Monday, 27 October 2003 12:00 AM
By Michael Tsoukalis
South Melbourne has continued its impressive defensive record away from home managing to come away from the Sydney United Sport’s Centre with a goalless draw.
In a game marred by referee Craig Zetter’s insistence on dishing out the yellow card – Zetter booked 11 men in total, 6 from Sydney United and 5 from South – both coaches were content with the result, however United coach Grant Lee voiced his displeasure at Zetter’s showing, Lee stated “The fans come to see the game, I’ve never played a game in my life where there are 11 yellow cards.”
Sydney United can count themselves slightly misfortunate after returning Young Socceroo Franco Parisi had crossed to midfielder Labinot Haliti, Haliti managed to head home but referee Zetter disallowed the goal after Haliti had strayed offside.
For the Lakesiders a 65th minute Con Boutsianis free kick produced a sharp save from Sydney United’s custodian Liam Reddy. Three minutes into injury time, returning Young Socceroo Massimo Murdocca – after combining with Con Boutsianis – almost managed to snatch South victory, however, the game would finish in a goalless stalemate.
Sydney United
0 – 0
South Melbourne
Line-Up
Line-Up
1
Liam Reddy (gk)
3
Labinot Haliti (-73′)
5
Michael Cunico
6
Joe Vrkic
8
David Huxley
9
Franco Parisi
11
Damon Collina
18
Paul Ivanic (-85′)
21
Mark Rudan
23
Anthony Doumanis
25
Marko Filipovic
20
Eugene Galekovic (gk)
3
Simon Storey
6
Ante Kovacevic
8
Vaughan Coveny (-83′)
10
Con Boutsianis
12
Marcus Stergiopoulos
13
Vince Lia (-81′)
15
Steve Laurie
16
Massimo Murdocca
18
Michael Curcija (-66′)
22
Sam Poutakidis
Substitutes
Substitutes
14
Petar Markovic (+85′)
17
Tolgay Ozbey (+73′)
24
Antony Zmire
20
Ivan Necevski (gk)
9
Paul Trimboli (+66′)
19
Kristian Sarkies (+83′)
25
Scott Tunbridge (+81′)
30
Michael Theoklitos (gk)
Cautions
Cautions
D Huxley 37′
J Vrkic 54′
M Filipovic 64′
L Haliti 69′
M Rudan 75′
M Cunico 77′
S Storey 19′
S Poutakidis 41′
A Kovacevic 53′
V Lia 59′
S Tunbridge 85′
Red Cards
Red Cards
Referee
Crowd
Venue
Craig Zetter
2691
Sydney United Sport Centre