...............

Result of the Sunday July 5th, 2009 CSL game between Brampton Lions and Toronto Croatia played at Victoria Park in Brampton at 3:00pm.

Brampton Lions (all white, blue numbers)

..................1 Kevin Doyle
20 Daniel Cameira...2 Mo Karanoum...10 Cameron Medwin...5 Mike Marchese
19 Jeremy Shepperd...13 Agustin DeMedina...7 Alex Arbelo (cpt)...6 Joao Ferreira
.............21 Nordo Gooden...9 Daniel Nascimento

Subs:...00 Tristan Fletcher (gk)...3 Nico Poku (def)...4 Peter Petropanagos (def)...12 David Cobby (def)...14 Adrian Pena (fwd)...17 Alban Vuktilaj (mid)...18 Alex Julian (mid)
team officials:...head coach Armando Costa...assistant coach Pernel Mason...manager Victor Cameira...trainer/physio Krystin Bokalo...team official Pino Jazbic

Toronto Croatia (blue socks, white shorts and numbers, red shirts)

...................1 Sandi Matika
16 Halburto Harris...2 Tomislav Skara...14 Braeden Krampert...20 Ainsley Deer
.........15 Sven Arapovic...5 Jonathan Bustamante...23 Tonci Pirija
..........7 Tomislav Ples...8 Hayden Fitzwilliams (cpt)...10 Tihomir Maletic

Subs:...89 Marko Culjak (gk)...11 Ivan Zgela (mid)...18 Mario Beljo (mid)...19 Niko Pesa (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Velimir Crljen...assistant coach Alen Vukobrad...manager Ivan Kulis...trainer/physio Rachel Leroux

Game officials:...referee Justin Tasev...referee's assistants Matt Arduini and Rick Zomparelli...fourth official Steve Senderovich...(all black, white and yellow trim)

1st Half:...game starts 3:06pm...Lions defend east end on this hot sunny afternoon with a breeze from the south.
6 min...Lions Arbelo is tapped back pass and his 25 yard shot up middle is caught by goalie wide left of post.
6 min...TC Arapovic low cross from right is though box unplayed.
9 min...TC Arapovic cross through box from right has TC Ples not able to keep posession left of the net.
9 min...TC Harris blasts partial clearance up middle from 30 yards well over net.
11 min...TC Arapovic high cross from 20 yards on right has TC Maletic leap and pop 6 yard header from left over net.
12 min...TC Fitzwilliams cross on left on run has TC forwards called offside ahtough they can't redirect header.
13 min...TC Arapovic crosses from right over box behind TC forward.
15 min...TC Bustamante 50 yard chip from right one-bounces to goalie on edge of box.
19 min...LIons goalie beats TC Maletic to pick up through ball on edge of box.
20 min...Lions Shepperd cross from 20 yards on right has TC Harris head ball away from inside box.
22 min…TC Tomislav Ples rush to through ball on right and Lions Joao Ferreira pulls him down. Referee Justin Tasev awards a Penalty kick and also gives Ferreira a Yellow card.
24 min…TC Hayden Fitzwilliams blasts Penalty kick to left corner and goalie Kevin Doyle flies to push ball wide left of net and defenders clear.
25 min...TC Fitzwilliams is centered pass and shoots 20 yard roller wide right of net.
26 min…Lions RED card…Alex Arbelo earns a direct objection for an elbow to the face of TC Jonathan Bustamante in center circle. Daniel Nascimento takes over as captain.
29 min...TC Bustamante blasts partial clearance from 30 yards wide left of net.
30 min...TC Bustamante low 30 yard shot up middle through defenders wide right.
31 min...TC Arapovic run down right and cross into box has goalie cahrge up to catch in front of crowd in box.
33 min...Lions Gooden eludes defender on run up right and 15 yard shot from right has goalie drop ball but fall forward on ball wide right of post to smother as no one is in box.
34 min...Lions Gooden injured in lefft in crash with defender at center line sideline.
36 min...TC Deer passes forward at 40 yards to TC Fitzwilliams who rolls low cross fromleft and TC Ples just a step behind turning in 3 yard shot charging to net.
37 min...Lions DeMedina 30 yard roller through crowd as goale smothers ball.
39 min...TC Maletic cornerkick from right is low and nearest defender clears.
41 min...TC Deer low 20 yard shot from extreme left is smothered by goalie.
42 min...Lions Sheppard injured near center line.
44 min...TC Fitzwilliams gets low freekick pushed ball and takes 15 yard shot on extreme left has flying goalie palm ball away. TC Harris flubs whot on partial clearance and rolls weak 20 yarder to goalie.
46 min...TC Arapovic cross from 20 yards on right end line has goalie catch ball in cdrowd of players.
47 min...TC Ples beats defender on rush on right and crosses over TC player in box.
47 min...half ends 3:53pm.

Lions David Guzman gave an interview to Rogers TV at halftime.

