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October 12, 2019 CPL--York 9 FC vs Forge FC game report (by Rocket Robin)
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York 9 FC (black socks, shorts, names and numbers, olive shirts)
....................29 Nathan Ingham
3 Morey Doner...6 Roger Thompson...13 Luca Gasparotto...20 Diyaeddine Abzi
....................8 Joseph Di Chiara
22 Rodrigo Gattas...10 Manuel Aparicio (cpt)...23 Wataru Murofushi...19 Kyle Porter
....................12 Simon Karlsson Adjei
Subs...31 Colm Vance (gk)...2 Daniel Gogarty (def)...7 Austin Ricci (fwd)...18 Ryan Telfer (mid)
...21 Stefan Lamanna (mid)...77 Steve Furlano (mid)...92 Michael Cox (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Jimmy Brennan...assistant coaches Ryan Brennan, Sergio Deluca, and Carmine Isacco
physiotherapist Esteban Calvijo...doctor Stephen Wong-Shue...physical trainer Derek Salvador...kitman Alex Bizzari
Forge FC (all orange, white names and numbers)
...................18 Quillan Roberts
16 Klaidi Cela...5 Daniel Krutzen...21 Bertrand Owundi...22 Monti Mohsen
........10 Kyle Bekker (cpt)...13 Alexander Achinioti-Johsson...3 Elimane Cisse
.........7 David Choiniere...9 Marcel Zajac...11 Chris Nanco
Subs:...1 Triston Henry (gk)...8 Giuliano Frano (CM)...15 Oluwaseun Oyegunle (CB)...19 Tristan Borges (CM)
...20 Justin Stoddart (CB)...23 Anthony Novak (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Bobby Smyrniotis...assistant coaches Johan Albert, Jelani Smith
...physiotherapist Kiran Persad...physical trainer Guilherme Tamanini...kitman Joseph Hanley
Game officials:...referee Filip Dujic...referee's assistants Philippe Bettez-Quessy and Melissa Snedden
fourth official Scott Bowman...(teal shirts, black shorts and socks)...assessor Francis Latulippe
First Half:...game starts 3:39pm...York defends north end on this cool, partially cloudy, with a bright sun
in the south west when it come out.
The game was delayed from a 3:30pm start because there was trouble turning off some of the sprinklers on the field.
Some maintenance guy was out twisting a bar into the ground to manually turn a pipe off along the sideline.
1 min..York Abzi heads the ball back from edge of box on right to goalie at 10 yards to relieve pressure.
1 min...A York defender stops a 20 yard shot up the middle by Choiniere with his face at 8 yards after a poor goalie clearance.
2 min...Forge Nanco bends 25 yard shot from the left just high and wide of the top right corner of net.
5 min...York Aparicio rush down right beating Forge Krutzen into box then stops to cut back and shoots 12 yarder from right
that goalie catches under bar.
6 min...York Doner gets back to give up cornerkick with header to prevent Forge Nanco getting to ball on Forge Bekker
cross from 25 yards on right.
6 min...Forge Bekker cornerkick from left is headed away on left side of box.
8 min...Forge Choiniere has shot on right edge of box blocked ending pressure where they had some other shots blocked
outside the box.
10 min...Forge Krutzen 25 yard freekick from right bounces wide right of post.
11 min...Forge Achinioti-Jonsson suffers head injury on bump at Forge 40 yard line but doesn't need trainer.
12 min...York Aparicio long cross from right 40 yards and York Abzi knocks ball down and low 15 yard shot has goalie
dive forward and push ball wide right for cornerkick.
13 min...York Aparicio cornerkick from right has York Adjei head 10 yarder in crowd of players just over bar.
15 min...York Abzi gets pass on left side of box and scuffs 10 yard shot that Forge Achinioti-Jonsson concedes cornerkick.
16 min...York Aparicio and Porter work out short cornerkick from left but first defender clears for quick breakout.
Forge Bekker long run downfield and from 25 yards on left sends low pass forward and to right Where charging Forge Zajac
steps over ball and Forge Choiniere takes 8 yard shot from right that sliding York Abzi blocks.
