NPL Victoria Men’s: South Melbourne throw an early Easter party with 3-0 win at Preston

Hellas produced an aboriginal Easter resurrection astatine Preston, tearing done 1 of the league’s toughest distant venues similar a Greek storm.

After a reasonably quiescent archetypal half, the South Melbourne broadside came retired for the 2nd 45 with lone 1 happening successful mind, total dominance. And they delivered successful style!

Dovison opened the scoring successful the 56th minute, earlier the usual suspect Maxi Mikkola doubled the pb conscionable six minutes later. The cherry connected the Easter barroom came successful the 82nd infinitesimal when erstwhile Alexandros subordinate Jamal Ali turned the shot into his ain net.

A bully fig of South Melbourne supporters, on with the nine board, were there to observe the awesome distant win.

An delighted President of the Board, Bill Papastergiadis, said: “Our concern successful shot connected and disconnected the field. With two squads- this is simply a large accomplishment to date. We are arrogant of our players and shot department . It’s incumbent connected the committee to rise this nine to a caller level and animate support and success connected and disconnected the field. South has a affluent past which inspires each to bash their champion and try and relive those glory days

“Our concern successful the OFC is designed to make a nonrecreational basal for years to come. Again today we had implicit 5 players from the under 23s playing elder football. We are investing successful our youth while besides trying to play astatine the highest imaginable level fixed we are excluded from the A League. We are invested successful exploring each opportunities for our nine to beryllium champion we tin nary substance what competition.”

Vasilis Papastergiadis: Our concern successful the OFC is designed to make a nonrecreational basal for years to come. Photo: Supplied

Another lucifer afloat of passionateness and extremity to extremity shot was served up by Oakleigh Cannons. Chris Taylor’s “Cannons” returned to winning ways by putting distant 1 of the league’s strongest sides, Hume City, 3-2.

Lebib Lebib opened the scoring for the location broadside connected 25 minutes. The visitors deed backmost seconds earlier fractional clip done Brayden Spink.

Both teams came retired for the 2nd fractional intelligibly determined to take the three points. Hume went successful beforehand connected 59 minutes done A. Bayew, causing plentifulness of nerves connected the beauteous caller main stand astatine the Cannons’ ground.

But the location broadside had not said their past word. They equalised successful the 73rd infinitesimal done A. Duratovic and then took the pb successful the 81st infinitesimal thanks to their large captain, the outstanding Joe Guest.

This victory by Oakleigh Cannons against Hume was nary casual task. The Red and Whites are having an fantabulous play so acold and are 1 of the favourites for top spot successful the regular season. This was lone the 2nd decision of the play for Hume aft 8 rounds.

Bentleigh Greens suffered a dense 3-0 decision distant astatine Dandenong City. The “Greens” could not grip the hosts’ fiery cognition and near the crushed with their heads down.

Giorgos Lampadaridis shone for the location broadside with the opening goal, while it was hard to find immoderate standout performer among the Pancyprians — a wide motion of conscionable however mediocre their show was under manager Giorgos Katsakis.

Heidelberg United slipped up erstwhile again.

John Anastasiadis’ broadside person not accustomed us to this benignant of form. The Yellow and Blacks are going done a prolonged unsmooth spot and look unable to unafraid a win astatine the moment.

Heidelberg hosted Altona Magic successful a lucifer that, under mean circumstances, should person been a walk successful the parkland for the location side. It wasn’t.

Alexandros led twice done McGowan and Dau but were pegged backmost connected some occasions, having to settee for a 2-2 gully astatine home.

This was their third successive lucifer without a victory — a uncommon occurrence for Anastasiadis’ usually well-oiled shot machine.

Chris Taylor’s “Cannons” returned to winning ways by putting distant 1 of the league’s strongest sides, Hume City, 3-2. Photo: Con Deves

VPL1

Iraklis Northcote stay unstoppable! City marched connected with a 2-0 distant win astatine Manningham, maintaining their spot astatine the top of the VPL1 table. They look built for large things this season!

Nea Hellas Port Melbourne yet celebrated a victory! The Sharks broke their agelong winless tally by beating tough Melbourne Srbija 1-0. Cooper Legrand scored the aureate extremity for the “Sharks”.

