Lions starters
Result of the Friday July 24, 2009 CSL game between Brampton Lions and Serbian White Eagles played at Victoria Park in Brampton at 8:00pm.
10 min…SWE Alex Braletic GOAL…Braletic takes low 30 yard blast up middle into right corner of net between post and goalie Kevin Doyle who didn’t dive to make save.
11 min…SWE Sasa Viciknez jumps over sliding defender at 25 yards and is then tripped by the goalie at 15 yards as he tries to run around him. Referee Domenic Scali awards a Penalty kick and gives goalie Kevin Doyle a Yellow card.
12 min…SWE Sasa Viciknez GOAL…Viciknez Penalty kick blast to right side of net as goalie flies left.
21 min…Lions Agustin DeMedina GOAL…DeMedina pushes ball up on right and goalie Dan Pelc slides out but past ball and DeMedina beats defender to hit 10 yarder from sharp right into left corner of open net.
29 min…Lions David Guzman GOAL…Guzman gets pass up middle through defenders and blasts 15 yarder over sprawling goalie into center of net.
42 min…SWE Shane Lammie GOAL…SWE Sasa Viciknez cross from 25 yards on left has leaping Lammie head 8 yarder between goalie and right post.
47 min (1st half)…SWE Alex Braletic GOAL…SWE Kiril Dimitrov gives up on ball into Lions end and partial clearance by defender has Braletic blast 30 yarder down middle into right side of net.
59 min…SWE Shane Lammie GOAL…SWE Sasa Viciknez blasts 28 yard freekick from left which hits crossbar and bounces out for Lammie to blast 10 yarder under bar and over goalie into middle of net.
65 min…Lions Andrew DaSilva GOAL…SWE defenders partially clear cornerkick from right but DaSilva stops ball and takes low 25 yard shot through crowd of players into center of net past goalie Marko Petrovic. (Petrovic came into the game at the start of the second half).
78 min…SWE Dragan Radovic GOAL…SWE Jonathan Hertis takes 30 yard freekick from left and Radovic in center of box leaps in crowd of players and heads ball into left corner of net from 5 yards.
Final Score:…………Brampton Lions……..3…………Serbian White Eagles……………6………
Attendance was about 400 people on this special “Dixie Day” weekend. The field was full of kids from the Dixie Soccer Club which now has an affiliation with the Lions.
This game was actually moved from Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke because of the City of Toronto workers strike. Victoria Park is the usual home of the Lions but Centennial (which happens to be the home of White Eagles games) was planned from the beginning of the year to handle the overflow. A pregame rain might have scared a lot of the walk up crowd. The field was slippery with players sliding around out there but the grass had been cut shorter than the last time I was here. Lions wore replica black & blue striped shirts so they looked exactly like the Dixie SC kids.
Former Trinidad & Tobago coach Hannibal Najjar was in attendance and he will be conducting coaching clinics over the weekend. He is no relation to the former owner of the Brampton Hitmen of the CPSL a few years ago.
This was the first time this year I’ve seen ex-North York Astros forward Shane Lammie after a long lasting injury from last year and his speed worked great with Sasa Viciknez on the White Eagles. This combo could bring back the Sasa Viciknez and Gabriel Pop glory days of a few years ago with high scoring games. Viciknez taking cornerkicks and freekicks and Lammie and tall defender Thierry Mangwa in the box ready to head them in. They almost had three more scores with that tactic.
It was not a great day for goalies as the wet balls were difficult to catch and ground ball shots took strange bounces when they’d hit bumps in the box.
I was expecting the rout was on after White Eagles scored the first two goals but was surprised the game was tied up. Two White Eagles goals before the half put the lead at back where it was as they pulled away. Ultras Serb fans lit flares after one of the White Eagles second half goals.
Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
Lions starters
White Eagles starters
Sasa Viciknez scores on Penalty kick for White Eagles.
Sasa Viciknez leads rush.
White Eagles Jonathan Hertis with ball.
White Eagles throw-in.
White Eagles fans light flares after a second half goal.
.
.