17 min...Forge Achinioti-Jonsson is again injured at Forge 40 yard line and needs trainer.
20 min...York Di Chiara receive pass from center on right edge of box and dribbles into box and earns Penalty kick
at 12 yard line when tripped up from behind by Forge Mohsen.
21 min...York Joseph Di Chiara GOAL...Di Chiara shoots Penalty kick into right side of net as goalie Quillan Roberts
slides left.
22 min...Forge sub...Frano replaces injured Achiniot-Jonsson who had not returned to game.
22 min...York Porter 45 year freekick from right has defender head away in crowd in box at 15 yards.
23 min...York Abzi gets run up left after defender slips but is bumped off ball at 10 yards on left and defender clears.
24 min...Forge Choiniere on run down right slips just outside York box on long run.
24 min...York Porter run down right and sends in low cross from 10 yard line through box to middle where defender
boots high to clear.
25 min...York Porter rolls pass forward on left near sideline and charging York Murofushi shoots low 8 yarder from far right
that deflects off defender and York Porter recovers at 15 yards and rolls pass across box where York Di Chiara touches it
left for York Gattas who has 12 yard shot from left that defender blocks.
25 min...York Adjei rolls pass from center circle forward and to right where charging York Porter runs into right side of box
and fires low 12 yarder that goalie stops at 2 yards on near post and defenders protect space so he can recover and smother ball.
27 min...Forge YELLOW card...head coach Smyrniotis earns it for making comments from the bench. It looks like it was
at the insistance of the fourth official.
28 min...York Porter cornerkick from left has York Thompson in crowd of players in middle head ball well wide right.
30 min...York Gasparotto long punt from 80 yards has goalie grab on bounce just in front of York Adjei just inside box.
33 min...York Porter 45 yard freekick on right has defender head away in crowd of players at 15 yard line.
33 min...Forge Cela cross from the 35 yard line on right has York Thompson make key diving headed clearance at 15 yarder
in center of box.
34 min...York Aparicio cross from 22 yards on right over to York Gattas who twists 12 yard header that goalie catches.
Gattas is injured and needs trainer.
35 min...York Thompson prevents Forge Zajac from getting away 8 yard shot from left with set of blocks.
37 min...York Murofushi centering low cross from left has defender clear in 6 yard box.
38 min...Forge Mohsen high 30 yard cross from left has Forge Zajac between defenders on right head 8 yarder that goalie catches.
38 min...York Gasparotto blocks Forge Cisse shot from 18 yards on right.
40 min...York Porter fires 25 yarder around defender on right sideline well over net.
41 min...Forge Cisse rescues ball on York's left end line and low cross from 10 yards is through 6 yard box unplayed
and out right for throw-in.
41 min...York Murofushi shoots 12 yarder from right well over net.
43 min...Forge goalie is out to top right of box to beat York player to ball.
45 min...York Gattas bends low 30 yarder up middle that goalie smothers.
47 min...half ends 4:26pm.
Halftime Entertainment: There looked to be nothing scheduled.
Second Half:...starts 4:41pm...The sun is still out.
45 min...Forge Choiniere receives pass up middle in box and shoots 10 yarder over net.
46 min...York Aparicio cross from right end line has Forge Krutzen head clearance at 7 yards in middle of box.
46 min...York players make two partial clearances with York Abzi conceding cornerkick.
47 min...Forge Krutzen cornerkick from right has defender in crowd of players in middle pop header forward
to clear from box.
47 min...York Aparicio receives a pass at 50 yard line on left and runs forward and pushes ball forward as he being
bumped off ball at 12 yards rolling it to goalie who fumbles it. York Abzi gains control on left edge of 6 yard box
and dribbles past defender but another pokes ball away conceding cornerkick.
48 min...York Porter high cornerkick from left has York Gasparotto called for push in box as he jumps for header on right
side of box.
49 min...York Adjei wins cornerkick on deflection on battle with Forge Owundi on run to get away shot on right side of box.
49 min...York Aparicio cornerkick from right is cleared from box on header on right side of box.
