Photo: Mariners' Jacob Esposito (left) and Tasmania's Noah Mies fight for possession [Plesspix]
(Friendly, South Hobart Oval, Sunday, 8 September 2019)
(Friendly, South Hobart Oval, Sunday, 8 September 2019)
Tasmania
1 (B Hamlett 85)
Central
Coast Mariners 3 (J
Murray 12, Z Gordon 66, M McGlinchey 70)
HT:
0-1 Att: 1,000 Ref:
B Kopra
Tasmania:
Pitchford - Parke, Price, Mulraney, Douce - Dyer,
Hingston, Stone - Bidwell, Barnard, N’Koso (Subs:
Little, Young, Muller, Gorrie, Hey, Kemp, Hamlett, Herweynen, Mies,
Pace, Hill)
Central
Coast Mariners: Pearce
- Esposito, Gordon, Miller, Hatch -
Melling, Skotadis, McGlinchey, Duric
- Majok, Murray (Subs:
Birighitti, Clisby, Kim, Oar, Fox, Simon, Shabow, Nisbet, Tongyik,
Ruiz-Diaz)
Photo: Tasmania's Joffrey N'Koso (left) stretches for the ball [PlessPix]
Photo: Tasmania's Joffrey N'Koso (left) stretches for the ball [PlessPix]
Tasmania
gave quite a good account of themselves despite losing 3-1 to A-League side
Central Coast Mariners at South Hobart Oval yesterday.
The Mariners
led 1-0 at the interval before scoring two more quick goals and then conceding
one near the end.
The visitors
played good possession football and utilised the width of the pitch to good
effect.
The
Tasmanians worked hard, but they found it difficult to maintain the effort as
most had played 90 minutes the previous day and some had also attended Football
Tasmania’s awards presentation dinner on Saturday night.
It was just
as well that Tasmanian fielded two different sets of players for each half.
Photo: Mariners keeper Adam Pearce grabs the ball as Tasmania's Joel Stone tries to get past Mariners' skipper Ziggy Gordon [PlessPix]
Photo: Mariners keeper Adam Pearce grabs the ball as Tasmania's Joel Stone tries to get past Mariners' skipper Ziggy Gordon [PlessPix]
Eddie
Bidwell and Joel Stone played in the first half
- there were seven Devonport
players in the opening line-up - and were then called back to the fray during the
second half after starting on the bench after the interval.
Tasmanian
goalkeeper Nathan Pitchford was the first-half custodian and he produced excellent
saves to deny Abraham Majok twice, Jordan Murray twice, and Michael McGlinchey.
It was
Murray, however, who gave the Mariners the lead in the 12th minute
following a corner.
Tasmania had
half-chances through Charlie Dyer, Miles Barnard and Keenan Douce, although Mariners
keeper Adam Pearce did not have a save to make.
Photo: Tasmania's Miles Barnard (right) grapples with Mariners' Lewis Miller [PlessPix]
Photo: Tasmania's Miles Barnard (right) grapples with Mariners' Lewis Miller [PlessPix]
A different
Tasmanian line-up in the second half conceded two goals in 5 minutes just past
the half-way mark of the second period.
In the 66th
minute, a short corner from the right enabled McGlinchey to cross to the far
post where captain Ziggy Gordon sneaked in and slotted home from close range to
give Mariners a 2-0 lead.
In the 7oth
minute, McGlinchey was presented with a chance on the left of the box and his
shot was touched by keeper Jarrod Hill but the ball continued into the net to
make it 3-0.
Jordan Muller
and Thomas Young then went close for Tasmania, but the Mariners still dangerous,
particularly through their substitutes and triallists.
Photo: Tasmania's Miles Barnard (right) on the attack [PlessPix]
Photo: Tasmania's Miles Barnard (right) on the attack [PlessPix]
Five minutes
from the end, Tasmania’s efforts were rewarded when theu pulled a goal back. Stone played a cross-field pass to Adam Gorrie
on the right and his low cross was touched home by Ben Hamlett.
“A little
bit scrappy at times, a little bit disjointed at times, but some good passages
of play as well,” is how Mariners coach Alen Stajcic summed up the game.
“Like usual,
there’s always things we pick up from the games and so always good learning.”
Photo: Mariners coach Alen Stajcic [PlessPix]
Photo: Mariners coach Alen Stajcic [PlessPix]
Stajcic aid
it was good to come to Tasmania as part of the club’s pre-season preparations.
“It’s a long
pre-season in the A-League,” he said.
“It’s the
longest pre-season in the history of world football, 16 weeks together, so just
getting away from the central coast [is good].
We’ve got a beautiful place up there that we all live at, but just
getting away down here, mixing it up and trying to spread, first of all, our
club, but also the game of football and trying to improve the popularity of the
sport around the country as well.
