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Result of the Friday October 1st, 2010 CSL game between Portugal FC vs London City played at Lamport Stadium at 8:00pm.
Portugal FC (all red, white numbers)
...............1 Mike Silva (cpt)
22 Francesco Capone...15 Andre Stewart...3 John Jonke...6 Jarosau Radzinski
7 Sergi DeLuca...8 Dominic Oppong...23 Marko Bedenikovic...16 Joe Rini
...........13 Massimo Mirabelli...14 Jarek Whiteman
Subs:...12 Quillan Roberts (gk)...4 Shane Satar (def)...5 Joseph Del Priore (fwd)...19 Oman Morris (mid)...21 John Louis Perruzza (--)
24 Wesley Cain (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Carmine Isacco...manager Jimmy Carvalho
London City (all black, white numbers)
................1 Scott Mueller (cpt)
2 Carson Green...27 Brody Vangesiel...23 David Harriman Duke...19 Stuart Wright
17 Justin Marques...7 Anasse Brouk...5 David Ortega...12 Karim BenSari
............6 Thomas Beattie...35 Andrew Loague
Subs:...8 Genti Dervishi (def)...10 Abdo Halbouni (def)...13 Sergio Siguenza (def)...20 Genti Buzali (fwd)...26 Youna Samra (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Luka Shaqiri...manager Ryan Gauss...trainer Clint Jack
Game officials:...referee Silviu Petrescu...referee's assistants Sharon Welsbey and Michael Anthony Izzo...fourth official Manuel Orlano...(yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)
1st Half:...game starts 8:27pm. PFC defend south end on this cold night.
4 min...PFC Massimo Mirabelli GOAL...PFC Francesco Capone sends in cross from 25 yards near the right end line. Mirabelli takes a 12 yard
midair shot from the left that is into right side of net about 5 feet high beyond goalie Scott Mueller.
6 min...PFC Rini 10 yard shot beats goalie charging for it but shot is wide right of net.
12 min...LC Beattie 35 yard low shot up middle is smothered by goalie.
14 min...PFC DeLuca rolls pass up right and charging PFC Capone shoots 12 yarder but pushes ball wide right of net.
15 min...PFC Mirabelli cornerkick from right has PFC player heads 8 yarder in crowd of players on left that's caught by goalie.
19 min...LC Beattie 40 yard blast from right sails over net.
22 min...PFC Oppong blasts partial clearance from 30 yards down middle high and wide right of net.
23 min...PFC Massimo Mirabelli GOAL...PFC Marko Bedenikovic sends in pass to Mirabelli at 20 yards who dekes City defender Carson Green and pokes
7 yard shot up middle past sliding goalie into middle of net.
25 min...LC Brouk rolls through pass from 25 yards from right but goalie charges out to pick up ball on left at 12 yards.
26 min...PFC player's 35 yard blast is over net.
26 min...LC sub...Samra replaces Loague.
27 min...PFC Capone cross from 22 yards on right end line is caught by goalie.
28 min...LC Samra cross from 25 yards on right is cleared from box by defender.
29 min...PFC Massimo Mirabelli GOAL...City Thomas Beattie takes 25 yard freekick from the right that PFC defender heads ball away and starts
a fast break. Mirabelli is sent a pass just as he's crossing the center line and he rushes down the left wing and takes low 15 yard shot down
the middle into the center of the net beyond the sprawling goalie.
32 min...PFC Mirabelli gets pass behind LC Green and shoots 18 yard roller down middle wide left of post.
32 min...LC sub...Dervishi replaces Green.
32 min...LC Samra works out short cornerkick from left and defender clears low cross.
34 min...PFC Capone blasts partial clearance from right is well high and right of net from 35 yards.
36 min...LC Samra 35 yard blast over players is well high and wide right of net.
38 min...LC sub...Buzali replaces BenSari.
41 min...PFC Whiteman rush on right from 40 yards and 20 yard cross from right end line is low through 6 yard box just a step ahead of charging
PFC Mirabelli.
43 min...LC Samra rush on left then cuts to try to get around defender and shot deflects for cornerkick on left.
44 min...LC player's cornerkick from left has LC Ortega blast partial clearance down middle wide right of net.
45 min...PFC Whiteman runs to near left end line and runs back to 15 yards and cuts shot just over bar.
45 min...half ends 9:12pm.
2nd Half:...starts 9:22pm.
46 min...PFC Bedenikovic rush to right and cross in box has PFC Oppong back-heel ball but it's cleared. PFC Whiteman rush into box but goalie gets
to it at 5 yards.
47 min...PFC Oppong gives PFC Mirabelli a breakaway pass at 25 yards and he turns LC Vangesiel inside out but shoots wide left from 10 yards.
48 min...PFC Whiteman rush to ball as other PFC player holds back as offside and from 35 yards runs to 20 yards and blast well over net from right.
50 min...PFC Oppong given ball that LC Duke defender checks him off but he puts leg back to get to it and 12 yarder from left is saved by sprawling goalie
at 6 yards.
