Hakoah Sydney City East has staged the upset of the PlayStation®4 NPL NSW season so far as Round 6 action kicked up a swag of big results.
Blacktown City’s five game winning run to open the season has finally come to an end as bottom of the table Hakoah proved too good at home against a misfiring Seven Hills outfit.
Parramatta found itself in the win column with a strong showing against Sydney Olympic while a last gasp goal clinched a point for APIA against Rockdale City Suns.
A dominant 3-0 win from Sydney United 58 against Blacktown Spartans catapulted Mark Rudan’s side into top spot on the PlayStation®4 National Premier Leagues NSW Men’s ladder for the first time this season as Blacktown City drop to second.
Match of the Round
Hakoah Sydney City East 3 - Blacktown City FC 1 at Hensley Athletic Field.
Fairy tales do come true and it is exactly what happened on Saturday night for Hakoah Sydney City East as they claimed a shock 3-1 win against Blacktown City FC during the PlayStation®4 National Premier Leagues NSW Men’s clash at Hensley Athletic Field.
David overcame Goliath as the bottom of the table Hakoah put on a well-rounded performance against the previously unbeaten and top of the table Blacktown.
An early screamer to Hussein Akil as well as second half goals to Neil Jablonski and Jordan Mundell helped Sydney City East to only its second win of the season.
Blacktown’s usually free scoring forward line was missing its shooting boots as missed opportunities came back to cost Mark Crittenden’s side dearly
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Blacktown Spartans 0 - Sydney United 58 3 at Blacktown Football Park
Sydney United’s incredible run continues as Mark Rudan’s side nabbed top spot on the PlayStation®4 National Premier Leagues NSW Men’s ladder with a dominant 3-0 drubbing of Blacktown Spartans
A barrage of second half goals from Panni Nikas, Chris Payne and new recruit Thomas Uskok were the difference as United 58 cruised to victory.
Nikas made the breakthrough shortly after half-time with his third goal in two weeks before Payne added a killer second on the break.
Uskok added a third late on after bundling home from a corner to round off a dominant evening for the visitors.
The Spartans rallied for large periods of the second half and were unlucky not to have pulled a goal back on several occasions with Sydney United 58 custodian Thomas Manos, aided in small part by the woodwork, enjoying another fine evening between the sticks.
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Bonnyrigg White Eagles 3 - Sutherland Sharks 1 at Bonnyrigg Sports Centre
The Bonnyrigg White Eagles team song was echoing around the sheds at Bonnyrigg Sports Centre after a 3-1 win against Sutherland Sharks when the two sides faced off in PlayStation®4 National Premier Leagues NSW Men’s action on Saturday.
The home side came from behind as goals to Aaron Peterson, Greg Kondek and Yuta Kokado, cancelled out the opener from Sutherland’s Josh Da Silva.
The result was a return to winning ways for Bonnyrigg after victory was snatched from its clutches after the White Eagles conceded two goals in the final four minutes of the match.
Sutherland again had flashes of brilliance but Carlos Villazon’s side is very much still a work in progress.
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Parramatta FC 3 - Sydney Olympic 1 at Melita Stadium
Parramatta FC has found its winning ways once again with an impressive 3-1 victory in its PlayStation®4 National Premier Leagues NSW Men’s clash with Sydney Olympic at Melita Stadium on Saturday.
Goals to Gosue Sama, Marco Sama and Ibrahim Haydar helped Parramatta come back from 1-0 down and end its recent run of defeats.
The star of the night though was Parramatta shot stopper Luke Turnbull who made a number of huge saves for the home side to keep them in the match.
Sydney Olympic had their chances but were unable to capitalise on a tough night for Grant Lee’s men.
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Rockdale City Suns 3 - APIA Leichhardt Tigers 3 at Ilinden Sports Centre
A last gasp goal to reigning golden boot winner Franco Parisi has saved APIA Leichhardt from defeat as the Tigers notched a 3-3 draw with Rockdale City Suns in Sunday’s PlayStation®4 National Premier Leagues NSW Men’s clash at Ilinden Sports Centre.
Parisi’s 88th minute strike secured a point for John Carnevale’s side after a scintillating second half fightback from 3-1 down.
Rockdale scored early and established a 3-1 lead with 30 minutes to play courtesy of goals to Alec Urosevski, Blake Ricciuto and Toufic Allameddine.
APIA weren’t going to sit back and second half strikes to Parisi and Jordan Murray combined with a first half goal to Tasuku Sekiya to ensure the Lambert park boys went home with a point.
It was a game for the fans with end to end action, late drama and plenty of goals.
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Wollongong Wolves 0 - Manly United FC 2 at WIN Stadium
Manly United has made it two wins on the trot with a 2-0 victory against Wollongong Wolves in its PlayStation®4 National Premier Leagues NSW Men’s clash at Win Stadium on Sunday.
Goals to Dejan Pandurevic and Dom Ferguson were the difference as Manly were able to edge out a spirited Wollongong outfit on its own turf.
A Manly goal with only seconds left in the first half shattered the confidence of Jacob Timpano’s Wollongong side and it set the tone for the rest of the match.
Despite the Wolves best efforts they could not reign in a Manly side at full flight as Ferguson clinched the 2-0 win with his 82nd minute goal
The win lifts Manly to fourth spot on the PlayStation®4 National Premier Leagues NSW Men’s competition ladder while the Wolves drop to ninth spot.
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