Doveton Thirds 2 v Southern Suburbs Thirds 1
Thursday, 25 June 2009

The Thirds travelled to arch enemy Doveton in what has historically proven to be tough, hard fought games. A number of changes to the side as half of the squad were injured, sick or unavailable.

Beginning the game with only 10 men, SS held firm until a couple of players arrived to make the game a little more even. A number of half chances fell to Doveton who failed to take advantage of their opportunities.

Whilst SS were working hard through midfield, Peter Salatas hobbled off after a terrible tackle which wasn’t even rewarded ensuring that we would not have a sub for the remainder of the game. Doveton were looking very dangerous and took the lead half way through the first half after a shot from the edge of the area found the corner of the net. They increased their lead 10 minutes later after some poor goalkeeping allowed a freekick from the sidelines to float into the far top corner.

2-0 at halftime and the 3 points looked in the bag for Doveton. SS had George Tountas play upfront for the second half with Kosta but Doveton continued their dominance with multiple chances. SS’s defence were constantly on the backfoot and the keeper made a number of saves to keep them in the game. Against the run of play, SS scored an unlikely goal to set up a nervy finish for Doveton. With 20 minutes to go, the ball was played from defence down the right before being squared to George Tountas. He took on his floundering marker, cutting across another defender and with a clinical finish made it 2-1. A grandstand finish was in order and after being down for most of the game, it was SS which was piling on the pressure. In the final minute of play, George Tountas beat two oncoming defenders then squared the ball on the edge of the area to Young who only had the oncoming keeper to beat but his finish went just over the bar.

It was a disappointing end to the game but realistically, one where we hardly deserved to pinch a point.

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