Hummel F-League Series Two

adelaidefusion · Post by **adelaidefusion** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 10:40 am

An epic top-of-the-table clash, upsets galore, comebacks and drawbacks – Series-2 of the 2012 Hummel F-League sizzled in sunny Sydney over the June 23-24 weekend.
Victorian teams limped out of a raucous Morris Iemma Indoor Sports Stadium at Riverwood while Dural, Boomerangs and Parramatta stood tall, the Warriors opening up a five point gap at top as the series next heads to Canberra in July.

Dural are now six-from-six to start the new F-League season and cemented their heavyweight status with a thrilling 5-3 round-six win over nearest rivals Vic Vipers. Incredibly, 12 Warriors have scored a staggering 46 goals in the opening six games, led by Jarrod Basger (11), Greg Giovenali (10) and Nathan Niski (7).

Only Boomerangs superstar Daniel Fulton has matched Dural’s goalscoring feats, banking 11 for his side, including nine in a Sydney Series-2 trifecta that pushed the ACT-based side up to third on the ladder ahead of a series shift to Canberra next month.

Vipers (13 points) are still hot on Dural’s heels after a spirited Sydney tour but now have Boomerangs (12) piling on the pressure a point behind them, while a Parramatta (9) double-victory lifted them into the F-League top-four just ahead of St Albans (8) and East Coast (7).

Jaguars (3) and Melbourne Heart (0) clearly have a bit of catch-up work to do but they weren’t the only southerners to struggle in Series-2 after all four Victorian outfits picked up a measly two wins from their 12 Sydney fixtures – and both of those were against fellow Melbourne sides.

However, the goalscoring boots definitely came out in Sydney as 101 goals were notched up over the three rounds (15 more than Series 1), including a season-high 40 in round four. Another 19 players added their names to the scoring sheets to take the overall tally to 65, and the average per game jumped to almost eight goals.

Boomerangs ace Daniel Fulton and Dural star Jarrod Basger lead the goalscorers charts on 11 strikes, followed by Warriors duo Greg Giovenali (10) and Nathan Niski (7), with Vipers weapon Jonathan Barientos (6) rounding out the top-five.

Round 4

Boomerangs dampen Heat

A late Daniel Fulton free kick lifted Boomerangs to a thrilling 3-2 win over East Coast Heat in the opening game of 2012 Hummel F-League Series-2 in Sydney.

The Heat had clawed their way back from two goals down in the final 10 minutes, Chris Zeballos and Aaron Cimitile cancelling out Callum Smith’s fourth-minute Boomerangs opener and a 28th-minute Fulton goal to set up an enthralling five-minute dash to the line.

Both sides had their chances but it was left to Canberra iceman Fulton to slot home a deft freekick with just seconds left on the clock to snatch a morale boosting Boomerangs victory.

Fulton is hot property up front for the ACT-based side and his chart-topping 24 goals in last summer’s NSW Premier League has rolled over into a fruitful 11-goal start to the 2012 Hummel F-League. That’s 35 goals from 20 starts in, arguably, two of Australia’s three most difficult Futsal competitions (the other being the Melbourne winter series).

Boomerangs 3 (Daniel Fulton 28',40', Callum Smith 4') defeated East Coast Heat 2 (Chris Zeballos 30', Aaron Cimitile 34')

Vipers in Heart stopper

The Vic Vipers pulled a rabbit out of the hat in their scintillating 4-3 victory against Melbourne Heart on Saturday morning in Sydney, Thiago Priori bobbing up for a last-minute goal to steal the limelight in a free-flowing game.

Vipers skipper Jonathan Barientos opened the accounts midway through the first half with team-mate Adam Cooper doubling the lead minutes before halftime.

Melbourne got back into the game when Konrad Machoy made it 2-1 just after the restart, only for Barientos to restore a Vipers two-goal buffer moments later.

But Heart weren’t done with yet and a double-strike from Anthony Ramzy and Matthew Vragovski set up an exciting last seven minutes with the score deadlocked at 3-3.

With chances going begging at both ends up stepped cool, calm Priori to take his last-minute opportunity and snatch victory for Vipers.

Vic Vipers 4 (Jonathan Barientos 13’,26’, Adam Cooper 18’, Thiago Priori 40’) defeated Melbourne Heart 3 (Konrad Machoy 24’, Anthony Ramzy 29’, Matthew Vragovski 33’)

Jaguars upset St Albans

A terrific team performance helped Jaguars rout St Albans 9-4 in a stunning 2012 Hummel F-League result in Sydney on Saturday.

