da marios won 5-2 they went up 2-0 in first 5 minutes da playerz pegged couple by half time to tie it up 2-2 Da playaz had momentem til marios scored with 3min to go forcing playaz to attack and get caught on the counter great game!!!! by both teams
Its always an intense and exciting time when finals come around, last night seeing some really good Futsal (well nearly) being played in both Divisions and producing some upsets. The Semi Finals are on next week with the Grand Final after Easter.
Division 2
Last Resort who have won this competition for the last three seasons are going for a record fourth 2nd Division title after booking their Grand Final appearance winning over the Brazilians Ginga. Both teams started the game playing cautiously, which the Referees had to calm down a couple of players, one from each side in this close encounter issuing yellow cards to two of them. It was a fine and disciplined performance by the Champions with their youngest recruit young Andrew Pilkson displaying maturity, some fine skill and good vision. Dario Pesaturo's hat trick and M. Staltari's two goals silenced the Brazilians in the second half. Ginga seemed undermanned not having their full nine players and now have to wait until next week to see if they are going to make the Grand Final for the first time. Jorge Arterio and Javier Lopez got the goals for Ginga.
Score: Last Resort 5-2 Ginga
Cautions: Jorge (G) and Claude Criscitelli (LR)
In the Elimination Final, Graveyardaz were so very disappointing, bowing out of the finals with a big hole in the defence getting trashed by last season's runner up team Mali Hrvati. Nenad Lonic's team were on song in this game with once again the younger brother Josip in goal making some fine saves to keep another clean sheet. Graveyardaz had no answers, so its back to the drawing board for them and hope that next season will be a better one. The Croation side will be hoping to keep this form up for next week against Ginga for a chance to repeat last season's Grand Final against Last Resort where they were unfortunate to have played with only 4 players when they had their 5th player get injured in the game and without any substitues.
Score: Mali Hrvati 8, Graveyardaz 0
Cautions: Pravin Pillay (Gr)
1st Division
What a game for Da Mario's to be undermanned, they were without the services of top strikers Joe Rechichi, Chad Bugeja and Frank Ammirato in its line up. Cold Gin thought their Easter present came even earlier this year with Larry Piscioneri in goals making many a good save. Adrian Papa solid in Defence and two goals apiece from Jason Cummins and Jordan Darcy gave Cold Gin an upseting result victory over third time Champions Da Marios booking their place in the grand Final. Da Mario had the experienced Mehran Gebleh, Laurie Berlingeri, Robert McDonald and MJ Casalbore in the team with young David Savino, but Cold Gin were far too strong.
Score: Cold Gin 4, Da Marios 0
Cautions: David Savino (DMs)
In the Elimination Final Bada Bing had Da Playaz's Josip Lonic in goal to contend with to have any chance of making it to the 2nd Semi Final next week against Da Marios. Last year's finalists and runner up Da Playaz were in good form and had everyone in the team get on the score sheet. Harry Antoniou got over his injury and seemed to get his fitness back making some great individual runs scoring a hat trick. Nick Karandrikis scored twice and one apiece to Alex Dimitriou and ALex Ziakis.
Bada Bing tried all game playing some good Futsal too and getting four goals, two to Robbie Ficiadente and another two to Giuseppe Tauriello, they could have had more but for the many saves from Josip who is hoping to play in both the 1st and 2nd Division Grand Finals this season. (He's not greedy is he?)
Score: Bada Bing 4, Da playaz 7
Cautions: Robbie Ficciadente (BB) Aex Zaikis (DP)
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Next week's matches - 18th of March
8.10pm - 2nd Division Semi Final Ginga v Mali Hrvati
9.10pm - 2st Division Semi Final Da Playaz v Da Marios