National Premier Leagues: Capital Football
Round 7 – Review

Sunday 25th May
Canberra FC 5 (Alex Oloriegbe 13’, 82’, 91’, Philippe Bernabo-Madrid 18’ (pen), 56’) Canberra City 0
Canberra FC ensured they remained top of the National Premier Leagues: Capital Football after defeating a belligerent Canberra City 5-0 at Deakin Stadium. The home team was always in control of the match but City made them work hard for their goals with strikers Alex Oloriegbe and Philippe Bernabo-Madrid sharing the five between them. Oloriegbe put FC ahead in the 12th minute, slotting home from close range after great approach work from Daniel Bennett and the home team went 2-0 up when Bernabo-Madrid converted from the spot following a foul on Oloriegbe by James Perry. City striker Deng Aleer Deng was causing mischief to the FC defence with his tireless running and, after Bernabo-Madrid has scored his second of the match, following a cut back from Ryan Keir, Deng won City a spot-kick after he was adjudged to have been pushed by FC custodian Jakob Cole. Ben Doyle fluffed the chance though, hammering high and wide and denying City a consolation. As it was FC went on to score two more before the close as Oloriegbe claimed a hat-trick. After tapping in a Bernabo-Madrid cross the forward, at the third time of asking, crashed a shot into the roof of the net to round out another excellent performance.
Canberra FC: 22. Jakob COLE, 6. Ryan KEIR, 7. Aaron EVANS, 8. Ian GRAHAM, 9. Philippe BERNABO-MADRID, 11. Alex OLORIEGBE, 13. Daniel BENNETT, 16. Matt GRBESA, 17. Aidan BRUNSKILL, 18. Antonio BARBARO, 23. Nathan EVANS
Substitutes used: 1. Rashid FARID, 10. Domenic GIAMPAOLO, 15. Jordan LAMB
Canberra City: 33. James WARD, 3. James PERRY, 4, Brad MOORE, 5. Andrew ALIFFI, 6. Adam DOBELL, 7. Gimale ESSACU, 8. Patrick CLARKE, 9. Ben DOYLE, 10. Misko NAUMOSKI, 11. Deng Aleer DENG, 15. Jeremy HEGARTY
Substitutes used: 2. Andrew MANLEY, 12. Daniel DI-SALVATORE, 13. Justin RANKINE
Discipline: YELLOW CARDS: 22. Jakob COLE (Canberra FC), 11. Deng Aleer DENG (Canberra City)
Match Officials: Alex McConachie (referee), Duc Mac, Sam Ockerby

Cooma Tigers 5 (Goran Josifovski 5’, 14’, 42’. Stephen Domenici 45’ (pen), 47’ (pen)) FFA COE 0
The FFA COE was taught a lesson by Cooma Tigers at Nijong Oval on Sunday afternoon as they were defeated 5-0 in a match that saw the Tigers virtually wrap up the three points by the half-time interval. The Centre of Excellence youngsters were up against it from the off as Cooma hit the front as early as the fifth minute when Goran Josifovski, who would go on to complete a hat-trick, opened his account with a fine finish. Josifovski was on fire in the first half and made it 2-0 to the home team in the fourteenth minute before completing a first half treble with three minutes remaining of the half. There was still time for one more before the break as the Tigers were awarded a penalty and Stephen Domenici made no mistake from the spot. Trailing 4-0 at the interval the FFA COE needed a good start to the second half, unfortunately for the visitors they found themselves further behind only a couple of minutes after the resumption. Again the Tigers were awarded a penalty and again Domenici did the honours showing his clinical streak from the dead ball to take the game firmly out of reach of the FFA COE. The Centre of Excellence defended stoutly after this and there were no further goals but, by then, the damage had already been done.
Cooma Tigers: 1. Jack PETTIT, 2. Liam HIGHMORE, 4. Iain ELLIOTT, 5. Dom COLLUCIELLO, 6. Stefan TODOROSKI, 7. Goran JOSIFOVSKI, 8. Dejan SANTRAC, 9. Robbie CATTANACH, 10. Lianel LAUPER, 11. Stephen DOMENICI, 13. Aidan JOHNSON
Substitutes used: 3. Jordano SAN MARTIN, 12. Jordan LANDO, 16. Phil YARNOLD,
FFA COE: 12. Brandon OSIPOV, 2. Malcolm WARD, 3. Henry DAVIES, 5. Zachary SPETH, 8. Daniel ARZANI, 10. Jamie DIMITROFF, 11. Peter KEKERIS, 15. Zak WATERS, 17. Nicholas PANETTA, 23. Kosta PETRATOS, 24. Jackson BANDIERA
Substitutes used: 7. Daniel MASKIN, 9. Charlie DEVEREUX, 21, Jamal REINERS
Discipline: YELLOW CARDS: 6. Stefan TODOROSKI, 10. Lianel LAUPER, 11. Stephen DOMENICI, 12. Jordan LANDO (Cooma Tigers), 9. Charlie DEVEREUX, 12. Brandon OSIPOV, 24. Jackson BANDIERA (FFA COE)
Match Officials: Gary Vandeburgt (referee), Thomas Klein, Matt Schofield