First half goals to Michael Barrigos, Reuben Langerak, Sangchul Lim and Ahmed Muktar put Jaguars on the right track, paving the way for a 4-2 halftime lead, Maxim Avram and Alija Redzepovic keeping St Albans in the hunt with late first-half strikes.

Strikers target Jose Portillo then took it to an edgy 4-3 minutes into the second term but this sparked a Jaguars rampage with Barrigos, Langerak and Muktar netting to make it 7-3 in the blink of an eye.

A late Aguek Aguek double pushed Jaguars further in front and a second, late Avram goal gave St Albans something to cheer about, but it was all Jaguars as they claimed their first F-League victory on the back of a five-goal contribution from the bench.

Jaguars 9 (Michael Barrigos 2’,24’, Reuben Langerak 8’,25’, Sangchul Lim 14’, Ahmed Muktar 16’,25’, Aguek Aguek 34’,36’) defeated St Albans Strikers 4 (Maxim Avram 14’,36’, Alija Redzepovic 17’, Jose Portillo 23’)

Dural outplay the Blues

Dural Warriors outgunned Parramatta Blues in a 11-4 Series-2 Saturday afternoon Sydney shootout, maintaining their blistering start to the 2012 Hummel F-League.

Eleven goals were scored in a frantic first half of action as Dean Lockhart, Michael Figueira, Jarrod Basger strikes and a Nathan Niski brace blasted Dural to a 5-0 lead before Parramatta could finish tying their shoelaces up.

It was the Blues bench that actually got Parramatta going as substitutes Tuan Cao, Chris Dingwall and Slavan Ljuboja scored the next three to go 5-3 behind; but Basger was in party mode and added two more for Dural within a minute, and a late Chris Polkinghorne effort reestablished the Warriors’ five-goal buffer at the break.

The gun-slinging madness continued after the restart with Basger and Nathan Clissold increasing Dural’s advantage to 10-3 before Cao pulled one back for the Blues on the half-hour mark.

It was five-goal hero Basger who had the last laugh when he rounded out the 11-4 siege a minute later, a full nine minutes still to play… but the shots died down and the smoked cleared to show Dural as the last man standing.

Basger’s haul took him to nine goals in two games (following his four goal outing against Boomerangs in Melbourne) and some players were queuing up to shine his smoking boots for good luck.

Dural Warriors 11 (Nathan Niski 2’,6’, Dean Lockhart 4’, Michael Figueira 8’, Jarrod Basger 9’,17’,17’,23’,31’, Nathan Clissold 26’, Chris Polkinghorne 18) defeated Parramatta Blues 4 (Slavan Ljuboja 13’, Chris Dingwall 16’, Tuan Cao 11’,30’)

Round 5

Boomerangs bring down Jaguars

Boomerangs shaked, rattled and rolled their way to a convincing 11-2 win over Jaguars in Saturday afternoon’s Sydney Series-2 match-up.

A four-goal Daniel Fulton effort and Daniel Fogarty trifecta laid the platform for a decisive Boomerangs victory, the Jaguars stunned following their opening game triumph over previously undefeated St Albans.

Goals to Ryan Keir, Sam Smith and Callum Smith complemented a Fogarty double and Fulton triple to give Boomerangs a dream 8-1 start at halftime, Jaguars only getting on the board courtesy of a Callum Smith own goal.

Aguek Aguek scored for Jaguars early in the second half to promote some sentiment of a miraculous comeback, but Sam Smith, Fogarty and Fulton goals put a sharp end to that notion and also add an exclamation point to their startling nine-goal victory – equaling Dural’s winning round-two margin against Jaguars.

Boomerangs 11 (Daniel Fulton 3',8',20',35', Daniel Fogarty 10',12',33', Ryan Keir 18', Sam Smith 5',31', Callum Smith 17') defeated Jaguars 2 (Aguek Aguek 24', Callum Smith own goal 4')

Warriors hatchet Heart

Dural Warriors cruised to a comfortable 5-1 win against Melbourne Heart in Sydney’s Saturday evening affair of the 2012 Hummel F-League.

Dural finally broke the shackles after a tense and competitive opening quarter-hour, a Greg Giovenali double and Jarrod Basger strike setting up a hard-fought 3-0 halftime lead.

Konrad Machoy made a game of it when he scored Melbourne’s opener early in the second period and the game stayed at 3-1 for 10 more minutes before late Blake Rosier and Giovenali goals for Warriors added the final nail in Heart’s coffin.

