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Result of the Tuesday September 23rd, 2003 CPSL game between Metro Lions vs Hamilton Thunder played at Birchmount Stadium in Scarborough at 8:00pm.
Metro Lions (white socks and shirts, navy shorts, red numbers)
.....................................00 Gregory Drakes
...............13 Anton Skerritt...14 Kevin Ricketts...7 Caswain Mason
12 Michel Levkov...6 Marko Janjkek...20 Maximelie Dorneval...15 Nikola Vignjevic...10 Hayden Fitzwilliams
.........................11 Pop Gabriel Salustius...9 Darryl Gomez
Subs:...22 Christopher Clark (mid)...5 Ilan Friedman (mid)
team officials:...manger administration Dragoslav Lugomirski...coach Goran Miscevic...trainer Blagode Bratic...equipment manager Ken Moulineau...physio Paolo Pacione
Hamilton Thunder (all blue, white numbers)
...............................1 Roberto Ferrari
21 Davdo Mova...29 Nikola Andrejevic...2 Petar Dajak...18 Zeljko Dukic
12 Stalin Cardenas...5 Srdjan Markovic...8 Sergio DeLuca...3 Denny Velastegui
......................22 Kevin De Serpa...9 Jason Crnic
Subs:...11 Matt O'Connor (mid)...6 Ricardo Marquez (mid)...28 Peter Curic (fwd)...24 David Simpson (fwd)...19 Adam Leggett (fwd)...26 Josip Busic (mid)...00 Dan Pelc (gk)
team officials:...head coach Manuel Gomes...assistant coaches Michael Francisco and Bosko Borjan...equipment manager Sergio Velastegui
Game Officials:...referee Yakov Keimakh...referee's assistants Nigel Johnson and Alex William...fourth official Henry Szali
1st Half:...game starts 8:17pm...Lions defend south end on this cool night with the temperature dropping.
3 min...Thunder Stalin Cardenas GOAL...22 yard freekick from left edge of box is tapped to Cardenas to blast around Lions wall and into top right corner of net leaving goalie Gregory Drakes with no chance.
4 min...HT goalie picks up through ball through middle.
6 min...HT Dukic 65 yard freekick from left, HT Cardenas on right one touches 25 yard volley high left.
8 min...HT Crnic injured with foot in chest in Lions end on sideline.
10 min...HT Velastegui pass through to right and HT DeSerpa has 15 yard shot stopped point blank by goalie.
12 min...HT DeSerpa 35 yard shot well wide right.
13 min...HT goalie catches 35 yard shot.
15 min...HT DeSerpa 40 yard freekick wide right.
16 min...Lions Salustius injured in HT end.
20 min...Lions Janjkek bounces 30 yard shot to goalie.
21 min...HT DeSerpa 40 yard freekick from left, HT Cardenas (?) heads bouncer from 7 yards that leaping goalie catches.
22 min...HT Crnic blasts 20 yarder wide left of net after receiving header.
23 min...HT DeSerpa cornerkick from left has goalie punch up then catch on way down.
25 min...HT Velastegui open on left crosses ball over box.
26 min...HT goalie reaches across edge of box to catch through ball. Referee's assistant flags him down for being (hands) outside box.
27 min...Lions Vignjevic 22 yard freekick is low and hits outside of right post.
29 min...Lions Vignjevic rolls quick freekick from 25 yards from right forward, Lions player crosses ball, two players kick ball at same time, Lions Salustius loose and four yard shot over net.
32 min...HT DeSerpa cornerkick from left HT Valestegui taps back HT DeSerpa who crosses ball and goalie catches in crowd of players.
33 min...Lions Vignjevic 55 yard freekick caught by goalie.
34 min...Lions Vignjevic 25 yard freekick hits top of crossbar and balls pops back into play, Lions player pounds 8 yard rebound wide.
36 min...HT DeSerpa cornerkick from right is headed away by defender.
37 min...HT DeLuca 35 yard shot well wide left.
40 min...HT Velastegui bounces cross along left end line picked up by goalie.
41 min...HT Dukic cross from 25 yards on left is cleared by defender.
43 min...Lions Gomez gets back in play to head ball away in Lions box that had got past fallen goalie.
44 min...HT YELLOW card...Cardenas for tackle near center sideline.
45 min...Lions Salustius 25 yard shot is wide right of post.
47 min...HT DeSerpa freekick from 35 yards on left is dangerously kicked around in box before finally being cleared.
48 min...HT Crnic strong armed when racing into Lions box but call goes to Lions.
48 min...half ends 9:05pm.
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