mossavat...4 Ian Cardey...8 Bayete Smith
9 Elvis Thomas...20 Danny Ziannis...17 Chris Handsor...7 Daryl Holmes
..............................11 Gus Kouzmanis...3 Phil Capporella
Subs:...22 Tom Bianci (gk)...15 Louie Katsavrias (def)...12 Louie Ouroutzaglou (def)...13 Danny Sanna (mid)...16 Ron Belfon (mid)...10 John Matas (fwd)...23 Eddy Berdusco (fwd)
coach David Gee, physio Phil Corradich, equipment manager Doug Innes, assistant trainer Arte Alkatov.
London City (white socks and shirts, red short and numbers)
......................................21 Abdel Plummer
2 Jason Andrews...14 Mark Eyes...6 Justin Lawrence...5 Jon-Paul Rickwood
24 Tomino Commisso...16 Jamie Andrews...25 Gerald Gallacher...29 Jeff Brown
...........................10 Jurek Gebczynski...11 Semir Mesanovic
Subs:...1 Scott Mueller (gk)...3 Peter Kirshberger (def)...4 David Day (mid)...9 Niels Dekker (mid)...12 Kyle Zapf (fwd)...15 Natan Ivanovic (fwd)...18 Patrick Barnes (mid)
general manager Harry Paul Gauss, coach Tony Laferrara, staff Sean Gauss and Ryan Gauss and Gabie Webber.
Game Officials:...referee Steve Mortimer, referee's assistants Silviu Petrescu and Nigel Johnson, 4th official Steve Robinson.
1st Half:...game starts 9:15pm....Olympians defend south end.
4 min...TO goalie blasts ball off charging LC Mesanovic deflecting ball back over touch line.
6 min...TO Thomas shot along left end line deflected for corner kick.
7 min...TO corner kick headed in box, defender's jumping header on line prevents goal. TO Kouzmanis blasts rebound on right to short side webbing from 7 yards.
10 min...TO GOAL Kouzmanis...Kouzmanis rolls in 15 yarder from right through defenders. LC goalie charged to left edge of box to block through ball from TO Thomas but TO Capporella got rebound and short pass to TO Kouzmanis.
12 min...TO Ziannis follow up on bad clearance with 15 yard shot just over bar.
13 min...TO goalie charges out to clear through ball pass.
14 min...TO Capporella injured in LC end.
17 min...LC Lawrence 30 yard shot from midair is over net.
22 min...LC zone sees furious in ball action as LC goalie leaps for ball and falls over defender and defender must clear.
23 min...TO corner from right, header wide left from 5 yards.
26 min...LC Mesanovic blasts 35 yard freekick from left well over bar.
29 min...LC goalie pushes ball left and TO Thomas doesn't get dive call.
30 min...LC goalie messes up called catch of high ball and fumbles wide right for corner.
32 min...TO Thomas through ball on left crosses to right and TO Capporella has point blank save stopped by sliding goalie.
33 min...TO GOAL Capporella...Capporella on leaping 10 yard header redirecting 25 yard shot into right side of net beyond flying goalie.
39 min...TO sub...Matas replaces injured Capporella who limps off field.
40 min...TO Thomas touches ball to TO Kouzmanis whose 25 yard freekick rolls wide left of post.
41 min...TO Handsor shanks 20 yard shot over right sideline after TO Thomas centering pass from left.
45 min...LC Rickwood injured in own end.
48 min...TO Ziannis pushes through ball to TC Handsor on left who rolls cross across box but no TO players in position.
48 min...half ends 10:03pm.
2nd Half:...starts 10:17pm.
46 min...LC Andrews rolls cross from left, LC Mesanovic 7 yard shot deflected for corner kick.
49 min...TO Handsor blasts 25 yard rebound shot after corner kick from left off defender for another corner.
50 min...TO Handsor on 10 yard charging header just wide left after corner kick from right.
51 min...LC YELLOW card...Commisso (?) for tackle from behind on TO player near LC left corner.
53 min...TO Smith rolls 40 yard shot through crowd wide left of net.
54 min...TO Handsor pushes ball to open TO Matas who has ball saved by sliding goalie.
57 min...TO Holmes blasts 35 yard freekick low into wall on freekick.
61 min...TO sub...Belfon replaces Thomas.
63 min...TO corner from right almost pushed in by TO Holmes coming from behind net after retrieve attempt of ball called off!
64 min...LC defenders head ball away twice on furious in LC box actions.
70 min...LC sub...Dekker replaces Andrews.
..............LC sub...Day replaces Brown.
71 min...TO Belfon 25 yard shot wide right of net.
71 min...TO Lawrence cross from right passes right across box.
72 min...LC player called for handball just inside LC box.
73 min...TO GOAL Kouzmanis...Kouzmanis on penalty kick as he slides shot to low right side of net ahead of goalie's slide. The referee ordered one of the Gauss sons away from behind the net as the teenager was jumping around trying to distract the penalty kick.
73 min...TO sub...Sanna replaces Mossavat.
..............TO sub...Bianci replaces Bowes in goal.
76 min...LC Mesanovic blast from 30 yard on left is well over net.
76 min...TO YELLOW card...Cardey for sliding tackle on LC Commisso.
76 min...LC Mesanovic chips 30 yard freekick offside to forward in box.
77 min...TO sub...Ouroutzaglou replaces Ziannis.
78 min...TO Matas shot wide left when pulled down on charge through defender but no call made.
80 min...LC Mesanovic curls in 25 yard freekick punched out of box by leaping goalie.
84 min...TO Kouzmanis rolls low 15 yard shot from right, saved by goalie diving forward.
84 min...TO Matas wins penalty kick when he's pulled down in box.
84 min...TO GOAL Kouzmanis...Kouzmanis on penalty kick struck low to left side of net.
86 min...LC Gebczynski corner kick from left, LC player tripped in box and penalty kick awarded.
87 min...LC GOAL Mesanovic...Mesanovic rolls penalty kick to left corner of net.
88 min...TO Cardey sent away on right wing, he steps around defender but weak 20 yard shot rolled to goalie.
89 min...TO goalie tips 30 yard shot over bar although offside flag up would not have counted as goal.
91 min...ends 11:02pm.
Final Score:....Toronto Olympians.....4....London City......1...
Attendance started at about 100 but faded in the bitter cold to about 60 by game's end.
Toronto Olympians earn a spot in the Playoff final game Saturday at 5:00pm in Oshawa.
Toronto Olympians left Eddy Berdusco on the bench perhaps waiting for today. Three of the five goals came about from Penalty kicks. London City had not played a CPSL game since August 27th.
Rocket Robin
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