50 min...Forge goalie is out to 15 yards to pick up bouncing ball ahead of York Adjei.
50 min...Forge sub...Oyegunie replaces Mohsen.
52 min...Forge Krutzen cornerkick from right has defender head ball out left of box for throw-in.
53 min...Forge Nanco long throw-in from right is headed away in box at 6 yards for throw-in.
53 min...Forge Nanco long throw-in from right is headed away in box then play is whistled down.
54 min...York Doner wins cornerkick on right with cross on end line after run.
54 min...York Aparicio cornerkick from right is headed away up middle and charging York Abzi blasts 30 yarder
up middle well over net.
55 min...York Porter rolls 45 yard line freekick up left side and charging York Aparicio rescues ball on end line after
bumping aside defender and chips cross over 6 yard box and York player heads ball from 10 yards on right side back
into center of box where a defender heads it away.
56 min...York Murofushi on give and go up right side crosses ball from 20 yards over sliding defender on right end line
and York Di Chiara has 6 yard shot from left blocked and taps pass back to York Porter who has his 20 yard shot partially
blocked and ball rolls forward to Di Chiara who has ball poked away before he can get away 7 yard shot from left.
56 min...York Simon Karlsson Adjei GOAL...York Morey Doner at 65 yard line on right chips long pass downfield
on right and charging Adjei receives ball on bounce at 39 yard line behind defender and he dribbles to center
and shoots low 22 yard shot up the middle that tips over sliding goalie at 15 yards and rolls into center of open net.
57 min...Forge sub...Borges replaces Nanco.
61 min...Forge Frano chip from 28 yards from slight left just a step ahead of sliding Forge Zajac at 7 yards.
62 min...York Porter chips 45 yard freekick from right into box where defender heads clearance down and away.
63 min...York Aparicio checked off ball at 8 yards on left end line.
63 min...York sub...Telfer replaces Murofushi.
64 min...Forge Cisse receives centering pass and quick 28 yard shot up middle is wide right.
65 min...York Diyaeddine Abzi GOAL...York Kyle Porter on run to 30 yards in middle and he rolls pass forward
and left for charging Abzi who receives at 15 yard line eluding sliding Forge Klaidi Cela. He continues run
to 7 yards on left and fires low shot to right corner with goalie at 2 yards protecting short side of net.
66 min...York Di Chiara blasts 22 yarder between players on slight right that goalie catches.
67 min...Forge Oyegunie cross from left end line drifts behind net for goalkick.
70 min...York Telfer cornerkick from right wins another cornerkick on header on right side of box.
71 min...York Telfer cornerkick from right is partially cleared and York Aparicio bends 18 yarder from slight left
wide right of net.
72 min...Forge Bekker 30 yard freekick in middle hits top of bar near left post and deflects out for goalkick.
72 min...York sub...Lamanna replaces Adjei.
73 min...York Di Chiara is injured at York 35 yard line and needs trainer.
74 min...York Gasparotto dives forward to head ball away from Forge Bekker cross from left at 12 yards in middle of box.
74 min...Forge Bekker 35 yard blast up middle has goalie fly and push ball wide left of post.
74 min...Forge Bekker cornerkick from left has defender in crowd of players head ball away from left side of 6 yard box.
75 min...Forge Bekker cornerkick from left is played short and eventually Bekker crosses into box where York Thompson
heads away.
75 min...York Telfer cross from 22 yards up middle has York Gattas stop at 6 yards on right and blasts shot into short side
webbing of net.
77 min...York defenders make three blocks preventing shots getting through from just outside and inside box with a minute.
77 min...York Telfer wins cornerkick on battle/holding with Forge Owundi on long run down right.
78 min...York Telfer cornerkick from right has Forge Krutzen head away up middle at 6 yards in crowd of players.
79 min...Forge Bekker receives pass up left sideline and shoots low 28 yarder from left that's wide right of net.
81 min...York Lamanna is checked off ball on top right side of box.
81 min...Forge Owundi header prevents York Gattas getting to York Telfer cross from right. Owundi slides to clear cross from right.
