スーパーリーグの４節目、対Sydney Uniとの試合で、前川亮がまたしても決勝ゴールを炸裂させました。
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Sydney University v St George
As has been the case in recent seasons between these two sides, there was nothing in it, but the single goal by St George was enough for the nominal away side to take the three points at St George Stadium.
This was a tight affair and clear cut goal chances were kept to a minimum, especially in a first half where the keepers were largely untroubled. Two of the better chances saw an early Ryo Maekawa effort cleared off the line for St George while Michael Dowling’s flying header was just over for Uni.
The best opportunities in the second half did fall the way of St George with Arthur Diles’ direct fee kick being deflected for a corner while Reuben Lagos had a great chance when he had a clear sight on goal but blasted over.
It always seemed that one goal would be enough for either side to take the points and it was a piece of superb skill by Maekawa which ensured that the points went the way of St George.Maekawa turned his defender inside out before striking across goal into the far side, beating Jonathan Faerber who had little time to adjust.
Uni almost equalised in the dying moments but a double save by Daniel Nash ensured that the Students were left empty handed by game’s end.
Nick Orlic, coach of St George, was content with the performance and points, emphasizing that his team is trying to return to the level of last year.
“We are trying to play like last season and to play to our strengths. We want to get the fundamentals right and improve week by week.”
“It is a good thing that we kept a clean sheet which is our second time this season but not something we did well last year”.
St George welcomed to first grade both Arthur Diles and Ivo de Jesus for the first time this season and Orlic acknowledged that their experience does make a difference.
“They do provide that experience. It must be remembered that our squad is young with a few just out of the Under 20s. But they (Diles and de Jesus) still need a couple of weeks”.
By contrast, Uni coach John Caruana, was left disappointed by the result.
“I thought we did OK in the first half but we really didn’t respect the ball. We panicked a bit but to our credit, we kept working”.
“It was a tight game between two very well drilled sides but credit to St George, they were picking up the ball well. And it took a great goal to win”.
Sydney University 0 v St George 1 (Ryo Maekawa 64’)
この試合も、前川亮の裏に抜ける速さは際立っていました。マッチアップしたDFが身長2メートル位ありそうな巨人でしたが、高さでは勝てない分、スピードで勝負するシーンが多く見られました。
もはや、このチームのエースとしての風格さえ漂っている前川亮。来週の試合はビデオカメラの充電フルにして、ばっちり彼のゴールを収めたいと思います。
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