Substitute Leigh Minopoulos set up South’s second goal against Pascoe Vale at Lakeside Stadium / Feature Image: Oliver Minatel levels the scores at 2-2 / Photos by Cindy Nitsos.
FINAL SCORE: SOUTH MELBOURNE 2-3 PASCOE VALE (HT: 1-0)
Goals:
1-0: Ndumba Makeche (12′)
1-1: Davey van’t Schip (57′)
1-2: Joseph Youssef (78′)
2-2: Oliver Minatel (82′)
2-3: Joseph Youssef (87′)
South Melbourne:
1. Nikola Roganovic (GK) / 3. Kristian Konstantinidis (2. Tim Mala 68′), 5. Jake Marshall, 4. Luke Adams, 11. Brad Norton (c) / 19. Oliver Minatel, 23. Matthew Foschini, / 14. George Howard, 7. Nick Epifano, 12. Giuseppe Marafioti (6. Marcus Schroen 57′) / 17. Ndumba Makeche (27. Leigh Minopoulos 57′).
Unused Substitutes: 21. Rory Brian (GK), 39. Christos Intzidis.
Yellow Cards: Marshall 24′, Howard 89′, Minatel 90+3′.
Pascoe Vale:
35. Alexander Pavlidis (GK), 2. Adrian Talarico, 3. Jonathan Vakirtzis, 4. Matthew Hennessey, 7. Luca Santilli (13. Matthew Lazarides 80′), 8. Joseph Youssef (c), 9. Michael Ferrante, 10. Davey Van’t Schip, 18. Hakeem Alaraibi, 22. Nicolas Abot (11. Philippe Bernado-Madrid 65′), 29. Matteo Ballan (16. Damien Peters 72′).
Unused Substitutes: 1. Yaren Sozer (GK), 6. Joseph Konyit.
Yellow Cards: Abot 24′, Youssef 36′, Bernabo-Madrid 79′, Vakirtzis 82′, Ferrante 89′.
Above (l-r): Melina Ayres, Lisa De Vanna, Ella Mastrantonio (54), Alex Cheal (obscured) and Leia Varley celebrate De Vanna’s goal against Alamein / Cover Photo: Ella Mastrantonio on the ball in central midfield. Photos by Sam Anfield Photography.
FINAL SCORE: SOUTH MELBOURNE 3-2 ALAMEIN (HT: 1-1)
Above: George Howard takes on former SMFC player Luke Pavlou at Lakeside Stadium / Cover Photo: Ndumba Makeche in his full SMFC debut takes on Oakleigh’s Ryan Paczkowski. Photos by Sam Anfield Photography.
FINAL SCORE: SOUTH MELBOURNE 0-1 OAKLEIGH CANNONS (HT: 0-1)
Goal:
0-1: Andy Brennan (40′)
South Melbourne:
1. Nikola Roganovic (GK) / 23. Matthew Foschini, 3. Kristian Konstantinidis, 4. Luke Adams, 11. Brad Norton (c) / 19. Oliver Minatel (27. Leigh Minopoulos 75′), 6. Marcus Schroen / 14. George Howard, 7. Nick Epifano, 12. Giuseppe Marafioti (2. Tim Mala 64′) / 17. Ndumba Makeche.
Unused Substitutes: 5. Jake Marshall, 21. Jerrad Tyson (GK), 39. Christos Intzidis.
Yellow Cards: Minatel 58′.
Oakleigh Cannons:
1. John Honos (GK) (c), 2. Tom Matthews, 4. Wayne Wallace, 6. Luke Pavlou, 7. Ryan Paczkowski, 8. Dusan Bosnjak, 12. Andy Brennan (11. Wade Dekker 87′), 19. Goran Zoric (10. Dean Piemonte 69′), 21. Konstantinos Stratomitros, 22. Hamish Millar, 33. Janiel Da Silva.
Unused Substitutes: 14. Paul Koutsakis, 18. Milos Ridesic, 35. Keegan Coulter (GK).
Yellow Cards: Stratomitros 53′, Wallace 58′, Da Silva 72′, Pavlou 90′.