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Result and details of the Friday August 23, 2013 CSL game between Serbian White Eagles and London City played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 9:00pm.

Serbian White Eagles (all white, red numbers)

....................40 Scott Cliff
27 Mohammed Habibzi...5 Goran Vlaski (cpt)...3 Vitomar Jelic...13 Andre Orlando
38 Djorjije Strunjas...39 Nikola Negojevic...34 Ivan Stankovic...44 Nikola Miodrag...17 Daniel Chamale
.......................7 Kiril Dimitrov

Subs:...50 Patryk Zapotoczny (gk)...2 Vadym Zayamyy (def)...8 Sahjah Reid (fwd)...20 Goran Rapaic (mid)...29 Milan Mitrovic (fwd)
...46 Angelo Calabro (def)
team officials:...head coach Uros Stamatovic...manager Predrag Milkovic...president Dragan Bakoc

London City (all black, white numbers)

....................1 Vladimir Markotic
38 Adam Magier...4 Rade Novkovic...27 Zvonko Bakula (cpt)...11 Branislav Vukomanovic
30 Younan Samra...15 Nenad Begovic...5 Tonci Pirija...24 Marin Vucemilovic Grgic
...............9 Aldin Kukic...8 Harris Fazlagic

Subs:...12 Jovan Stefan Brudiu (gk)...6 Jefferson Omide Agaiha (def)...14 Francesco Pecorelli (mid)...16 Klaas Stoker (def)
...17 Justin Marques (def)...23 Jasmin JR Halkic (mid)
team officials:...head coach Tomo Danicevic...assistant coach Kathline Nurse...manager Jasmin Halkic

Game officials:...referee Ramee Arbaji...referee's assistants Gianni Facchini and Peter Pendli...fourth official Benjamin Jacobs
...(yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 9:00pm...SWE defends south end on this warm night. It's already dark before game time.
4 min...SWE Stankovic cornerkick from right has defender knock ball away. SWE Strunjas follows up with 35 yard kick that goalie palms over net.
4 min...SWE Stankovic cornerkick from right is cleared and SWE Dimitrov blasts 25 yard shot down middle low and well wide left of net.
6 min...LC Samra low 30 yard shot up middle that goalie dives wide left to smother.
13 min...SWE Stankovic 35 yard freekick from right is cleared from edge of box. SWE Habibzi follow up with 33 yarder from right that rolls well wide left of net.
14 min...SWE Strunjas cross after run on right is over 6 yard box.
15 min...SWE Strunjas cuts into right side of box but has defender slide to knock ball away for cornerkick.
16 min...SWE Stankovic cornerkick from right bounces between players. SWE Chamale has 28 yard shot stopped on edge of box.
17 min...SWE Chamale cross from 25 yards on right has SWE Miodrag leap and head 8 yarder over net.
22 min...LC Bakula pokes away SWE Dimitrov's breakaway rush on right wing but concedes cornerkick.
22 min...LC Vukomanovic on right side of box heads away cornerkick by SWE player from right.
25 min...SWE Habibzi long run and crosses from near right cornerflag that goalie catches unpressured in box.
29 min...LC Fazlagic is injured in leg clearing ball at LC 30 yards.
34 min...SWE Chamale on rush on right and crosses to SWE Dimitrov in open on middle but he can't stop ball at 20 yards to get away shot.
37 min...SWE Stankovic deflects 30 yard kick from right that deflects from 15 yards and rolls to goalie.
38 min...SWE Kiril Dimitrov GOAL...SWE Nikola Miodrag sends in low cross from 25 yards on left centered to Dimitrov who kicks ball in from 10 yards to middle of net past goalie Vladimir Markotic.
40 min...LC Vucemilovic Grgic 35 yard shot down middle is well over net.
I'm unsure if there was a YELLOW card given out to SWE Habibzi.
43 min...LC YELLOW card...Vukomanovic earns it for holding an SWE player at LC 40 yards running down sideline.
43 min...SWE Chamale 35 yard shot is over crowd of players and just over net.
45 min...SWE YELLOW card...Negojevic earns it for injurying LC Vukomanovic at SWE 33 yards.
47 min...LC Vucemilovic Grgic 35 yard freekick is headed away by defender.
48 min...half ends 9:48pm.