82 min...York Telfer cross from 22 yards on far left along 6 yard line and Forge Owundi in middle of box pops up header which
goalie catches on the way down.
83 min...York Gasparotto blocks on right side of box from Forge Borges at right of box preventing shot getting through.
83 min...York sub...Furlano replaces Aparicio. Gasparotto now becomes captain.
84 min...Forge Choiniere cross from 25 yards on left has York Thompson head away at 15 yards in middle.
85 min...York Lamanna can't win cornerkick on battle with Forge Oyegunie on run up right.
86 min...Forge Cela is injured at York 50 yard line and needs trainer.
87 min...York goalie is out to 17 yards on right to smother bouncer into box.
88 min...York Telfer can't win freekick on left of box on 1 on 2 rush.
88 min...Forge Zajac can't win Penalty kick on run down middle at 10 yards when he tries to run by York Thompson.
89 min...York Rodrigo Gattas GOAL...York Steve Furlano cross at 3 yard line on right from 18 yards that gets
around retreating Forge Oluwaseun Oyegunle and bounces in center of box where Gattas blasts one-touch
low 10 yarder up middle between defenders and into left side of net past flying goalie.
...There follows a pitch invasion with two guys climbing the iron fence on their way out and kept running.
from security officials.
92 min...game ends 5:29pm.
Final Score:...York 9 FC.......4........Forge FC.........0.......
Attendance was not announced but listed later in the week on the CPL website I look to as 2314. This game had been rescheduled from Wednesday August 28, 2019 because of Forge's long run in CONCACAF club competition. This weekend the league had initially not scheduled any matches because of the international break. It was also the Thanksgiving weekend so there'd be plenty of fans who would have made other plans. The east side stands was not used. The travelling Forge fans, and there were a lot less than their other visits, were placed in the main west side stands. This was the first time York have beaten Forge in five attempts in the '905 Derby'. As folks have written, it's not really a derby until each team has won. This high score turns the York record for goals for vs goals against from 'minus 2' to 'plus 2'. They outshot Forge 6-0 in 'shots on target' in the first half and 11 to 1 overall. This marked the first CPL goals for both Joe Di Chiara and Diyaeddine Abzi. Rodrigo Gattas partially makes up for missing his added time Penalty kick last week with today's one-touch blast just before added time. After the fourth goal there was a pitch invasion with two guys (I initially thought the second guy was from the security detail chasing the first guy), They ran across the box in the north end that Forge was defending then ran behind the stands and climbed the iron fence at the back to make a clean escape and continued running down the street. The game only had injury time to finish anyway so they didn't leave very early. If they'd have waited five minutes, the York players came to the north end stands to glad hand the supporters anyway. York officially had three players away on international duty this week. Defender Justin Springer was away with St Kitts and Nevis while midfielder Emilio Estevez was away with Chinese-Taipei to make his debut. Ryan Telfer was away with Trinidad and Tobago as I saw him on OneSoccer with T&T hosting Honduras on Thursday night....but wait!...he was back already on the bench and came in at 63 minutes as York's first substitute. It was explained that T&T would also be playing Venezuela a few days later but that it was a friendly so Telfer came home. Joe Di Chiara was tripped in the box and awarded a Penalty kick which he took with no hesitation. I asked him at the press conference and he answered that he felt confident and grabbed the ball before any teammate could react. So sometimes that works but last week Rodrigo Gattas was football tackled away from the ball in injury time last week and took the Penalty kick and rolled it wide although goalie Quillan Roberts looked like he dove far enough to cover the post anyway. Today Di Chiara fooled Roberts into diving/sliding the wrong way. Still halftime had York holding only a one goal lead. Knowing York hadn't won a home game in their last four, I was just waiting for something to go wrong gainst on the CPL finalists. One advantage for York is they had the week off after Sunday's game in Hamilton but Forge had to fly all the way to Calgary to play the other CPL finalist, Cavalry FC, and suffered a late one goal loss. Because of Forge's playing CONCACAF club team in Guatemela and then Honduras, they've had to play five matches in fifteen days to catch up in CPL play. I also asked Forge head coach Bobby Smyrniotis at the post game press conference about a fear of Forge players building up Yellow cards and possibly missing the Final because of a 14 day delay in implementing them. He agreed that was one reason but also with so many games he's been rotating in four of five different players each game. Tristan Borges is in a race for the Golden Boot and he started the game on the bench. Anthony Novak, another goal scorer, was kept on the bench the entire game. York's lineup was almost unchanged from last week except for the absence of their internationals. Midfielder Rodrigo Gattas and defender Roger Thompson were starters today. Referee Filip Dujic was also the referee for York's last home game when he gave out two Red cards to Cavalry FC players. He gave out one Yellow today and that was to Forge head coach Bobby Smyrniotis at 28 minutes in what looked from afar something at the insistence of the fourth official. Rocket Robin robing@eol.ca twitter @RocketRobin01
York 9 FC starters
Forge FC starters
Forge Marcel Zajac (9) takes opening kickoff.
