South
Hobart beat Kingborough Lions United 3-0 in an NPL Tasmania pre-season friendly
at Lightwood Park tonight.
Bradley
Lakoseljac netted a brace and Kasper Hallam scored once for South, who led 2-0
at half-time.
Kobe
Kemp had a penalty saved by the Kingborough goalkeeper, Jake Hayers.
South
Hobart’s new signing from Clarence Zebras, goalkeeper Nathan Reid, played in
the second half, taking the place of veteran keeper Mark Moncur at half-time.
South
Hobart’s former American goalkeeper, Chase Webert, who returned home after the
COVID-19 pandemic broke out, wants to return but this seems highly unlikely to
occur.
South
Hobart also introduced Marcus Eugster at centre-back. He is a Tasmanian who has been living and
playing in Switzerland in recent years.
Kingborough,
without Shane Cartwright, offered little in attack and the visitors won
comfortably.
“The
game got a bit scrappy in the second half, but we dominated possession,” said South
Hobart coach, Ken Morton.
“We had
three or four chances to put it beyond doubt, but we controlled it all right. It wasn’t a great game, but it was a good
hit-out for us.
“They looked
patchy, but their centre-back is a good player.
He ran the ball out of defence well, but they had little penetration up
front.
“Our new
keeper, Nathan Reid, didn’t have much to do, but what he did do, he did well.
“Mark
Moncur, our veteran keeper, has done very well for us.
“Chase
Webert wants to come back but it’s not going to happen and we just wanted a bit
of cover in the goalkeeping position.”
In
tonight’s Women’s Super League pre-season friendly at Warrior Park, Olympia
Warriors downed University 4-0 through two goals by Bonnie Davies and one each
by Hanna Johnson and Olivia Bomford.
Olympia
led 1-0 at half-time.
“I was
really happy,” said Olympia Warriors coach, Alastair Russell. “We had really nice control of the game.
“We passed
the ball around really nicely in the two 40-minute halves.
“There
was interchange so we had lots and lots of changes and it was the perfect
hit-out, which is what you always want at this time near the start of the
season.”
Maddie
Black is back from college in America and Olivia Bomford has returned from
interstate and both played tonight for Olympia.
Olympia
were missing Zoe Haralampopoulos, who had been working in Tasmania as a dentist
but who had to return home to South Australia.
“We just
wanted to get a game in before we start playing properly and I’m very happy,”
Russell added.
“We had
an intra-club game on the weekend, but it’s nice to get a proper opponent.
“Uni did
well and fought pretty hard and it’s nice to have them back in the Super
League.”
University
were coached by Brad Judge, who has been coaching junior teams at University
for the past nine seasons.
Judge
said it wasn’t a bad result for a team that was back in the Super League and
which had lost players.
“Losing
4-0 at Olympia’s home isn’t the worst result,” Judge said.
“In the
Championship last season, this Uni team didn’t lose a game, but we’ve actually
lost quite a few really good players since we were last in the Super League.
“We’ve
brought a few younger players up and we know it’s going to be a very difficult
season, but we’ve got a three-year window where Football Tasmania have said we
won’t face the threat of relegation until the third year.
“So, my
mindset is to see how players go.
“There
was a lot of gelling tonight and the performance has to improve.
“I’m
happy tonight, but if I see the same thing in three months, it’s a completely
different conversation and things will need to change.”
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