From: thomase@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Thomas Esamie)
Subject: OZ round1
Organization: /etc/organization
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 14:15:43 GMT

	Hello all, as promised here is a little glimpse of the local
competition.
	First of all the points scored per win this season has gone from
2 to 3 in the hope of making the games more attacking in style. With an 
average of just over 2 goals/game in the first round things look better
already. Furthermore SoccerTAB, a betting service on the outcome of the
games has been launched this year. I will give this a go once I get a feel
for the teams, and if more Aussies will start to watch the games for the
chance of making money, it is better than not watching at all.
	Although we have some way to go to the end of the season there will
be a finals series involving the top six teams after all the home and away
matches have been played. This is a trend in Aussie sports reflected in the
Rugby League, Rugby Union, Aussie Rules and Basketball competitions. The idea
being that this intensifies interest (not to mention gate takings) and
allows a grand final between the top two teams. A showdown at high 
3 o'clock if you like.

								Crowd
	Newcastle Breakers	0 - Wollongong City	0	3609

	West Adelaide		2 - Preston		1	3500
	M Brazzale 6th,92nd	    J Markovski 45th
	
	Parramatta Eagles	1 - Brisbane United	0	2014
	M Reda

	South Melbourne 	2 - Sydney CSC		1	3000
	F Awaratife 19th	    M Lamond 87th
	C Boutsianis 47th

	Morwell Falcons		2 - Sydney Olympic	0	2500
	D Wright 10th
	Z Markovski 25th
(Morwell are the team replacing the bankrupt Apia-Leichardt)

	Marconi-Fairfield	2 - Heidelberg United	1	2703
	G Johnson 42nd		    D Hunter 22nd
	A Harper 46th

	Adelaide City		2 - Melbourne CSC	1	4500
	C Veart 9th		    I Kelic 80th
	D Mori 14th


	Match of the Round was the game between last year's, or rather last
seasons, grand final replay between Adelaide City and Melbourne CSC. The 
Champions Adelaide fielded such talents as national keeper Robert Zabica,
and capped players Carl Veart, Damien Mori and Alex Tobin. Melbourne, on the
other hand were suffering from injuries and a loss of players to other clubs
and the youth championships in Venezuela (where Australia lost in the semis
to Brazil on penalties, and play against Chile for 3rd place with Brazil 
meeting Spain). The match was played in heavy rain, the commentators amused
themselves with references to the 'english conditions'.
	Veart scored first after backheading a long ball past the charging
keeper, and Mori quickly followed with a free kick from between the half-way
circle and the box. He struck the ball hard and low and in the wet conditions
the keeper let the ball through both his arms and his legs (a neat trick).
Adelaide had a chance to get another goal close to half time when a throw
from a Melbourne defender to his keeper was intercepted by Adelaide but the
shot on the tight angle past the stranded keeper went just wide of the far 
post. The crowd seemed suitably impressed with Mori's efforts to begin a 
bastardised version of Dean Martin's 'That's Amore'.
	The second half saw more rain and little of interest until the 78th
minute when a low cross from the right wing gave Ivan Kelic an easy tap into
the open goal. Melbourne had a great oppertunity to level the game in the 
frantic minutes which followed when another cross had the keeper beaten and 
the desperate slide from a Melbourne forward (don't know who) at the far post
saw the ball put into the side netting from the wrong side. To be fair he was
being harrassed by an Adelaide defender all the way.
	Not a terribly impressive match though conditions played a big part,
also the crowd figures are very embarrassing. Still the longest journey begins
with just one step and the mere existence of a league puts us one up on the
WC '94 hosts.

			Thomas the Tank Engine
			aka Algor

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