(NPL Tasmania, Lightwood Park, Saturday, 23 March 2019)
Kingborough Lions United 0
Hobart Zebras 3 (M Pace 44, 63, M Sanders 92)
HT:
0-1 Att: 120 Ref: N Coad
Kingborough Lions United:
Stalker - Douce, Smithies-Sharples, Cuthbertson,
Zammit -
Easton, Gutierrez Jr, Downes
- Cowen, Brennan, Kantzos (Subs:
Di Martino, Biggar, Hall, McDonald, Schuth)
Hobart Zebras:
Whatman - Walsh, Charuza, Little, Dillon - Edwards,
Huigsloot, Yonezawa, Hey - Pace, Sanders
(Subs: Burt, Fagg, McKeown, Reid)
Photo: Zebras defend in a mass of pink shirts [PlessPix]
A
superb goal by Hobart Zebras’ Matthew Pace
- from Riley Dillon’s pin-point
cross from the left - a
minute before half-time separated these two sides at the interval.
Pace
got the last touch to the ball in the goalmouth in the 63rd minute
to make it 2-0 for the visitors.
Kingborough
were unable to reduce the deficit and Mathew Sanders’s goal in stoppage time to
make it 3-0 was a mere formality.
Zebras
were without the injured midfielder Jordan Muller, but the team coped without
his presence in the engine room.
Photo: Zebras' Luke Huigsloot (left) heads at goal [PlessPix]
Joel
Schuth was again on the bench for Kingborough, as was Tom McDonald. The experience of this duo may have been
valuable.
Kingborough
have not received an international clearance yet for their American midfielder,
Cameron Steele, so he had to settle for the role of match manager, complete
with coloured bib.
The win
put Zebras into the much more realistic position of third on the standings,
while Kingborough are sixth, with a record of two wins and two losses from
their four outings.
Zebras
are certainly one of the title contenders, but the Lions will need to work hard
to avoid an average season.
Photo: Zebras' Jan Charuza heads at goal [PlessPix]
Photo: Kingborough's Danny Cowen is tightly marked by Zebras' Jan Charuza [PlessPix]
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