With a 5-0 win on the weekend over Kiwis, it’s easy to see why South United coach Sam Clifton said his players were “more clinical” on the weekend than they had been in some weeks.
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Souths led 2-0 at half-time before going on with the job in the second half.
However, before they closed out the win, Souths had to withstand Kiwis’ solid start to the match.
“I thought in the first 15 minutes or so, Kiwis were good. It was a close game,” Clifton said.
“Their structure and ball movement was quite good to start with but our game plan took over.
“In the second half, we controlled the pace, our trapping on the ball was very good and we were just too strong in our tackles.”
Clifton said the most pleasing part of the win was Souths build up play.
“We built up from the backline through to the forward line. The connections between each line was very good,” Clifton said.
Workies won by a slightly smaller margin to Souths as they beat Tudors 6-2.
But the Workies-Tudors game wasn’t as straightforward as the 6-2 scoreline suggests.
There was just one goal in it before Workies pounced.
Three late goals to Workies saw the scoreline in their match against Tudors balloon out to the four-goal winning margin.
Workies coach Andrew Farmilo said the match was much closer than that.
“We scored three fairly late goals in the last 15 minutes. It was a pretty tight contest,” Farmilo said.
“We just got over the top of them late and managed to score a couple late to blow the score out.
“We just executed with a couple penalty corners.”
Coach Farmilo bagged a goal in the win alongside Toby Climpson, Chris White and Isaac Farmilo.
Ehren Hazell topped the goal-scoring for Workies with a double in the win and was amongst his side’s best alongside Isaac Wodley and Tim McKenzie, Farmilo said.
