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Result of the Friday September 7th, 2007 CSL game between Serbian White Eagles and London City played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 8:30pm.
Serbian White Eagles (all white, blue numbers)
............................25 Arthur Zaslavski
19 Rato Boroja...6 Mirko Medic (cpt)...2 Ricardo Muguia
10 Alex Braletic...8 Nenad Stojcic...13 Nikola Budalic...24 Mihailo Bacanin
...............11 Gabriel Pop...18 Noel Ellerton...15 Milos Scepanovic
Subs:...27 Djordje Radan (gk)...9 Sasa Viciknez (fwd)...14 Milan Janikic (mid)...3 Uros Stamatovic (mid)...4 Danilo Maksimovic (def)...16 Josh Gordon (def)
...22 Aleksandad Radovanova (mid)
team officials:...head coach Sinisa Ninkovic...assistant coach Aca Krivokapic...manager Daragisa Latinic...physio Philip Barros and Dragisa Latnic...trainer Milenko Matic
London City (white socks and numbers, black shorts and shirts)
............................00 Tommy Bianchi
34 Marco Peeters...37 Alex Ponce...35 Bobby Fashbaugh...1 Mike Frost
17 Tsheka Anderson...30 Jamie Andrews...8 Gentjan Dervishi (cpt)...41 Gesi Commisso
.......................39 Dumtau Ionita...29 Gallon Kecel
Subs:...4 Ian Warnock...18 Donald Francis...40 Travis Gordon...19 Eugene Nelson...26 Joey Johnson...38 Camilo Gonzalez (mid/fwd)...20 Miguel Knox
team officials:...head coach Jeff Brown...assistant coach Ryan Gauss...manager Ron Cecchin...trainer/physio Bill Miller...(I saw Sean Gauss not Ryan Gauss here tonight)
Game officials:...referee Justin Tasev...referee's assistants John Oliva and Kim Babb...fourth official Rob Burns...(neon green shirts, black shorts and socks)
1st Half:...game starts 8:41pm...SWE defend north end lin this hot but breezy night.
20 sec...SWE player's cross along right end line has SWE Ellerton head 5 yarder up middle off left goalpost and cleared.
1 min...SWE Braletic eludes defender on right and sends low cross from 12 yards that has SWE Ellerton boot ball wide left from 7 yards as he falls.
5 min...SWE Stojcic's weak 10 yard roller is directly to City goalie.
6 min...SWE Braletic scissor kick from 5 yards on right getting cross from left is blasted over net.
8 min...SWE Braletic low cross on right end line has defender clear.
10 min...SWE Pop 22 yard freekick from left near end line that's even with post is lobbed over net.
11 min....SWE Stojcic 20 yard shot is blocked in box by defender and cleared.
12 min...SWE Budalic low 18 yard shot through crowd of players wide right after good passing plays around on edge of box.
14 min...SWE goalie catches 30 yard shot up from up the middle.
15 min...SWE Braletic cross from right end line has SWE player pop up header.
17 min...SWE Braletic cornerkick from left drifts out of box for SWE Pop to blast 20 yarder from right on one touch and defender makes foot save at 3 yards.
19 min...SWE Pop on 4 on 3 rush pushes ball too far forward on left and behind end line.
21 min...SWE Braletic cross from 25 yards on right goes off City Frost for cornerkick from right.
22 min...SWE Braletic cornerkick from right is cleared from box.
23 min...SWE Budalic forward pass has SWE Pop cross from right end line and SWE Stojcic(?) crosses over players' heads and ball bounces wide left.
24 min...SWE Stojcic run up right and bends 22 yard kick that hits left goalpost near bar and ball cleared from play.
25 min...SWE Scepanovic pushes low shot from 22 yards to City goalie.
26 min...SWE Pop misses ball lunging for 5 yard shot but was being flagged offside if he'd connected.
28 min...SWE Braletic cornerkick from right has defenders clear in box.
30 min...SWE Braletic cornerkick from left has SWE player head ball wide through box.
31 min...SWE Scepanovic beats two defenders on right and crosses low to SWE Pop who boots shot that diving goalie pushes wide right of net.
32 min...SWE Braletic cornerkick from right has SWE forward pop up header through box out left side.
35 min...SWE goalie comes out to pick up ball when SWE Medic shadows City player from getting to ball.
38 min...SWE Ellerton 10 yard shot from right end line is just wide left of post.
39 min...City Ionita 22 yard shot well over net from up middle.
40 min...City Commisso kicks at SWE goalie charging for ball and goalie pushes ball out of box to clear.
41 min...SWE Braletic cornekrick from left has defender clear.
42 min...SWE player heads cross from left into short left webbing outside net.
43 min...SWE Braletic 15 yard cross from right is over heads of players in box.
44 min...SWE Pop rush into box and runs wide right that he tries to cut in shot when he pushed ball too far right of net.
45 min...SWE Ellerton stops and cuts 20 yard shot well over net.
47 min...half ends 9:28pm.
2nd Half:...starts 9:42pm.
45 min...SWE player's cross from left has City Frost concede cornerkick.
46 min...SWE Braletic low cornerkick from right has nearest defender clear.
46 min...City defender's clearance from 18 yards after stopping ball on edge of box.
47 min...SWE Bacanin cross has defender's flying header clear ball.
