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Result of the Friday August 17, 2007 CSL game between Serbian White Eagles and St Catharines Roma Wolves played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 8:00pm.

Serbian White Eagles (all white, blue numbers)

....................27 George Radan
2 Ricardo Munguia...6 Mirko Medic...19 Rata Boroja...15 Milos Scepanovic
7 Dragan Radovic...13 Nikola Budalic...3 Uros Stamiatovic...10 Alex Braletic
...............11 Gabriel Pop...9 Sasa Viciknez (cpt)

Subs:...01 Danilo Sarcevic (gk)...24 Mihajlo Bacanin (fwd)...18 Noel Ellerton (fwd)...8 Nenad Stojcic (mid)...22 Alex Radovanovic (mid)...4 Danilo Maksivmovic (def)...14 Milan Janikic (mid)
team officials:...head coach Sinisa Ninkovic...assistant coach Alex Krivokapic...manager Dragisa Latinic...assistant match Milenko Matic...trainer/physio Dean Stambolic...team official Ken Stanojevic

St Catharines Roma Wolves (black socks, shorts, and numbers, sky blue shirts)

......................1 Claudio Perri (cpt)
19 Dan Gallacher...4 Matt Waddington...14 Geoff Attard...5 Joe Conte
7 Paul Delano...6 Rudy Pikuzinski...15 Tony Mermigas...8 Arnie Magnotta
...............9 Anthony Strange...10 Carlo Arghittu

Subs:...21 Tony Visca (gk)...2 Cale Samuel (def)...12 Tenardo Copeland (def)...13 Dereck Mancuso (mid)...18 Dan Mazzuca (mid)
team officials:...head coach James McGillivary...assistant coach Carlo Arghittu...manager Armand DiFruscio...trainer/physio Stacy Gough

Game officials:...referee Manuel Orellana...referee's assistants Greg Fabi and Steve Senderovicu...fourth official David Di Pasquale...(red shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 8:07pm...SWE defends north end on this mild evening with a strong gusty wind from the north.
35 sec...Wolves Gallacher cross of short cornerkick from left has defender head ball away.
1 min...SWE Viciknez 25 yard freekick from left has flying goalie palm ball over net.
2 min...SWE Viciknez cornerkick from right has play whistled down in box.
3 min...SWE Boroja injured just outside center circle on sliding tackle.
4 min…Wolves Carlos Arghittu GOAL…Wolves Anthony Strange gets pass up middle and 20 yard shot blocked by goalie George Radan. Arghittu pops up 10 yard rebound with a header and ball drops over line past retreating goalie and defender.
9 min...Wolves Magnotta bends 25 yard blast from left that hits crossbar over flying goalie and bounces wide right.
11 min...Wolves goalie catches 30 yard bouncer from left.
11 min...Wolves goalie charges forward to catch bouncer ahead of SWE Pop.
13 min...A referee's assistant holds talk with referee.
14 min...Wolves YELLOW card...Pikuzinski for incident just outside box which referee's assistant saw.
16 min...Wolves defender hooks ball away from SWE player in Wolves box.
17 min...SWE Viciknez cornerkick from right has Wolves Magotta as the closest defender knock ball behind net.
18 min...SWE Viciknez cornerkick from right has goalie punch ball out of box over crowd of players.
19 min...Wolves Strange cornekrick from left has defender head ball through box.
20 min...SWE player's long pass deflected too far for charging SWE Radovic but they win a cornerkick.
21 min...Wolves Strange long run up right and 20 yard shot blocked by goalie and knocked wide left.
22 min...Wolves player's cornerkick from right has defender head ball away from box.
22 min...SWE Viciknez freekick up middle from 35 yards bounces to goalie.
24 min...SWE Viciknez 25 yard freekick from left has defender behind wall of players head ball away.
25 min...Wolves goalie catches 55 yard shot that bounced over players on edge of box.
26 min...SWE Pop pass back in Wolves box to SWE Radovic but shot blocked.
27 min...SWE Viciknez 25 yard freekick from left is low and saved by goalie but revound cleare by defender.
28 min...SWE Budalic gets to partial clearance of cornerkick and from left blasts ball well over net from 20 yards.
28 min...SWE Viciknez 20 yard blast from left is well over net.
29 min...SWE Stamiatovic 28 yard low shot is well wide left.
32 min...Wolves Magnotta cross from left has both Wolves Strange and Wolves Arghittu have defenders block shot.
35 min...Wolves Strange long run up right has defender slide and block, ball hits Wolves Strange and deflects for goalkick.
36 min...SWE Radovic 30 yard shot as he slides and left is well over net.
37 min...SWE Viciknez cornerkick from left has defender head ball away as it bends outside box.
39 min...Wolves Strange run by defenders in middle and 20 yard shot saved by another defender.
39 min...SWE Radovic runs up middle for 30 yard blast just over bar.
41 min...SWE players can't get away shot on edge of box as Wolves defenders poke away his attempts.
43 min...SWE Viciknez 22 yard freekick from right has leaping goalie bat ball down on right post and him time to smother it.
44 min...SWE Scepanovic has cross attempts blocked.
45 min...SWE Budalic cross from left has goalie catch then he's pushed into net by SWE pplayer so play flagged down.
46 min...SWE Medic(?) 65 yard pass blast from right has SWE Radovic cross from 20 yards that's caught by goalie.
47 min...half ends 8:54pm.

