June 5, 2017 League 1 Ontario Match Recap: Aurora FC vs Vaughan Azzurri (from League 1 Ontario website)

Match Recap: Aurora FC 2 - 4 Vaughan Azzurri 
06/05/2017, 9:00am EDT
By League1 Ontario staff

After a game that appeared to have everything for the neutral onlooker - including a goal 
in the first minute, then two sets of goals for each team within a minute of each 
other - Vaughan Azzurri finally beat Aurora FC 4-2 at St. Maximillian Kolbe H.S. 
on Saturday.

"If you look at the chances, I think we had about four or five clear cut chances 
in the first twenty minutes," said Aurora head coach, Derek O'Keeffe. 

"That's the difference of the game. You score those chances, the way we were playing 
with so many counters, you're in, you're okay. That's always the difference. You score 
your chances, you're okay, you don't score them and you give space for these boys 
to come back into it. They took their advantage." 

Chris Mannella (1') was the first to score for Vaughan, before Aurora woke up and 
went ahead with goals from Justin Broome (23') and Ali Sozeri (25').

Then it was Vaughan's turn to duplicate, with Thomas Skublak (32') and 
Jarek Whiteman (33') sticking two away within a minute to give the visitors 
a remarkable 3-2 lead heading into the interval.

Both sides would trade opportunities in the second half, but it was Vaughan talisman 
and former Canadian international Joseph Di Chiara (57') that would ultimately 
land the knockout punch with his goal just ahead of the hour mark. 

"We had a very very early goal from an incredible start, but that allowed 
us to perhaps take our foot off the pedal and we had to react after giving up two 
goals against," said Vaughan assistant coach, Patrice Gheisar.

"We adjusted and did ok, but it was a good game - back and forth, lots of goals." 

"Going down two goals allowed us to see what they guys are made of because what 
happens of course is it is not something that went by script," he added. 

"We wanted to have the lead and keep the lead but they bounced back. Credit 
to them, two great goals right away and our guys pushed hard and had the belief 
to get the second, third and the fourth. It was a good mentality from our guys." 

Aurora's O'Keeffe was happy with his team's overall work-rate, but felt it was 
the little details that allowed the result to elude the home side.

"Simple mistakes let them down," he said. "I don't fault their effort at all."

"I think a little quality at times in their decision making, like kicking 
it short on a high press when you should be going long or using the wrong foot, 
passing when you should be dribbling, dribbling when you should be passing." 

"Small details like that, quality in decision making, hurt us at times."

Aurora FC will next play Toronto Skillz on Sunday June 11 
at Birhmount Stadium, Scarborough.

Vaughan Azzurri will next play Woodbridge Strikers on Sunday June 10 
at McNaughton Turf, Vaughan. 

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