U16 Girls triumph 4-0 over Breakwater

Sunday, 27 June 2010 23:14

A score line that could have been at least 14-0 was hampered by the very wet and slippery conditions on the day. Countless missed chances that slipped off the boot would have seen the end result be far greater than it was. The Livesey sisters of Milly and Emily both scored 2 goals each.

Open Women let themselves down v Surfside

Sunday, 27 June 2010 23:01

A GAME OF TWO HALVES.

Our girls began the match flat and disappointingly allowed Surfside to jump to a three goal lead at the break. Angela and Steph were our best contributers for the half.

After some positional changes during the break, Geelong were able to apply their force on Surfside and seriously challenge for a win. With Milly up forward and Nicole in her new role in defense, Geelong appears to have finally laid the foundations of a solid structured team. The girls rallied in the second half to redeem some credibility in the match, not conceding any further goals. The end result being Geelong 0-3 Surfside.

U17 Boys share points with Lara

Tuesday, 22 June 2010 16:51

Still on top of the U/17’s ladder only by goal difference, Geelong and Lara remain undefeated after battling out a tough 1-1 draw. Right from the kick off Lara’s size and pace swamped Geelong.  Much to the dismay of the Stead Park faithful, Lara’s forward, with a solo run from just inside their half beat two tackles to finish strongly past keeper Rhett Joy inside 10 minutes.  The Geelong team battled fruitlessly in spite of an unprecedented amount of stoppages with Lara’s coach making more than 20 interchanges to half time.

With Geelong’s coach Rob Hodkinson away on holiday, it was up to his assistant Dean and man of the match Billy Fanraatree to rev up a flat looking Geelong side.  The second half began with Geelong controlling the possession and was after 7 minutes and a couple more Lara changes that captain Dylan Stojanovski’s call to put stalwart Jordan Rendevski up front paid off. With a powerful volley from just inside the box, Jordan and the boys celebrated the equalizer .  Now in top gear, both sides squandered several opportunities to break the deadlock with both Alberto Lopez and Jimmy Vo shooting wide, and Lara’s ever fresh legs no match for the resilience of Michael Ilioski, Danny Gray and Michael Dojcinovski.  Lara finished the Stead Park match with no fewer than 47 interchanges. Next week’s see the half way mark of the season with our boys away to Surf Coast at Quay reserve.

Open Women in spiteful goal-less draw with Lara

Tuesday, 22 June 2010 12:47

Tempers flared once again in a passionate encounter between Geelong and Lara. A game that was dictated by a strong wind brought out the best in both defenses. Kate at left back repelled Lara on numerous occasions while Emily in goal was put to the test and denied Lara of any goals.

Geelong was again guided in attack and supported in defense by Steph who managed to cover all aspects of the ground. Her determination and endeavor to win the ball enabled Geelong to pressure the Lara defence by creating opportunities for Angela Sumyera, Sahra and Nicole. Even though the end result was nil all, Geelong proved that they can play and support each other as a team when the going gets tough. 

A GREAT TEAM EFFORT……

Reserves record 4-1 Win v Hume Utd

Tuesday, 22 June 2010 12:42

New Coach Steve Gaitanis commenced his tenure with a resounding victory.  Lining up in 3-5-2 formation the team took a little while to settle but the boys started worrying Hume from about the 20 minute mark onwards.  The first goal was a cracker from Shane Zordan who shot on the turn from about 20 meters out to leave the keeper hopelessly stranded.  This was a strike of the highest quality and would not have looked out of place in South Africa the moment.  The Hume goalie’s night got worse about 5 minutes later when Nick Bosevski scored with an effort equally appealing to the eye.  A penetrating ball from Chris Balaburova was met by Bosevski with a thundering volley from a tight angle.  This strike had Marco Van Basten Euro 1988 Final stamped all over it.  Had South African vuvuzelas been available then they surely would have been blowing!

Geelong went into the half time break 2-1 ahead.  The challenge was to keep the pressure on Hume.  Paul Edebohls came off the bench and looked lively.  Shiva Kanapathy was causing Hume all sorts of problems on the left and an excellent run and pull back left Alex Ilioski with the simple task of putting the ball into an empty net.  Nick Bosevski grabbed his second after some excellent interpassing involving Edebohls.  Late in the game Geelong had the opportunity to make it 5-1.  Michael Temelkovski beat the off side trap but was fouled by the last defender as he was about to pull the trigger from 10 meters out.  A red card and a penalty followed.  The spot kick, taken by Ilioski, was ballooned over the cross-bar.

At the end of the day the 4-1 score line could have been even greater and reflected the difference between the two teams.  It also means that the reserves have been undefeated for now for 4 weeks.