“Tasmania
were very competitive. They played
well. The game was played in a good
spirit and there were a couple of good players there as well and I’m sure they
got a bit of a buzz out of playing against A-League opposition and seeing what
the level is of those players.
“It’s a
win-win all round, for the local players and for our game and our players.”
Photo: One of the Tasmanian coaches, Rick Coghlan [PlessPix]
Photo: One of the Tasmanian coaches, Rick Coghlan [PlessPix]
One of the
Tasmanian coaches, Devonport’s Rick Coghlan, had nothing but praise for the
Tasmanian players and for the South Hobart club for arranging the Mariners’
visit.
“Having
played yesterday and then having the awards night, there were some heavy legs
out there,” Coghlan said.
“The younger
players had a point to prove. They
wanted to put themselves and Tasmania on the map. If those boys were in a full-time
environment, seven days a week, three hours a day, and all the trimmings that
go with it, imagine what the state of football could be.”
Coghlan aid
some of the players had represented Tasmania at junior level and this was the first
occasion they had teamed up again at senior level.
“It was more
excitement and pride in representing their State rather than nerves,” Coghlan
said.
“There was
some good camaraderie amongst the boys.
It was a proud moment for these boys.”
Photo: Mariners captain Ziggy Gordon clears ahead of Tasmania's Eddie Bidwell [PlessPix]
Photo: Mariners captain Ziggy Gordon clears ahead of Tasmania's Eddie Bidwell [PlessPix]
David Smith,
the other Tasmanian coach, also praised his players, especially given that they
virtually went into the game without any preparation.
“We tried to
press a bit higher and I thought we did quite well in the second half for the first
10 minutes, but then conceded a soft second goal.
“We tended
to give possession away and that put pressure on us,” Smith said.
“It was a
challenge, but it was a good challenge.
The boys know how to play, but they just need the confidence to do it.”
Photo: Mariners skipper Ziggy Gordon is in with a chance [PlessPix]
Photo: Mariners skipper Ziggy Gordon is in with a chance [PlessPix]
Smith said the
players had been sensible the night before, but the effects of travel and the
Saturday games had told on the squad.
“Getting a
goal was good for everyone,” Smith said.
‘We bring these teams down and we usually don’t score.
“It was a
great move. There must have been twelve
or fifteen passes before we finished it.
“We just
need to have faith in ourselves and go an attack teams instead of sitting back
and trying to catch them on the break.
“If we trained,
we could score more goals like that.”
Photo: Tasmania's Thomas Little (right) shuts down a Mariners attacker [PlessPix]
Photo: Tobias Herweynen tackles Jacob Esposito [PlessPix]
Photo: Jayden Hey lines up a Mariners opponent [PlessPix]
Photo: Central Coast Mariners' Jordan Murray (No.9) opens the scoring against Tasmania [PlessPix]
Photo: Tasmania's Thomas Little (right) shuts down a Mariners attacker [PlessPix]
Photo: Tobias Herweynen tackles Jacob Esposito [PlessPix]
Photo: Jayden Hey lines up a Mariners opponent [PlessPix]
Photo: Central Coast Mariners' Jordan Murray (No.9) opens the scoring against Tasmania [PlessPix]
4 comments:
Good report, Walter.
Outstanding photos!
I thought CCM played a 4-4-2 in Ball Possession Opposition and a 4-2-3-1 /4-3-3 defensive midfield triangle in Ball Possession.
It was the best I've ever seen a Tasmanian team play against an A League team. Tassie were in the game the whole time. I was particularly impressed with number 8, Joel Stone, in the first half.
Not having a program I struggled to recognise some of the CCM players outside Melling, Tongyik and McGlinchey, plus Simon on the bench.
Both teams payed some good football.
Notwithstanding, I was disappointed in CCM's technical ability on the ball. Their movement off it should have been better, with more checking and better creation of angled passing lanes in triangles. Overall, CCM should have been a lot better in possession against Tasmania.
They should have dictated terms more as a professional club, when the A League is ranked similarly to the Lower Championship or Upper League One in England.
I thoroughly enjoyed the game.
the aleague is no where near lower championship or higher league 1 at best national league
10.12 pm.
Which game were you watching? CCM poor technical ability on the ball?
You must be joking? What do you expect ? A league teams to not make any mistakes at all
in a 90 minute game. They played their way out of awkward defensive positions
constantly using high technical ability to retain the ball in tight situations.
I don’t know which game you were watching.
Maybe you have done all the courses and hold more licences than anyone else
but can’t SEE the game , if you know what I mean.
agree a league no where near any desant standard.would get smashed by any good non league side in uk
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