47 min...SWE Braletic pushes 20 yard freekick from left is forward to SWE Scepanovic who pushes ball over end line trying to cross.
48 min...SWE Bacanin charges into box and loses possession and falls with injury.
49 min...City defender clears ball before SWE player can kick shot from 5 yards.
50 min...City Ionita pushes shot too far forward from 40 yards while on 2 on 1 rush for goalie to grab.
51 min...SWE Budalic 35 yard shot is deflected for cornerkick.
52 min...SWE Braletic cornerkikc from right has defender in box head ball away.
53 min...City Ionita 30 yard freekick from right is well over net.
55 min...White Eagles Nikola Budalic GOAL...SWE Mihailo Bacanin crosses from left that has defender block and partially clear. Budalic stops ball and blasts 10 yarder from left into top left corner of net.
57 min...City Anderson 25 yard blast from right is caught by goalie.
58 min....SWE Pop gets short pass from left and his 18 yard shot is up middle and stopped.
61 min...City Jamie Andrews GOAL...City Tsheka Anderson rushes down left cutting to middle and passes forward to Andrews whose low 15 yard shot is into low left side of net behind goalie Arthur Zaslavski.
64 min...SWE Pop 18 yard freekick from left edge of box crossed to outside of box and City player clears.
65 min...City Commisso(?) 15 yard shot from left is deflected by defender for cornerkick. City player's cornerkick from left is cleared.
66 min...SWE Medic 30 yard low shot from right is through players in box wide left.
67 min...SWE Pop heads ball over net from 4 yards but ruled offside anyway.
68 min...SWE sub...Gordon replaces Scepanovic.
68 min...SWE Bacanin charges in from left has SWE Pop miss shot and SWE Stojcic then blast 12 yard shot over net. SWE Pop had slid and was injured on play.
69 min...SWE Bacanin run on left crosses through box and two SWE players miss but City defender concedes cornerkick.
70 min...SWE Ellerton 5 yard shot on slide is wide right.
71 min...City YELLOW card...Frost for pulling on SWE Braletic on edge of City box on run.
71 min...SWE Budalic 18 yard freekick from right is low and wide left of net.
74 min...SWE Pop passes from middle right to SWE Bucalic for cross into box where SWE Ellerton heads 7 yarder that's caught by goalie.
75 min...SWE Bacanin cross from left has SWE player miss in City box.
77 min...White Eagles Noel Ellerton GOAL...Ellerton is behind defenders and turns and rolls 8 yarder into right corner of net after getting pass from the right.
78 min...SWE Bacanin cross from left after run has goalie bat ball down and grab it.
79 min...City sub...Gordon replaces Ionita.
80 min...SWE Bacanin beats defender on left end line and cross has another defender clear away.
81 min...SWE Ellerton blasts 10 yarder well over net getting pass from right.
81 min...City Anderson is injured in own box.
82 min...SWE sub...Maksimovic replaces Boroja.
83 min...SWE Bacanin cross from left has goalie run right to catch.
85 min...SWE Ellerton can't quite turn 5 yard header getting to cross.
86 min...City Marco Peeters twists SWE Gabriel Pop tripping him in the box. Referee Justin Tasev calls a Penalty kick. He also gave a Yellow card to City goalie Tommy Bianchi for kicking the ball behind the net after the call.
87 min...White Eagles Gabriel Pop GOAL...Pop shoots his Penalty kick low to left side of net as goalie dives right.
88 min...SWE sub...Stamatovic replaces Ellerton.
89 min...City goalie dives left in box to grab ball.
90 min...City sub...Gonzalez replaces injured Anderson.
91 min...SWE sub...Radovanova replaces Stojcic.
94 min...SWE player's 30 yard shot is wide right.
94 min...game ends 10:31pm.
Final Score:……..Serbian White Eagles……..3………….London City……….1………..
Attendance was about 400 on this hot night but a very breezy night. The threat of rain (there was some falling on my drive to the stadium) may have kept the crowd down but none fell when the game was on.
The White Eagles dominated this game but had many problems scoring. I counted at least six corner kicks in the first half for them and about as many crosses from the end line. I thought Mihailo Bacanin was the best player for the White Eagles as he put many of his crosses into the box easy enough for any forward to tap or head the ball in. The fans were frustrated by 5 yard shots going wide and headers going over the bar or not being turned at all. I hadn’t seen the White Eagles since August 17th but have read them struggle for results such as last Sunday when they were upset by Canadian Lions 3-2. They are certainly missing star player Sasa Viciknez who’s out with an ankle injury. They will next play North York Astros on Sunday before playing back here on Thursday night against Toronto Croatia.
I was wondering if London City would have enough guys to play tonight because they started the warm up with only six guys but gradually they built up to a full team with enough subs. Doing the two hour drive to London and back twice last weekend, I realize how tiring it is and that may be one of the reasons the game was scheduled half hour later than the usual White Eagles starting time. They didn’t always make the best use of them though as when Tsheka Anderson was injured at 81 minutes, City didn’t make a sub until 90 minutes when Camilo Gonzalez went in to play. While they were short, White Eagles scored their final goal. City didn’t have many chances and their best ones were from counterattacks like the goal they did score. Sometimes having five or six guys back in their box did keep them in the game much longer than if White Eagles had scored early and blown the game open.
Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
White Eagles starters
City starters
White Eagles on a rush waiting to cross it into box.
White Eagles break out over center in second half.
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