Canberra Olympic 3 (Michael Reeve 13’, Josh Gaspari 72’, Robbie Deeley 90’) Belconnen United 1 (Jason Ugrinic 67’)
Canberra Olympic snapped their three game losing streak with a stunning 3-1 success over second placed Belconnen United inflicting a first defeat of the season on the Blue Devils in a manner that suggests they may soon be back to the kind of form that brought them silverware last term. In a nervy encounter it was evident that Olympic had real need and had a super start, taking the lead in the thirteenth minute as a pair of former Belconnen players combined to open up their ex-club. Callum Smith made the inroads and Michael Reeve applied the coup de grace to send the home support crazy. The Blue Devils aren’t fighting for the title for nothing however and they stormed back into the game to end an even half trailing by the odd goal. The advantage that Olympic gained was cancelled out in the 67th minute as Jason Ugrinic equalised for the visitors with a well-taken goal, his fourth of the season. But far from demoralising Olympic the setback only spurred them into further action and they regained the lead just five minutes later as Josh Gaspari found room to belt a low shot into the bottom corner past Rade Kosanovic. Belconnen pressed for an equaliser for the second time but Olympic wrapped up the points in stoppage time as Robbie Deeley netted a priceless third.
Canberra Olympic: 1. Angelo KONSTANTINOU, 3. Daniel FULTON, 5. Nathan TIDMARSH, 7. Robbie DEELEY, 8. Josh GASPARI, 10. Mark SHIELDS, 12. Adam ROGIC, 14. Callum SMITH, 15. Michael REEVE, 17. Nick BOBOLAS, 18. Marcin ZYGMUNT
Substitutes used: 9. Nick MIHAILAKIS, 11. Oliver WIEDERKEHR, 99. Victor YANES
Belconnen United: 1. Rade KOSANOVIC, 4. David KEMP, 5. Dustin WELLS, 6. David ARRANZ, 7. Taylor BEATON, 8. Zac MAYBURY, 10. Michael TAURASI, 11. Jason UGRINIC, 13. Jack GREEN, 14. Milan POPOVICH, 17. Jack BLACKLEY
Substitutes used: 2. Cameron REINHART, 15. Tom McLACHLAN, 16. George TIMOTHEOU
Discipline: YELLOW CARDS: 3. Daniel FULTON, 5. Nathan TIDMARSH (Canberra Olympic), 6. David ARRANZ, 16. George TIMOTHEOU (Belconnen United)
Match Officials: Luke Withell (referee), Greg Taylor, Matt Rynne

