By JARROD POTTER
NPL VICTORIA 2 EAST – ROUND 10
DANDENONG City, Springvale White Eagles and Dandenong Thunder put the ‘great’ in Greater Dandenong this weekend with a NPL Victoria clean sweep against their Western adversaries.
Returning to the winners’ list after last week’s one goal loss to White Eagles, Dandenong City made its presence felt 4-1 against Sunshine George Cross.
Too much space was afforded to the likes of Gonzalo Freddi and Shaun Filipovic (8’) at the front, especially the latter who was brought in by David Morovic to easily boot the first.
Opportunities went begging for City and it only got worse on the half-time whistle as Sunshine George Cross levelled the ledger.
The second half would not be as close though. City put the visitors to bed early as Anthony Cassar (68’ and 75’) added a quick-fire double before Chris Antoniadis (78’) thumped home the fourth and final goal.
Dandenong City observed a minute’s silence and wore black armbands in honour of former player Marko Varvodic, who passed away recently.
The storm-front over Melbourne started with a 4-0 Thunder strike as Huss Skenderovic’s men thrashed Moreland City.
It took a while for the Thunder to get going, but the floodgates opened via Brandon Barnes (31’, 60’, 80’), who cashed a hat-trick for his stellar efforts. Veton Korcari (84’) made it four approaching the final whistle as Thunder went to 10-0-0 with a whopping plus-24 goal difference.
Thunder striker Amir Osmancevic also returned from injury, for half-an-hour’s action late in the clash, in another huge positive for the attack at George Andrews Reserve.
White Eagles had to do it the hard way in a 3-2 win against the West’s top ranked side – Moreland Zebras – on Friday night. In the end, second half stamina won the day as the visitors surged to victory. Jason Ricciuti (54’) started things off soon after the resumption, before John Pykett (62’) and Damir Stoilovic (81’) finished the job.
In the state leagues, South Springvale got on the winner’s list with a 3-2 victory over Langwarrin – via Konstantinos Daskalakis and a Nikolaos Galas brace. Doveton SC took a 1-0 win over Peninsula, while Springvale City pumped Hampton Park United 6-0 – led by Stuart Nicholson’s brace.
Dandenong South lost 2-5 to Skye United, Endeavour Hills Fire snuffed out Lyndale United 3-0, Noble Park went 4-2 up over East Brighton United while Endeavour United took a 3-2 win over Keysborough SC.