Win-less Melbourne could still take plenty of positives from the result after matching it with the unbeaten runaway F-League leaders for much of the game, but it was Dural’s clinical finishing and constant, patient offence that proved the major difference between the sides camped at opposite ends of the competition ledger.

Dural Warriors 5 (Greg Giovenali 14',19',34', Jarrod Basger 18', Blake Rosier 39') defeated Melbourne Heart 1 (Konrad Machoy 23')

Strikers tie up Vipers

St Albans Strikers and Vic Vipers played out a nail-biting 1-1 draw in the final Saturday game of Sydney Series-2.

The 2012 Hummel F-League’s lowest-scoring affair was also among the most tactical as both sides probed for openings, only for poor finishing at both ends of the court to keep the result on knife-edge.

Jason Barrientos put Vipers in front on the quarter-hour mark but the Vics joy was shortlived as Tomislav Grgic equalised for Strikers in the last minute of the half.

Try as both sides did, neither could break through for a decisive second-half strike and the game finished in a 1-1 stalemate.

St Albans Strikers 1 (Tomislav Grgic 19') drew with Vic Vipers 1 (Jason Barrientos 15')

Parramatta beats East Coast

A glitzy Blues gala helped Parramatta razzle-dazzle their way to a 7-2 defeat of East Coast Heat on Sunday morning of 2012 Hummel F-League Series-2.

With just one win to show from their opening four games Parramatta lit up the Morris Iemma Indoor Sports Centre with a dominant display against Sydney rivals East Coast.

Nothing separated the two combatants in the opening 10 minutes before Tuan Cao and Goran Ljuboja got the ball rolling and established a tight 2-0 Blues lead at halftime.

Further goals to Chris Dingwall, Lachlan Wright, Ljuboja and captain Gavin Schipp pushed Parramatta out to a 6-0 advantage by the half-hour mark and the Blues looked well in control.

Quick Joao Da Silva and Aaron Cimitile goals pricked the ears up as East Coast drew back to 6-2 down with eight minutes to go, but Giovanni Leuzzi had the last Parramatta hoorah as the Blues ran out comfortable five-goal winners.

Parramatta Blues 7 (Tuan Cao 11', Goran Ljuboja 12',30', Chris Dingwall 23', Lachlan Wright 27', Gavin Schipp 27', Giovanni Leuzzi 39') defeated East Coast Heat 2 (Joao Da Silva 31', Aaron Cimitile 32')

Round 6

Warriors bag Vipers

Unbeaten 2012 Hummel F-League leaders Dural Warriors had their toughest test yet as Vic Vipers pushed them all the way in a 5-3 Sunday afternoon firecracker in Sydney Series-2.

The top-of-the-table clash lived up to every expectation, packed with high drama, excitement, outstanding Futsal, cracking goals and a nail-biting finish.

The entertaining match was only tarnished by a suspected broken collar bone to key Vipers player Ricardo Castro, who fell awkwardly under a Greg Giovenali challenge in just the second minute of the game. Castro had to be taken by ambulance to hospital and Vipers looked even more rattled when Blake Rosier pounced for a 1-0 Dural lead after three dramatic minutes of gameplay.

But Vipers rallied and midway through the opening term Jason Barientos sparked the Vic’s passion with a goal that lifted the visitors spirits and leveled the scores.

Minutes later and the small group of Vipers were in raptures as Adam Cooper added a second Vic goal to take a well-deserved halftime lead.

You could cut the second-half tension with a knife as the expected Warriors onslaught came and Greg Giovenali drew Dural level in the 23rd minute before brother Wade edged their noses in front midway through the term.

The Vipers never looked out of it until further Greg Giovenali and Jarrod Basger strikes pushed the Warriors too far in front at 5-2 up and Kui Mu’s late goal for the Vics proved to be a consolation.

It was a heart-warming display from the Vics, who played their guts out despite the devastating loss of Castro and they could only hope he has a speedy recovery so that he can join in the obvious Vipers spirit.

The result, however, was crucial as the Vics now trail Dural by five points; the competition heading into an explosive Canberra Series-3 on July 21-22 where the Vipers face home-side Boomerangs, cross-town rivals Jaguars and an unpredictable East Coast Heat.

On the flip side, with six-wins-from-six under their belts, it’s catch us if you can for runaway leaders Dural.

