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Result of the Friday August 28th, 2009 CSL game between Serbian White Eagles and St Catharines Wolves played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 8:00pm.

Serbian White Eagles (all white, blue numbers)

.................1 Marko Petrovic
28 Govan Vlaski...2 Thierry Mangwa...5 Marc Jankovic...3 Dragorad Milicevic
19 Kiril Dimitrov...22 Adrian Tismenar...14 Uros Stamatovic...10 Alex Braletic
.............99 Sasa Viciknez (cpt)...8 Jonathan Hurtis

Subs:...27 Marlon Juman (gk)...11 Dragan Radovic (fwd)...4 Milos Vucinic (mid)...20 Milan Janosevic (mid)...17 Mihajlo Bacanin (mid) ...29 John Garces (def)
team officials:...head coach Rafael Carbajal...assistant coach Paolo Pacione...manager Joca Kalinic...trainer/physio Mike Peters...team official Ken Stanojevic

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

.................1 Claudio Perri (cpt)
27 Danny Gallacher...20 Matthew Dimaria...12 Geoffrey Attard...6 Joe Conte
14 Mathew Cain...18 Rudy Pikuzinski...23 Tony Mermigas...11 Stefan Kamendy...13 Scott MacLennan
...................10 Carlo Arghittu

Subs:...21 Tony Visca (gk)...7 Brandon Jones (def)...9 Julian Fabiani (mid)...15 James Blair (mid)...17 Simon Murphy (mid)
team officials:...head coach James McGillivray...assistant coach Carlo Arghittu...manager Armand Difruscio...trainer/physio Angelo Pizzacalla

Game officials:...referee Manuel Orellano...referee's assistants S Decker and Marie Sheila Beaudoin...fourth official Hassan Rifai...(all black, white and yellow trim)

1st Half:...game starts 8:02pm...SWE defend south end.
2 min...W Mermigas 55 yard freekick from right is through players and bounces to goalie.
3 min...SWE Viciknez cornerkick from right has SWE Mangwa blasts 12 yarder over net.
4 min...W player's 55 yard freekick from left has W Cain head 7 yarder from right that goalie catches on bounce to left post.
5 min...SWE Stamatovic ends SWE pressure with 8 yard blast of ball over net from left. (SWE Hurtis had not been able to run cross from right into net from 10 yards).
7 min...W player's cornerkick from left has defender head ball away.
8 min...SWE Braletic rushes 20 yard shot from left is wide left of net.
10 min...SWE Hurtis rush on left sideline crosses from cornerflag and goalie catches.
12 min...W Kamendy rush on right but flubs cross over end line.
14 min...SWE Viciknez rush up middle but 18 yard shot blocked by defender.
16 min...SWE Viciknez blaasts 35 yard freekick into player wall.
19 min...W Stamatovic rush on right and rolls cross that W Braletic lets go by and W MacLennan blasts 20 yarder from left well over net.
20 min...SWE player's low throw-in that W Attard twists header through own box just missing own goal.
21 min...W Mermigas injured at SWE 50 yards.
22 min...W Conte freekick from 55 yards on left is stopped by defender on edge of box.
24 min...SWE Milicevic bends 25 yard cross from left that curls for goalie to catch.
25 min...W Kamendy 45 yard chip from right has goalie catch in crowd of players.
27 min…Wolves Tony Mermigas GOAL…Wolves Carlo Arghittu kicked a rebound shot from 18 yards up middle which sprawling goalie Marko Petrovic stopped at 6 yards but Mermigas kicked in rebound from 12 yards over fallen goalie to right side of net.
30 min…White Eagles Sasa Viciknez GOAL…Viciknez blasts 28 yard freekick from left over player wall and into top right corner of net on bending shot.
31 min...SWE YELLOW card...Tismenar earns it for tackle at SWE 50 yards.
33 min...W Conte long throw-in from right has defender head ball away in box.
35 min...SWE Hurtis rush up right and wins cornerkick when defender slides to knock away ball.
36 min...SWE Hurtis low roller cross from 20 yards on left has SWE player one step off from getting to it so goalie dives on ball.
37 min...W goalie charges right to dive on ball.
38 min...SWE player's cornerkick blast hits SWE Tismenar, injurying him.
39 min...W YELLOW card...Kamendy earns it for knock down of SWE player.
41 min...SWE Viciknez cornerkick from left has W player head ball away.
41 min…White Eagles RED card…Goalie Marko Petrovic earns a direct ejection from referee Manuel Orellano for charging out of his box to the right and tripping Wolves forward Carlo Arghittu when he had trouble clearing the ball and Arghittu got by him. Back-up goalie Marlon Juman subbed in and took the place of an outfield player.
43 min...SWE sub...Juman comes in as an outfield player replacing Stamatovic.
44 min...W Conte 35 yard freekick is blocked in player wall on right.
45 min...W MacLennan run down middle and 22 yard shot is wide left of top corner of net.
47 min...SWE Hurtis cross from left from 25 yards is well over net.
48 min...half ends 8:50pm.

