Eighth placed Green Gully hosted top of the table Oakleigh Cannons on Saturday in what was a must win game for the Cavaliers if they were to keep in touch with the finals race.Former Melbourne Victory and North Queensland Fury player Simon Storey made his first start for Gully since signing some weeks back, whilst Oakleigh fielded an extremely strong line up including former Victory players Ricky Diaco, James Robinson, Ramazan Tavsancioglu and former Glory player James Downey.
The match started under perfect conditions but as the wind picked up so did the match. Green Gully matched Oakleigh in the midfield where the Cannons have been so strong all year and were unlucky not to take the lead after eight minutes when a Diaco strike hit both posts.
The remainder of the game was tightly fought out with no team really pressing for the winner, rather sitting back nervously not wanting to make a mistake.Scorers: Downey 40′ (Oakleigh), Sanders 74′ (Gully).
Yellows: Bran 30′, Milovanovic 54′, Downey 76′ (Oakleigh).
Subs: 23. Mason INTERLANDI, 11. Pasquale VIZZARI, 12. Mathew SANDERS, 17. Andy VARGAS, 20. Joshua PUGH.
Subs: 17. Shaun ONTONG, 16. Frankie LAGANA, 12. Luke WALKER, 14. Melvin BECKETT, 25. Craig GOODWIN.
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