| Fitting conclusion to cracking match.. By John Kyrou |
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| Written by Editor |
| Monday, 26 July 2010 19:30 |
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A late Carl Recchia header ensured a 2-2 draw at John Cain Memorial Park between South Melbourne and Hume City in their round 19 clash on Sunday afternoon. Hume remain in second spot and South remains six points clear of the relegation zone, whilst at the same time creeping to within four points of a finals position. Hume City started the match strongly, and forward Richard Cardozo had a few early chances to open the scoring. However it was the home side that scored first, when Joe Keenan got past his marker on the left side and from just inside the area fired a wonderful shot across Lou Acevski and into the far top corner of the goal. The away side were level before halftime following a goalmouth scramble. Despite Peter Zois making a point blank save during the scramble, the ball fell kindly for Cardozo to tap home. Hume City ould have even had the lead going into the break but hit the post instead of the back of the net. The second half began like the first half as Hume looked the more likely to score; however it was Zois who again thwarted their chances. South pressed forward looking for an equaliser and was fortunate not to go further behind as Zoran Petrevski had two opportunities cleared off the goal line. The attacking initiative by South was ultimately rewarded five minutes from the end of the match when Recchia used his head to direct a Daniel Vasilevski shot into the goal at the back post. |