York Rodrigo Gattas (22) keeps ball from Forge Elimane Cisse (3).
Forge Daniel Krutzen (5) takes freekick.
York Morey Donner (3) holds up run so he doesn't go offside.
York Joey Di Chiara (8) sends Penalty kick low to right side.
York Simon Adjei (12) takes second half kickoff.
Forge player's cornerkick sails into box.
York Kyle Porter (19) sends freekick into box.
York Ryan Telfer (18) sends in high cornerkick.
York Ryan Telfer (18) is able to squeeze low cross just inside end line.
October 12, 2019 Canadian Premier League--Post game press conference after York 9 FC vs Forge FC game held at York Lions Stadium (by Rocket Robin) ..............................................................................
Forge FC midfielder Kyle Bekker and head coach Bobby Smyrniotis
Forge FC Kyle Bekker and Bobby Smyrniotis...6 min 34 sec (for Smyrniotis) Your thoughts on today's game? Was the rotating of the squad part of your plan? What kind of lessons can you take from this game? How serious is the injury to Jonsson? Did the delay* in the start of the game play a part? What did you make of Oluwaseun Oyegunle debut in the second half? (my question) Was there any fear of Yellow cards accumulation and missing the final play into guys not going in hard? When you rotate the squad are you looking forward to 2020? (for Bekker who had just arrived) How did the first loss of the season to York 9 sit with you guys? *the start of the game was delayed because a few of the sprinklers couldn't be turned off.
York 9 FC defensive midfielder Joey Di Chiara, head coach Jimmy Brennan, and midfielder Manny Aparicio York 9 FC Joey Di Chiara, Jimmy Brennan, and Manny Aparicio...11 min 02 sec (for Brennan) Did you enjoy that match? How important was it to get Roger Thompson back in the lineup? (my question for Di Chiara) What decided for you to go up to take that Penalty kick? (for Aparicio) How did that Penalty conversion set the tone for the rest of the game? (for Brennan) What changed in the locker room for you to play even better in the second half? (for Aparicio) How enjoyable was it to play today when you're winning? (for Di Chiara) It was feisty out there how nice was it to beat your rivals? (for Brennan) Comment on the chemistry of Aparicio and Rodrigo Gattas? How happy are you for Nathan Ingham to get the clean sheet? Your thoughts on the sprinkler malfunction? (for Di Chiara) Was this redemption for your first home game? (for Brennan) How has the team progressed? Your thoughts on Abzi's game? Rocket Robin robing@eol.ca twitter @RocketRobin01
Match Stats (given out at the game) Forge FC York 9 FC 4 Goals 0 20 Total Shots 14 11 Shots on Target 1 6 Shots off Target 7 3 Blocked Shots 6 14 Shots from inside box 7 6 Shots from outside the box 7 3 Headed Shots 1 9 Corners taken 6 14 Fouls conceded 9 12 Open Play crosses 10 1 Offsides 0 52 Duels won 48 51.5% Duels won % 47.5% 435 Total passes 345 76.8% Passing accuracy 71.0% 55.3% Possession 44.7%
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