VPL2

Malvern City proceed to impressment with some their style of play and their results. The Blues’ latest victims were Moreland City, arsenic they ran retired 1-4 winners connected the road. The much the distant broadside spot their team playing charismatic shot and collecting points, the much promotion dreams they will situation to have.

Pythagoras Box Hill collected three vital points with a 1-0 distant win astatine Altona City, keeping their spot successful the top three.

Bayside Argonauts suffered a dense 0-5 location decision to Eastern Lions. The “Argonauts” hosted a broadside that looked successful demonic signifier from the archetypal whistle and were made to look similar a State League 5 team.

Clarinda failed to get a effect against Goulburn Valley Suns. The 2-0 decision sent Kingston City location empty-handed and dropped them to eighth spot connected the ladder — a agelong way from where their supporters imagination of seeing them.

NPL – Results

St Albans Saints – Avondale 2 – 3 (52′ J. Gulevski, 90+4′ N. Koek – 13′ M. Green, 16′ B. Fornaroli, 75′ S. Murai)

Heidelberg United – Altona Magic 2 – 2(19′ J. McGowan, 53′ C. Dau – 45′ Peter Hatzopoulos, 90+4′ G. Arou)

Preston Lions – South Melbourne 0 – 3 (56′ C. Dovison, 62′ M. Mikkola, 82′ J. Ali o.g.)

Oakleigh Cannons – Hume City 3 – 2 (25′ L. Lebib, 73′ A. Duratovic, 81′ J. Guest – 45+3′ B. Spink, 59′ A. Bayew)

Dandenong City – Bentleigh Greens 3 – 0 (40′ G. Lampadaridis, 58′ J. Latham, 64′ P. Waring)

Dandenong Thunder – Green Gully 1 – 1 (90+5′ L. Manyek – 50′ N. Simes)

Melbourne City NPL vs Caroline Springs (played Sunday day 11 April)

NPL – STANDINGS

(Team, points)

1 South Melbourne 18

2 Oakleigh Cannons 14

3 Hume City 14

4 Heidelberg United 14

5 Avondale 13

6 Bentleigh Greens 13

7 George Cross 12

8 Melbourne City NPL 10

9 Preston Lions 7

10 St Albans Saints 7

11 Altona Magic 6

12 Dandenong Thunder 5

13 Dandenong City 5

14 Green Gully 3

VPL1 – Results

Brunswick Juventus – Langwarrin Melbourne 3 – 0

Victory VPL1 – North Geelong Warriors 2 – 1

Eltham Redbacks – North Sunshine Eagles 3 – 2

Port Melbourne – Melbourne Srbija 1 – 0

Manningham United – Northcote City 0 – 2

Bulleen Lions – Western United VPL1 2 – 0

Brunswick City vs Melbourne Knights (to beryllium played Monday evening 13 April)

VPL1 – STANDINGS

1 Northcote City 21

2 Brunswick Juventus 18

3 Eltham Redbacks 16

4 Melbourne Knights 15

5 Manningham United 15

6 North Geelong Warriors 15

7 Bulleen Lions 13

8 Melbourne Victory VPL1 11

9 Western United VPL1 9

10 Brunswick City 7

11 North Sunshine Eagles 6

12 Melbourne Srbija 6

13 Langwarrin 5

14 Port Melbourne 4

VPL2 – Results

Keilor Park – Werribee City 2 – 1

Essendon Royals – Whittlesea United 4 – 3

Moreland City – Malvern City 1 – 4

Nunawading City – Springvale White Eagles 1 – 1

Bayside Argonauts – Eastern Lions 0 – 5

Altona City – Box Hill United 0 – 1

Goulburn Valley Suns – Kingston City 2 – 0

VPL2 – STANDINGS

1 Malvern City 21

2 Goulburn Valley Suns 15

3 Box Hill United 15

4 Bayside Argonauts 14

5 Nunawading City 14

6 Keilor Park 12

7 Eastern Lions 10

8 Kingston City 10

9 Essendon Royals 9

10 Springvale White Eagles 9

11 Altona City 8

12 Moreland City 6

13 Werribee City 6

14 Whittlesea United 5