ADELAIDE: Junior David’s club, Croydon finished third place as they picked up a 1-0 victory on Friday against WT Birkalla in Round 22 of Football South Australia’s (FSA) National Premier League (NPL).
David was not featured in the starting lineup and sat through most of the game on the bench.
The only goal of the match came in the 40th minute after a series of smart link up play by the Croydon players.
A game of possession and one time passes led the ball into the box to be scored by Croydon’s Adam Martinello.
David came on the pitch in the 77th minute to strengthen a tired defense to protect the 1-0 lead.
The match ended 1-0 in Croydon’s favour. They now sit third on the FSA NPL table with 38 points.
Javin Wae featured the whole match for Adelaide Cobras in Saturday’s 2-0 victory over Cove FC.
Cobras’ round 22 match happened in the FSA State League One, a division below David’s FSA NPL.
Cobras’ goals came in the 42nd and 63rd minute respectively.
Both goals came from the Cobras’ sibling Adam and Nicolas Harpas.
These two goals settled the match as with Wae and his defensive Centre backs, Cove FC could not capitalize a goal.
Adelaide Cobras ran off with the 2-0 victory and finished ninth on the FSA State League One table.
These two matches by David and Wae were the only recorded wins as same could not be said for the Solomon Islands soccer boys in Adelaide.
Micah Lea’alafa despite adding another goal to his name was only a consolation goal as his club, Vipers FC lose 4-1 to Adelaide Olympic.
This was in another Round 22 match of the FSA State League One last Saturday. Lea’alafa featured the whole match.
After a series of goals by the Adelaide Olympic side, while on the lead 3-0 in the 76th minute, Lea’alafa’s goal conversion gave Vipers FC a glimmer of hope.
The goal happened when a Vipers FC player gave a high lobbying ball into the Olympic box. The Olympic goalkeeper rushed toward the ball while the Olympic defender also did the same.
Lea’alafa was also running for the ball. He saw his chance as the Olympic defender overpowered his header that went over the keeper’s head. Outpacing the defender and no keeper in goal, Lea’alafa easily slotted it in to record Vipers FC’s only goal of the match.
Adelaide Olympic went on to score another to finally end the match 4-1.
Vipers FC sit 11th on the State League One table with 18 points.
In State League One, Rovu Boyers’ West Adelaide Hellas could not come up with a win to tie with their round 22 opponent, Fulham United on the table as they lost 2-0.
The match happened on Saturday. The Hellas needed a win to tie points with their opponents, Fulham United who are second on the State League One table.
Fulham United’s goal came in the 28th and 37th minute respectively.
Boyers started on the bench and came onto the pitch in the 46th minute.
The Hellas could not capitalize on anything as they were outplayed by Fulham.
The match ended 2-0 as West Adelaide walked away with a disappointing defeat. This was their chance to climb up the table, but it was not to be.
Hellas finished third with 40 points while Fulham are still second but gaining three more points to make it 45.
Meanwhile another Solomon Islander Raphael Leai appeared in the second half for Wollongong Wolves in their 1-1 draw Round 28 match with NWS Spirit on a cold Saturday evening at Macedonia Park.
By Ethan Habru
In Adelaide
