Good cup tie at Kiwitea Street today in front of a good crowd in excellent conditions.
Auckland City 3 Olympic 1 .(HT 2-0)
Key moment was Citys second goal in first half injury time.Never really saw what happened so someone there or having viewed the live stream might enlighten me.
Could argue that score flattered Auckland but they took their chances better.Olympic certainly went toe to toe for the fill 90 minutes.
That would have been a far tougher game for City than the O League final.
For Olympic JHS was disappointing and looked a frustrated onlooker most of the time. Bouzoukis was anonymous - ball just didn't go his way. Thought Gould was outstanding and Randell exciting. Mata and Pazlevic solid.Gaul amixture of the sublime and ridiculous.
For City Howieson excellent and De vries and Mamikum always dangerous.Defensively well organised.
So its taken until late august to see a competetive game up north.
As an aside there was no charge. Always thought that semis had to have a charge with the proceeds going to NZFA to cover travel costs.
I guess they wouldn't have been able to charge at madills farm
On the subject of the other semi be interested in anyones views as to the Suburbs penalty.Have heard it described as controversial. i saw it on the You tube feed.Certainly was a foul but the doubt seemed to be that the foul may have started outside the area and finished inside the area.
Auckland City 3 Olympic 1 .(HT 2-0)
Key moment was Citys second goal in first half injury time.Never really saw what happened so someone there or having viewed the live stream might enlighten me.
Could argue that score flattered Auckland but they took their chances better.Olympic certainly went toe to toe for the fill 90 minutes.
That would have been a far tougher game for City than the O League final.
For Olympic JHS was disappointing and looked a frustrated onlooker most of the time. Bouzoukis was anonymous - ball just didn't go his way. Thought Gould was outstanding and Randell exciting. Mata and Pazlevic solid.Gaul amixture of the sublime and ridiculous.
For City Howieson excellent and De vries and Mamikum always dangerous.Defensively well organised.
So its taken until late august to see a competetive game up north.
As an aside there was no charge. Always thought that semis had to have a charge with the proceeds going to NZFA to cover travel costs.
I guess they wouldn't have been able to charge at madills farm
On the subject of the other semi be interested in anyones views as to the Suburbs penalty.Have heard it described as controversial. i saw it on the You tube feed.Certainly was a foul but the doubt seemed to be that the foul may have started outside the area and finished inside the area.
I agree, that game was a real step up from any Northern League game I’ve seen this year (as would be expected). Olympic are a tidy side and definitely could
have gotten some more goals on another day.
JHS was very disappointing (given the hype and how exciting he has been in past Team Welly games I’ve seen). Gould was very exciting and in general Olympic had there moments.
For City, Howieson was class all day, rarely giving it away. All the big players like De Vries, Ilich and Tade were good as well. Joe Lee was pretty frustrating but nicked a scrappy goal at the end of stoppage time in the first half after a sublime De Vries outside of the boot pass.
Hard to see Auckland city not picking up every domestic trophy on offer with performances like this. What other team can bring on quality like Tade, Drake and Gillion off the bench.