Tarrawanna humbled

Despite taking an early sixth minute lead, Tarrawanna left Crehan Park on Sunday after being on the end of a 6-2 thrashing from Cringila Lions.

Tarrawanna could have led within the first minute when emerging star Ricky Zucco’s excellent shot on the run just shaved the left hand post and go wide. However, the youngster was not to be denied five minutes later when he finished off a terrific movement involving Darren Stone and Beau Cropper whose pin point cross found Zucco’s head and he finished with aplomb from 8 metres with a well judged header.

Zucco could have had Tarra two in front within 15 minutes after he cut inside after dispossessing Yane Tupanceski wide on the left. His direct advance on goal was thwarted when the advancing Adam Kumcevski denied him his second for the match with a good save with his legs.

From thereon in it was all Cringila and even before they equalised they were denied three times by some scrambling Tarra defence which succeeded in clearing the ball off the line on no less than three occasions. They were living dangerously and the luck well and truly ran out with the 26 minute equaliser which saw youngster Jack Balmforth’s cross deflected into the goal by a Bluey’s defender.

Three minutes later, Crini edged in front when Frank Barilla cashed in on some slack marking which was to be a trademark of the Tarrawanna defence for the entire 90 minutes. Barilla received a square pass from Balmforth and he had all the time in the world to control, turn and smash home a neat volley from just inside the penalty area.

Save Treneski had a chance to make it three when he found himself clean through on goal. However, he hesitated and whilst he still got his shot away he did allow Christian Pretto the opportunity to save.

Two-one at the break and any hope the Blues had of getting back into the game were extinguished five minutes after the restart when Balmforth got his second for the match with a great volley at the far post after a good cross from Tony Dulevski.

Twenty minutes later it was game over when Treneski was rewarded for his efforts when he applied a good finish after the defence had opened up once again.

Cringila were now rampant and the subs were now getting in on the act with youth grader Jason Cergovski scoring with virtually his first touch when he hit a fine strike from the edge of the penalty area to make the score 5-1 after 75 minutes. ‘Junior’ Barilla got his second and Crini’s sixth on eighty minutes when he was once again left unmarked in the middle of the penalty area and he simply had to side foot home after some neat buildup.

Beau Cropper scored a second goal for Tarrawanna late on but all this did was make the score a little more respectable after his side had been totally outplayed on the day.

The Blueys badly missed Tim O’Brien in the midfield and one or two others but on the other side of the coin Cringila were also missing Cord Tolson, Alan Lo Proto, Gareth Brownlie and Darren Jones which made the performance by Cringila even more outstanding.

On Saturday over at Hume Oval, Coniston Lions came away with an excellent 3 points after defeating Picton Rangers 3-2 in an important game at the bottom of the table.

In the other games a second half hat-trick from Anthony Guido guided Dandaloo’s emphatic 6-0 result against Warilla Wanderers, while Bulli and Dapto had to settle for a share of the points in a 1-1 draw.

Michael Glisic opened the scoring for Dapto after twenty minutes. Bulli then missed a penalty kick with Rohan Daley wasting the opportunity. This was the second important penalty miss in a few weeks with the other going astray in a 0-0 draw against Fernhill.

Tobin Zoomers, who is getting the amongst the goals lately scored the equaliser not long after the penalty. Coach Adrian Alston indicated after the game that it was just not the penalty miss that cost his side but other excellent chances that went begging during the course of the game.