2nd Half:...starts 9:05pm.

46 min...W MacLennan cornerkick from right has W player head ball wide left from 3 yards on left.
48 min...W Conte dribbles up left wing and taps over to W Kamendy who blasts cross from 20 yards on left high and behind net.
51 min...W Gallacher cornerkick from left has goalie swat pop up and defender SWE Milicevic head ball behind own net on right.
52 min...W player's cornerkick in between knocked over end line for another cornerkick.
53 min...W MacLennan cornerkick from right has W player head ball through left side of box.
54 min...SWE Viciknez cornerkick from left has SWE Jankovic head 15 yarder that deflects off W player for cornerkick.
55 min…White Eagles Kiril Dimitrov GOAL…White Eagles Sasa Viciknez cornerkick from left has defender head ball out of box. Dimitrov gets rolled pass up middle and as he was not offside turned and chipped a low 10 yard shot into left side of net over sprawling goalie Claudio Perri.
64 min...SWE Viciknez rush on left and sends cross that deflects off W Attard for cornerkick (on first scoring chance in last 9 minutes).
64 min...SWE Viciknez cornerkick from left is cleared from box.
66 min...W Gallacher 35 yard freekick from left has wind carry ball over players and wide right of net.
67 min...W MacLennan one-touch 10 yard kick on left is well over net after cross bounced to him from 40 yards on right.
69 min...W MacLennan(?) 26 yard freekick from right is low and blocked by SWE Mangwa behind player wall.
74 min…White Eagles Sasa Viciknez GOAL…White Eagles Alex Braletic rushes on right and cuts diagonally to center of field and passes ball forward and left to Viciknez who shoots 12 yard shot from sharp left into right corner of net.
75 min...SWE sub...Radovic replaces Dimitrov.
76 min...SWE Braletic has the referee talk to him or he may have drawn a card.
.........SWE YELLOW card...Milicevic earns a card.
80 min...W Pikuzinski taps ball over on freekick from 22 yards on left and W Kamendy blaasts is blocked on edge of box.
82 min...W Arghittu 30 yard shot from right is high and wide left of net.
83 min...W Pikuzinski 28 yard blast up middle is well over net.
85 min...SWE Viciknez is pushed pass on right and chips 20 yard shot just over top left corner of net.
86 min...W sub...Jones replaces MacLennan.
.........W sub...Blair replaces someone.
89 min...SWE Bacanin replaces Tismenar.
92 min...SWE Janosevic(?) replaces Viciknez.
92 min...W player receives throw-in from right and blasts 30 yard shot over net.
92 min...game ends 9:52pm.

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

Attendance was about 125 on this mild evening with the temperature dropping quickly and the wind picking up in speed.

The Red card was really unnecessary by Marko Petrovic as it appeared if he’d have let Carlo Arghittu run by him without tripping him up, Arghittu would have retained possession just inside the right side line but two retreating defenders had a good chance of cutting off his angle and stop any cross he had in mind.

It was a great surprise that White Eagles scored two goals in the second half while playing a man down and running into a strong gusty wind. Back up goalie Marlon Juman looked a bit shaky and had defender Marc Jankovic take most of the goal kicks. Wolves put in a lot of pressure at the start of the second half and had five cornerkicks in the first eight minutes after the break.

Sasa Viciknez had two brilliant goals with a bending freekick like David Beckham would take to tie the game and a tough angle shot to put the game out of reach. The White Eagles were frustrated with being called offside so often but tried again with the pass to set up his second goal. Viciknez also set up teammates with freekicks and cornerkicks which weren’t converted.

Wolves’ manager Armand Difruscio says his team is shorthanded right now with a player suspended and some away on vacation. This year they will not lose any players going back to school so they are pretty settled on their roster for the rest of the season. Goals are hard for them to come by with them only scoring their 13th in 14 games this season. Their defence has been outstanding but they have let in three goals in two out of their last three games—both losses against Brampton Lions and White Eagles. They’ve had a 0-0 home game tie against Toronto Croatia in between.

White Eagles jump to first place in the CSL for at least the start of this weekend although Toronto Croatia can leap over them with a home game on Sunday night against London City here at Centennial Stadium.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca


White Eagles starters


Wolves starters


White Eagles clearance


midfield play


Wolves rush


White Eagles Sasa Viciknez ready to send in cross.


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