Monaro Panthers 1 (Josh Calabria 25’) Woden Valley 1 (Mitch Steenbergen 40’)
Monaro Panthers and Woden Valley shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw at the Riverside Stadium but the Panthers had their goalkeeper Rory Larkin to thank for preserving a share of the spoils with the stopper making a series of superb saves to deny Woden all three points. In what is sure to be a tight race for top four spots, the point apiece keeps both teams on the coat-tails of those already occupying the semi-final places with honours even. It was the Panthers who took the initiative first taking the lead in the first half thanks to a goal from Josh Calabria, his second of the National Premier Leagues: Capital Football campaign. It was a lead that the hosts seemed certain to take into the break but Woden hit back with a god goal of their own as Mitch Steenbergen levelled matters up with his first goal of the season. With the scores all square at the break the chance was there for either side to take all three points and both had opportunities to do so with Woden creating the better chances but some solid defending and some excellent goalkeeping from Monaro, meant they could not find the critical breakthrough to take the maximum return. The result pushed the Panthers into sixth place, ahead of the FFA COE, whilst Woden Valley has closed the gap on the Centre of Excellence to a point and is now just four points off the top four in what is turning into a real battle in mid-table.
Monaro Panthers: 1. Rory LARKIN, 5. Lewis BATES, 2. Alex HOLLIS, 3. Sam LAVELLA, 4. Daniel LINSTEAD, 5. Kamal AHMED, 6. Arok THON, 7. Darian McGARRY-WATSON, 8. Josh CALABRIA, 9. Martin DENG, 11. Pepe VARGA
Substitutes used: 12. Matur DONG, 14. Tyler BONNEAU, 15. Ed MCCARTHY
Woden Valley: 1. Jason DENHAM, 3. Sam OSSATO, 7. Regan WALSH, 8. Conor NOLAN, 9. Thomas ZEITLHOFER, 12. Mitch STEENBERGEN, 13. Marco GAYER, 14. David JENKINS, 19. Liam WALSH, 27. Lukas COLE, 28. Zach HARRIGAN
Substitutes used: 4. Dominic SMEDLEY, 23. Andrew SLAVICH
Discipline: YELLOW CARDS: 11. Pepe VARGA (Monaro Panthers)
RED CARD: 8. Josh CALABRIA (Monaro Panthers)
Match Officials: Richard Naumovski (referee), Scott Robertson, Jennifer Hollis

TABLE

LEADING SCORERS
10 Daniel BENNETT (Canberra FC)
7 Alex OLORIEGBE (Canberra FC), Robbie CATTANACH (Cooma Tigers)
5 Dustin WELLS (Belconnen United), Mark SHIELDS (Canberra Olympic)
4 Jason UGRINIC (Belconnen United), Philippe BERNABO-MADRID, Aaron EVANS (Canberra FC), Robbie DEELEY (Canberra Olympic), Stephen DOMENICI, Goran JOSIFOVSKI (Cooma Tigers), Thomas JAMES (Monaro Panthers)
3 Goran MUKEVSKI, Michael TAURASI (Belconnen United), Domenic GIAMPAOLO (Canberra FC), Jon TOOLE (Tuggeranong United), Lukas COLE (Woden Valley), Own GOALS
2 Jack BLACKLEY (Belconnen United), Misko NAUMOSKI (Canberra City), Michael REEVE, Callum SMITH (Canberra Olympic), Daniel MASKIN, Kosta PETRATOS (FFA COE), Josh CALABRIA, Deng PADIET (Monaro Panthers), Regan WALSH (Woden Valley)
1 Taylor BEATON, David KEMP (Belconnen United), Gimale ESSACU (Canberra City), Ian GRAHAM, Josip JADRIC, Ryan KEIR (Canberra FC), Nick BOBOLAS, Josh GASPARI (Canberra Olympic), Nicholas D’AGOSTINO, Peter KEKERIS, Kye ROWLES, Zak WATERS (FFA COE), Kamal AHMED, Darian McGARRY-WATSON (Monaro Panthers), Daniel COLBERTALDO, Sean KIDDEY, Harry PETTIT, Muad ZWED (Tuggeranong United), Andrew SLAVICH, Mitch STEENBERGEN (Woden Valley)