Subway Cup
Sarnia Produce vs Paddy Flaherty's
July 7, 2009
Sarnia Produce returned to the pitch playing its
third game in six days versus Paddy Flaherty's
in Subway Cup action. The Azzurri came
out strong and opened the scoring in the second
minute of play when Gus Tsaprailis scored on a
thunderous shot in the top right hand corner of
the Paddy's net from 30 yards out. Both teams
then settled down with not many scoring chances
until the 40th minute of play when Paddy
Flaherty's was rewarded a free kick from the
25yard mark. They made no mistake placing the
ball with a strong drive finding the left corner
of the net. In the 43rd minute, with Sarnia
Produce pressing, Gus Tsaprailis was taken down
in the penalty area and awarded a 'penalty
kick'. He took the kick himself firing it wide
of the mark to keep the score tied going into
the half.
The second half started slow with not many
scoring opportunities until the 65th min when
Paddy's was called for a hand ball in the
penalty area. Lenny DeCarolis was called upon to
take the 'penalty kick' only to blast it high
above the crossbar. Things were pretty even from
there on until late in the game when Sarnia
Produce's Paul Mezzatesta made a charge on goal
, after a corner kick,only to fire the ball wide
of the target. The game was tied after the final
whistle sending it to penalty kicks to decide
the winner.
Penalty kicks: Paddy's went first and scored.
Gus Tsaprailis then missed. Then the next three
for both teams scored. For the Azzurri : Theo
Tsaprailis, Peter Tavabis, and Stephan Sirois.
Olindo DeSena Jr. saved Produce like always
making the critical save on the fifth shooter.
Then Lenny DeCarolis sent it to extra shooters
with his well placed shot. Paddy's missed #6 and
so did Mario DiDonato for Produce. The 7th
shooter for Flaherty's missed then Dom
D'Allesandro was the hero putting it high down
the middle after looking to the right.
Sarnia Produce 5- Paddy Flaherty's 4 in penalty
kicks for a 2-1 win.
League Action
Sarnia Produce vs SarCor Rebar
July 9, 2009
Sarnia Produce returned to league play
facing SarCor Rebar in Thursday night action
at Lambton College field. Both teams came
out strong looking for the first score but
the defence ruled on both ends. Not many
scoring chances evolved however play became
pretty intense as the game progressed.
Referee Mark Renault kept the action calm
and controlled issuing a few yellow cards.
The Azzurri were first to strike as in the
40th minute midfielder Peter Tavabis turned
on a ball and ripped in hard in the top left
corner of the SarCor net. Sarnia Produce led
1 - 0 at the half.
The second half saw a more determined SarCor
team who came out pressing for the
equalizer. They were rewarded in the 60th
min with a defensive error on the Produce
sweeper which led to the
SarCor striker placing the ball by Sarnia
goalie Olindo DeSena Jr. The Azzurri then
regrouped and began to advance sending their
midfielders up to attack. It seemed to work
as veteran Theo Tsaprailis received the ball
on the fly and calmly dribbled it past the
SarCor defender and goalie Mario DiCocco to
fire it in the open net. That's all that was
needed as the Sarnia Produce defence took
over limiting any chances by SarCor to
preserve the 2 - 1 win!