2nd Half:...starts 10:02pm.
47 min...SWE Stankovic cornerkick from right is knocked down in box and cleared.
48 min...SWE Strunjas has 15 yard shot tipped by defender on right for cornerkick.
48 min...SWE Stankovic cornerkick from right is passed back to him by SWE Habibzi on right end line recoveing partial clearance but SWE Stankovic pushes ball over end line when checked by two defender.
50 min...City Aldin Kukic GOAL...LC Nenad Begovic rushes on 2 on 1 with Kukic and passes from 30 yards on left over defender and Kukic chips goalie Scott Cliff from 20 yards down middle just under bar as goalie was 5 yards off his line.
55 min...LC Vucemilovic Grgic 35 yard freekick from right has LC Bakula as one of three LC players behind defenders head 7 yarder well over net.
58 min...LC sub...Marques replaces Magier.
.........SWE sub...Reid replaces Strunjas.
59 min...SWE Dimitrov rush on right and 15 yard shot hits outside right side of post past flying goalie.
63 min...SWE Reid is pushed pass on right and runs ball over end line while trying to cut around defender.
64 min...SWE Reid rush to left end line and centers rolled pass to edge of box for SWE Chamale to shoots 20 yard roller down middle that deflects off defender for cornerkick.
64 min...SWE Stankovic cornerkick from right is cleared from box.
68 min...LC Samra 25 yard blast down middle is through players and over net.
70 min...SWE Stankovic 30 yard freekick from right sideline has defender head from 6 yards.
71 min...LC Fazlagic rush on left eludes defenders and centers 25 yard pass but just a step behind charging LC Vucemilovic Grgic on 1 on 1 at 12 yards.
71 min...LC Kukic low 12 yard shot from right is deflected wide right by sliding goalie.
71 min...LC Vucemilovic Grgic cornerkick from right is cleared by defenders.
73 min...SWE sub...Zayamyy replaces Miodrag.
74 min...SWE Orlando gets ball off LC clearance off back of SWE Reid and 18 yard shot from left is deflected wide right by flying goalie.
75 min...LC Begovic wins cornerkick on left as defender tips his cross over end line.
76 min...LC Begovic cornerkick from left has LC player pop 8 yarder header onto top of net.
77 min...LC Vucemilovic Grgic intercepts bad clearance at 30 yards and feeds centering pass to LC Kukic alone at 15 yards and he hits bar with 12 yard shot.
78 min...SWE Stankovic gets errant clearance in box and low 10 yard shot has goalie dive and push ball wide left of post.
79 min...SWE Stankovic cornerkick from right has defenders clear ball and SWE Dimitrov blast of 25 yard clearance is blocked.
81 min...LC Vucemilovic Grgic cross from 15 yards on right is over players and LC 15 on left has high pass deflect to right where LC Vucemilovic Grgic then shoots 10 yarder from right just over net.
84 min...LC Samra 18 yard cross from left is off chest of SWE Zayamyy for cornerkick on right.
84 min...SWE Chamale feeds through pass from 45 yards for SWE Reid who charges to 15 yards and shoots off underside of crossbar but ball stays out.
87 min...LC Vucemilovic 25 yard cross from right is over box.
88 min...SWE sub...Rapaic replaces Stankovic.
89 min...LC Samra cross from 20 yards on left is through box and LC Vucemilovic Grgic shoots 12 yarder from right that sliding goalie blocks at 5 yards.
90 min...SWE Dimitrov rush on right and 15 yard shot is stopped.
92 min...SWE Vitomar Jelic GOAL...SWE Daniel Chamale crosses from 20 yards on right that's over players in box to left end line where SWE Kiril Dimitrov rescues ball from going out and taps ball into box for Jelic to shoot 5 yard roller into net.
94 min...SWE YELLOW card...Dimitrov earns it for time wasting.
95 min...game ends.

Final Score:......Serbian White Eagles........2.............London City........1..............

Attendance was about 80 on this warm night. This was the first home game for White Eagles in seven weeks which included four games postponed because of the flood damage to the stadium at the beginning of July. The groundskeeper said the field looked like stilled waves when the artificial turf buckled.

White Eagles had more of the chances in the first half. After the equalizing goal, both teams played end to end for the rest of the game. A cornerkick would be stopped and then the defending team would find themselves on a fast break.

Best non-scoring chances were at 17 minutes when SWE Daniel Chamale crossed from 25 yards on right that had SWE Nikola Miodrag leap and head the ball over the net from 8 yards. 55 minutes had LC Marin Vucemilovic Grgic's 35 yard freekick from right that had LC Zvonko Bakula as one of three LC players behind the defenders head a 7 yarder well over the net. 59 minutes SWE Kiril Dimitrov rushed on the right and his 15 yard shot hit the outside right side of the post past the flying goalie. 71 minutes had LC Aldin Kukic take a low 12 yard shot from the right that was deflected wide right by the sliding goalie. 74 minutes had SWE Andre Orlando get the ball off an LC clearance off the back of SWE Sahjah Reid and Orlando's 18 yard shot from the left was deflected wide right by the flying goalie. 77 minutes had LC Vucemilovic Grgic intercept a bad clearance at 30 yards and feed a centering pass to LC Kukic alone at 15 yards and he hit the bar with a 12 yard shot. 78 minutes had SWE Ivan Stankovic recover an errant clearance in the LC box and his low 10 yard shot had the goalie dive and push the ball wide left of the post. 81 minutes had LC Vucemilovic Grgic cross from 15 yards on the right over players in the box and LC Begovic on the left sent a high pass that defects to the right where Vucemilovic Grgic shoots a 10 yarder from the right just over the net. 84 minutes had SWE Chamale feed a through pass from 45 yards for SWE Reid who charged to 15 yards and took a shot that hit the underside of the cross bar but the ball stayed out. 89 minutes had LC Younan Samra cross from 20 yards on the left through the box and LC Vucemilovic Grgic shot from 12 yards from the right that the sliding goalie blocked at 5 yards.

Referee Ramee Arbaji gave out only a few cards for a game that wasn't rough.

White Eagles record improves to 4 wins, 8 losses, 1 tie good for 10th place but with a game or two in hand over the teams immediately ahead of them. London's record falls to 6 wins, 8 losses, 3 ties for a 5th place tie with Windsor but they've played two more games than the Stars.

London City will be in Vaughan on Sunday for a game against York Region Shooters which I hope to attend.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca


Serbian White Eagles starters


London City starters


City Mohammed Habibzi (27) and SWE Tonci Pirija (5) at coin toss.


City Harris Fazlagic (8) and Aldin Kukic (9) take opening kickoff.


City rush crosses over center line.


SWE Kiril Dimitrov (7) on rush.


City Adam Magier (38) with ball.


SWE Nikola Miodrag (44) and Ivan Stankovic (34) take second half kickoff.


SWE player tries to keep ball in play.


SWE Mohammed Habibzi (27) take throw-in.

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