The Warriors play three of the bottom-four teams in Canberra Series-3 (Jaguars, East Coast and St Albans) and it seems only complacency will loosen their Hercules grip on the 2012 Hummel F-League.

Dural Warriors 5 (Blake Rosier 3', Greg Giovenali 23',38', Wade Giovenali 29', Jarrod Basger 34') defeated Vic Vipers 3 (Jason Barientos 10', Adam Cooper 17', Kui Mu 39')

Boomerangs smash St Albans

Boomerangs announced their 2012 Hummel F-League intentions with a rebel-rousing 9-0 demolition of St Albans Strikers in Sydney on Sunday afternoon.

Boomerangs had their backs against the wall with just six players available for the game but the remaining territorian troop proved magnificent and played out of their skin to completely outplay a rattled St Albans side.

Daniel Fulton scored in the sixth minute and team-mates Callum Smith and Glenn Smith ticked the scoreboard over before a second Fulton strike secured a 4-0 halftime Boomerangs lead.

The second half bogged down until Fulton completed his hat-trick on the half-hour and Callum Smith duly responded with two goals to compile his trifecta, Denny Dutra’s late strike rounding out a 9-zip whitewash.

St Albans will wonder what hit them after going unbeaten in Series 1 and then not winning a Series-2 game, but if Dural chatter dominated F-League title talk it was somewhat silenced by a massive Boomerangs win that sent the champagne trucks scurrying back to the factory.

It was the second successive nine-goal victory for Boomerangs (following their 11-2 annihilation of Jaguars) and they’ll be buoyed by the fact Series-3 (July 21-22) is being held in their Canberra den, where Boomerangs take on second-placed Vic Vipers, win-less Melbourne Heart and a rising Parramatta Blues.

And if they can take their current form into the next series then the next Dural encounter (the opening Series 4 game in Melbourne) should be an absolute belter.

Boomerangs 9 (Daniel Fulton 6',20',31', Callum Smith 12',34',35', Glenn Smith 16', Denny Dutra 37') defeated St Albans Strikers 0

Heat hurt Heart

A first-half blitz helped East Coast Heat hold firm in a 6-1 defeat of hapless Melbourne Heart on Sunday evening.

A third-minute Aaron Cimitile strike put East Coast on the front foot and team-mates Andre Caro, Chris Zeballos and Joao Da Silva joined the first-half dance to put Heat 4-0 in front at the interval.

Gianni Romano gave Heart a glimmer of hope when he netted for 4-1 down on the half-hour mark, but further Zeballos and Jeremy Stewart goals confirmed East Coast’s solid 6-1 win.

If East Coast can maintain their course then they’ll figure prominently toward the end of the 2012 Hummel F-League season, even by testing the top teams.

East Coast Heat 6 (Aaron Cimitile 3', Andre Caro 14', Chris Zeballos 14',35', Joao Da Silva 18', Jeremy Stewart 39') defeated Melbourne Heart 1 (Gianni Romano 32')

Parramatta cage Jaguars

Parramatta Blues defeated Jaguars 5-2 in a titanic tussle in the final Series-2 Sydney game, giving the developing Blues back-to-back victories and a look at the competition top-four.

Jordan Guerreiro scored first for Parramatta but his seventh-minute goal was cancelled out by Jaguars sharpshooter Aguek Aguek two minutes later.

Goran Ljuboja restored Parramatta’s advantage at the quarter-hour mark and the halftime buzzer sounded with the game still open to either side.

Lachlan Wright and (one Queenslander helping the Blues win) Danny Ngaluafe opened up a 4-1 gap for the home side straight after the break, but a quick Aguek response gave Jaguars a sniff at two goals down with 13 minutes still to go.

However, a second Ljuboja strike on the half-hour made it too difficult for the visitors and the Blues ran out 5-2 victors in a hard-fought contest.

Aguek certainly proved a Series-2 find for Jaguars and his five-goal weekend haul can only be of inspiration to a young, developing outfit that claimed its first F-League victory (over St Albans).

Parramatta is also on the rise as the Blues build in confidence. They have 10 players on the scorebooks, led by Tuan Cao and Goran Ljuboja who both took their season tallies to five goals.

Parramatta Blues 5 (Jordan Guerreiro 7', Goran Ljuboja 14',30', Lachlan Wright 21', Danny Ngaluafe 23') defeated Jaguars 2 (Aguek Aguek 9',27')

Series 3 will take place at the AIS Training Halls, Bruce, ACT on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd July.

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adelaidefusion · Post by **adelaidefusion** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 1:23 pm

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