52 min...PFC Marko Bedenikovic GOAL...Bedenikovic gets ball through defenders standing static at 30 yards and he runs down the middle and took
20 yard low shot into the left corner of net beyond the diving goalie.
54 min...PFC sub...Morris replaces Radzinski.
55 min...LC Ortega rolls pass to LC Dervishi who shoots 12 yarder under goalie but play is offside.
56 min...PFC sub...Perruzza replaces Mirabelli.
.........PFC sub...Roberts replaces Silva in goal.
.........I also notice that PFC Cain is into game.
57 min...PFC Bedenikovic 40 yard freekick from right has goalie miss on leap but PFC player is offside tapping it into net from 3 yards.
59 min...PFC Cain is injured at center line when he takes a ball into stomach.
61 min...LC Samra low 25 yard shot up right is wide right of goal.
62 min...PFC sub...Satar replaces Whiteman.
63 min...LC Duke 40 yard shot from right is through players and batted down by goalie on right post.
65 min...PFC Bedinikovic 40 yard freekick from left is caught by goalie on line.
66 min...PFC goalie runs to far left corner of box to dive on through ball.
67 min...PFC sub...Del Priore replaces Bedenikovic.
67 min...City Thomas Beattie GOAL...City Youna Samra chips pass from 18 yards through defenders and Beattie kicks 5 yarder between goalie
Quillan Roberts and left post.
69 min...PFC Oppong 35 yard freekick from left has LC Duke head out of box.
71 min...PFC Joseph Del Priore GOAL...PFC John Louis Perruzza gets give and go on right at 30 yards and he rushes to 15 yards on 2 on 1 and
rolls pass to left for Del Priore to kick 10 yarder that flying goalie gets hand to at 5 yards but momentum of shot carries the ball into the net.
73 min...PFC goalie charges forward to clear through ball for throw-in.
74 min...PFC Oppong(?) cross from 30 yards on left and flying PFC Del Priore heads 7 yarder that goalie tips but reaches towards goal from ground and stops ball
rolling in.
76 min...PFC Del Priore soft roller from 22 yards up middle to goalie after goalie cleared ball from charging PFC Mirabelli at 20 yards.
77 min...PFC Capone cross from left through box too far ahead through PFC Del Priore at 10 yards.
78 min...PFC Oppong cornerkick fromright has whistle blown in box.
80 min...LC Beattie gets chipped pass and all alone on right at 15 yards kicks immediately wide left of net.
82 min...LC goalie dives out to beat PFC Del Priore to through ball who is being held off by LC Vangesiel.
84 min...PFC Oppong chips 28 yarde cross from right and PFC Del Priore leaps but can't quite turn header at 5 yards.
86 min...A LC goal is correctly called offside.
87 min...PFC Satar cross from right is through box.
87 min...LC Beattie rush on left but PFC defender catches him and slides to clear ball.
88 min...LC Wright cornerkick from left has LC Samra finish with hook midair of 10 yard shot wide right after goalie punched ball forward.
90:30 min...game ends 10:08pm.
Final Score:.......Portugal FC..........5.............London City..........1..........
Attendance was about 40 on this cold night. The crowd picked up to about 100 with the later permit holders showing up in the second half. The game was delayed by almost half an hour because City players were delayed on Highway 401 because of an accident. The City players had only a brief warm up before the game was started. Their manager Ryan Gauss after the game admitted a team can't play in this calibre league without a proper warm up. Also he cleared up that their game against Toronto Croatia that had to be postponed Tuesday night for the second time this year had them called to turn their bus back somewhere between Kitchener and Milton instead of getting all the way to Toronto and finding that both the field and the dressing rooms were flooded. He is waiting for the league to decide if that game will have to be played but with the collapse of Toronto Croatia for the last playoff spot, that could be a very important game for placement or qualifying at all.
Massimo Mirabelli scored a hattrick in the first half, almost had two more, and was subbed off at 56 minutes.
Mike Silva started the game in net for PFC and stayed until 56 minutes when the team was in the midst of emptying their bench as the game was in hand. Both goalies had a few important stops to preserve the win. Both teams had a few offside calls go against them. PFC did a lot better job of breaking through offside traps or just disorganization of the City defenders.
Fans were reminded that Portugal FC would have at least one playoff game (true as first round in home and away) but the opponent, time and location are still to be announced. No rush to buy tickets yet!
Referee Silviu Petrescu did not give out a card in this wide open game. I see from the MLS schedule that he will be the fourth official in the New York Red Bulls game tomorrow. What a difference between the two leagues!
Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
Team captains Scott Mueller of City (left) and Mike Silva of PFC (right) are there for the coin toss.
City players' pre-game huddle. For time constraints there was no national anthem tonight.
PFC players line up to start game
City kickoff (35) Andrew Loague and Youna Samra
City goalie's freekick
ball flies out of bounds
PFC freekick
another PFC freekick
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