2nd Half:...starts 9:09pm...Now the Wolves have the wind at their back.
45 min...Wolves Gallacher cornerkick from right, Wolves Strange blasts partial rebound well over net from 15 yards.
47 min...Wolves Magnotta 35 yard freekick blast from right is bent over net.
49 min...SWE Braletic cross from left has SWE Viciknez kick 10 yard shot from right deflected by defender for cornerkick.
51 min...SWE Viciknez 25 yard freekick from right is bent wide left for cornerkick.
54 min...White Eagles Gabriel Pop GOAL…SWE Nikola Budalic splits two defenders up middle and passes left to Pop who blasts 12 yard shot to right corner of net beyond diving goalie Claudio Perri.
55 min…Wolves Carlos Arghittu GOAL…Wolves Arnie Magnotta runs up right wing and centers cross to Arghittu who kicks 12 yard shot to inside of left corner of net.
55 min...SWE Budalic weak 220 yarde shot from left rolls to goalie.
57 min...SWE Braletic low shot from right is saved by goalie.
58 min...SWE Viciknez 22 yard shot over players is caught by goalie.
60 min...SWE sub...Stojcic replaces Stamiatovic.
61 min....Wolves Strange 20 yard cross from left is well over box.
61 min...SWE Munguia gives up cornerkick although he's well wide of net.
62 min...Wolves Strange second cornerkick from left is well over box out for throw-in on right.
63 min...SWE goalie crosses to right but bends behind net for cornerkick.
63 min...Wolves Magnotta 40 yard shot is caught by goalie under bar who has to hold it out.
65 min...Wolves Gallacher hard 45 yard blasts knocks Wolves Strange in head for injury.
67 min...Wolves Gallacher cross from 25 yards on right has Wolves Magnotta step into it up midlde and his one-touch shot from 25 yards is trapped by goalie.
68 min...Wolves Waddington 45 yard freekick over players in box is wide right.
69 min...SWE Pop 18 yard freekick from left has ball blocked and SWE Viciknez partial rebound blast from 20 yards caught by goalie.
72 min...SWE Radovic gets to cross from right on left of net but he's flagged down as behind the end line.
73 min...Wolves Attard slides back to block low cross from 15 yards and spears ball to goalie.
74 min...Wolves Viciknez 22 yard freekick from left is wide right.
75 min...Wolves Waddington 65 yard freekick is wide right of net.
78 min...SWE Scepanovic cross into box from left. SWE Viciknez boots partial clearance from 20 yards over net.
79 min...Wolves goalie charges to 22 yards to clear ball from two SWE players.
80 min...SWE Viciknez cross from right 25 yards is over leaping ogalie and sliding SWE Radovic misses ball on left post.
81 min...Wolves sub...Copeland replaces Delano.
81 min...SWE sub...Ellerton replaces Scepanovic.
83 min…Wolves Carlos Arghittu GOAL…Tony Mermigas at Wolves 30 yard line shoots long pass over players to center line where ball finds Arghittu who races in from right and as SWE Mirko Medic closes in, he shoots 20 yard shot just inside left post beyond sprawling goalie at 12 yards.
86 min...SWE Radovic cross over players in box from right, SWE Viciknez eventually crosses from left well over net.
88 min...SWE Viciknez pushes pass through to SWE Budalic and cross from near left end line through box but in front of charging SWE players.
90 min...Wolves YELLOW card...Copeland for not giving 10 yards on SWE Viciknez freekick from 20 yards on left side.
91 min...SWE Viciknez 25 yard freekick is cleared from box.
91 min...game ends 9:55pm.

Final Score:……..Serbian White Eagles……1………St Catharines Roma Wolves………3……….

Attendance was about 600 on this evening which started out mild but cooled off fast. The wind was a huge factor in this game as it blew from the north in gusty bursts.

Carlos Arghittu scored all three goals for the Wolves! A great individual effort. He was caught on a few plays where he didn't get back in time and was called offside. His second goal was most important to turn the momentum of the White Eagles scoring just one minute earlier.

This was the Wolves third game in six nights. I was at their game on Sunday when they lost to Italia Shooters 2-0. They got revenge on the Shooters in St Catharines 1-0 on Wednesday. Wolves' manager Armando DiFruscio said they played Wednesday's second half like they played tonight's game for the win. He said his team had three players serving suspensions and two out with injuries. He wasn't too confident about their subs tonight as of the five extra players brought to this game, most were from their youth team.

Referee Manuel Orellana didn't have many cards to give out tonight as the game wasn't really rough. The referee's assistant on the near side had trouble judging offsides but he was an equal-opportunity-flagger as he caught both sides throughout the game.

This was the first game for George Radan in the White Eagles net. He is filling in for regular goalie Dusan Belic who is spending time with his dieing father in the USA. Radan couldn't at fault in any goals but the rest of the defence could have done better. The third goal for the Wolves could be blamed for the White Eagles pressing for the equalizer and the wind causing balls to drift over defenders' heads.

Claudio Perri had trouble with his long punts in the first half blowing back towards him but it was too his advantage in the second when even medium efforts flew 60 yards. He was always able to recover rebounds or a defender was there to clear.

Sasa Viciknez took most of the free kicks for the White Eagles but his shots were dangerous but often off target. I've never seen the White Eagles make so many unforced errors. Some passes of only five yards were out of bounds!

Arrangements have been made for one of the Serbian White Eagles vs. Toronto Croatia games. The game scheduled Thursday September 13th at Centennial Stadium will be considered a White Eagles home game and tickets will only be sold in advance…no tickets sold on the day of the game! This stadium has no way of separating fans because all seats are on the west side so as I've heard from CSL executives, Croatia will also have a 'home' game with just their fans able to see the game.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca


White Eagles starters


Roma Wolves starters


midfield action.


Claudio Perri, Carlos Arghittu, and Wolves coach James McGillivary after the game.

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