2nd Half:...starts 4:10pm.
48 min...TC Harris cornerkick from right has TC player pop up header but defenders clear.
49 min...TC Pirija cross from 45 yards on right and TC Bustamante flubs 15 yard on left tha's well wide left of net.
50 min...TC Ples slides to scisssor kick 20 yard partial clearance that diving goalie on left post.
54 min...TC Krampert is injured in center circle.
56 min...TC Pirija chips 45 yarder that tips back for leaping goaolie to catch.
56 min...TC Maletic pushes ball in box forward to TC Fitzwilliams but defender tips ball away on 7 yard shot attempt.
57 min...TC Maletic cornerkick fromright has goalie punch ball away.
59 min...TC Arapovic throw-in from right has defender poke ball away from TC Maletic deep in Lions box.
60 min...TC Pirija cross from 15 yards on right rolls to goalie.
62 min...TC sub...Zgela replaces Bustamante.
63 min…Croatia Tihomir Maletic GOAL…TC Hayden Fitzwilliams cross from 30 yards on left has Maletic head 10 yarder that bounces into low left corner of net beyond goalie Kevin Doyle.
64 min...TC Harris rush on right and runs to center but tounces pass forward for TC Zgela to blast 25 yarder that goalie stops low on left post.
66 min...Lions YELLOW card...Nascimento for kick from behind on TC Zgela at center line.
67 min...TC YELLOW card...Ples for push from behind on player at center line.
68 min...Lions Nascimento 22 yard freekick from right is blasted into wall and ball is cleared.
69 min...Lions Nascimento freekick from near left cornerflag is caught by jumping goalie.
71 min...TC YELLOW card...Skara for knocking over Lions DeMedina on breakout play at center line.
72 min...TC YELLOW card...Fitzwilliams for argueing the last call.
72 min...Lions Nascimento 55 yard freekick from right bounces just wide left of net missing charging Lions Sheppard near left post.
73 min...Lions Nascimento swinging kick partially hits nose of TC Ples who injures his left falling back.
75 min...TC Maletic 30 yard freekick from right bends shot wide right of top corner of net.
76 min...TC Ples charge on right and cross into box has TC Zgela blasts one-touch from 10 yards well high and wide left of goal.
77 min...Lions YELLOW card...DeMedina for booting ball away at center line after whistle.
80 min…Croatia RED card…Tomislav Skara earns his second Yellow card in 9 minutes as he pushes over Lions Daniel Nascimento at TC 22 yard line when Lions took a quick freekick for Nascimento to break in.
81 min...Lions sub...someone replaces Gooden.
.........TC sub...Pesa replaces Maletic.
82 min...Lions Nascimento 22 yard freekick blast is curled just wide left of net.
84 min...Lions Shepperd cornerkick from right is headed away and Lions Marchese blasts 25 yarder over net up middle.
86 min...TC YELLOW card...Bustamante for not retreating 10 yards on freekick so the freekick was taken off his butt.
87 min...TC goalie gets hand to cross from right and Lions Shepperd rolls pass fromleft and Lions DeMedina shoots wide right from 18 yards on left.
88 min...Lions Sheppard cornerkick from left has goalie swat ball over to right out of box.
89 min...Lions Ferreira 55 yard pass up middle has goalie jump over ball when its rolling wide right so he'll get goalkick and waste time.
90 min...TC sub...somebody wearing #17 replaces Ples.
92 min…Lions RED card…Daniel Nascimento earns his second Yellow card for pushing TC Tonci Pirija at Lions 50 yard line after Pirija won ball. Pirija earned a Yellow card for his pushing back after whistle was blown.
93 min...TC sub...somebody wearing #13 replaces Arapovic.
94 min...Lions Sheppard cross from 25 yards on left has goalie let ball bounce and settle before he picks it up.
94 min…game ends.

Final Score:………….Brampton Lions………….0……………Toronto Croatia…………..1………..

Attendance was about 350 on this hot, sunny day with a nice breeze. Rogers Community Channel was filming this game for broadcast in the Brampton area on Monday at 7:00pm.

This was an exciting game with Lions playing well playing short a mean for more than two thirds of the game. Both Lions who took Red cards were the captains of their team at that time of the game. They both are usually the main scoring threats for Lions in their games.

After the game I saw Lions David Guzman who wasn’t listed in today’s game. He was interviewed at halftime by the Rogers commentators but was out of earshot. He said he wasn’t playing as he injured his hamstring ten days ago and is expecting to be ready to play by this upcoming Friday.

Referee Justin Tasev had to give out many cards for the rough play in today’s game but some of the cards were for stupid things like kicking the ball away after a whistle or quickly kicking a ball at the nearest opposing player on a freekick so that player would be carded for not giving ten yards.

Goalie Sandi Matika earned the shutout for Toronto Croatia with a few key saves. Sven Arapovic crossed in many balls into the Lions box for Croatia and Hayden Fitzwilliams passed into the Lions box enough times that they could have put the game out of reach comfortably and avoid the nail biting finish.

Croatia Mario Pupic returned to Croatia (the country) and won’t be coming back. The team has given his #11 jersey and midfield spot to Ivan Zgela who is just got here from Croatia (the country) and was a substitute this afternoon but subbed in at 62 minutes—just a minute before the only goal.

Velimir Crljen is the head coach of Toronto Croatia this year. I asked him after the game to clarify. He was the head coach for the first two games of the year and then he left for Europe for a holiday and Milodrag Akmadzic coached for the team through its next four games. Both were themselves players for many years for Toronto Croatia.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca


Lions starters dressed in white


Croatia starters dressed in red


Croatia goalie grabs through ball


ball sent downfield


Croatia Jonathan Bustamante with ball.


Lions #21 Nordo Gooden had just been helped up after an injury.


Croatia Tomislav Ples is checked off ball.


Croatia #10 Tihomir Maletic on run.

back to CSL menu

..................................................................................................................................

..................................................................................................................................

..................................................................................................................................

..................................................................................................................................

..................................................................................................................................

..................................................................................................................................

..................................................................................................................................

..................................................................................................................................

..................................................................................................................................

..................................................................................................................................

..................................................................................................................................

..................................................................................................................................