Mt. Evelyn Futsal Club (1st) 4-6 (4th) Preston Futsal Club
MTE – J. Vasilevski 2, S. Gebru, E. Troung
PRE – N. Jamieson 3, N. Atzarakis, C. Tickner, D. Labombarda
Mt. Evelyn’s fantastic early season form saw them overcome their first four opponents to sit on top of the table coming into round five against a Preston side with bumpy early season form. The game was goal for goal from the start with both teams putting two goals away in a heated first half. The teams went at each other with plenty of heat as players crashed into each other all across the court. The second half opened in the same manner with the high intensity play continuing as both teams managed to find the back of the net. The tight game was broken up as Preston gun Nikolas Jamieson turned up the heat assisting in a goal and scoring one for himself to open up the biggest lead of the game. A summit that proved too steep for the top placed Mt. Evelyn to scale.
Man of the Match – Nikolas Jamieson (Preston FC)
CF South Melbourne (8th) 4-5 (6th) FC Footscray (Futsal Club)
SM – S. Hosseini 2, S. Mander, P. Iliopolous
FOOT – M. Chowdhury, Z. Ilahee, M. Rojas, M. Yap, V. Moretti
Footscray came hard out of the blocks against the bottom placed South Melbourne putting the struggling club under the pump. The opening two goals went the way of the boys from out west as South Melbourne began to loose their heads, Coming into half time things looked dire for South Melbourne with Footscray mounting attack after attack but not making the opposition pay. Some strong words at half time saw South Melbourne come out firing pumping three big goals past the Footscray defence to suddenly hit the front. The hot run was short lived though as Footscray wrestled the momentum back scoring two more goals for the half to dish out another loss for the struggling South Melbourne and consolidate their spot on the team.
Man of the Match: Miguel Rojas (Footscray FC)
Melbourne University Futsal Club (3rd) 3-4 (2nd) Doncaster Futsal Club
MU – J. Woodcock, T. Zeitlhofer, E. Park
DON – W. Ong 2, A. Lee, M. Alkhridah
Melbourne Uni and Doncaster line up as third and second respectively with equal wins and only goal difference separating the teams. The game was tight from the first minute with a break through goal coming from Melbourne Uni’s boom recruit Jasper Woodcock. The lead was short lived with Doncaster hitting back twice. The first half was back and forth before finishing two all at the break. The second half saw the intensity lift as Melbourne Uni began to throw their bodies around giving away some sloppy free kicks. The entire second half saw the game on a knifes edge until an untidy sixth foul saw Doncaster awarded a penalty and the go ahead goal. Melbourne Uni was unable to strike back and fell just short.
Man of the Match: Wayne Ong (Doncaster FC)
FC Melbourne Athletic (6th) 3-5 (7th) RMIT Football Club
MA – D. Smeathers 2, E. Evans
RMIT – R. McPhillips 3, B. Grillo 2
RMIT and Melbourne Athletic have played out a heated contest. Both teams sitting at the bottom of the table will be looking to boost out of their current positions. The first half was a tight contest as both teams put each other to the test both physically and technically. The back of the net was hard to find with both teams showing their defensive abilities. The second half saw both teams give away five fouls and from there it was a competition for who could stay clean. RMIT managed a quick goal and Melbourne Athletic boiled over as they gave away another foul and they put away the penalty to take the win.
Man of the Match: Richard McPhillips (RMIT FC)
Ladder:
Top Goalscorers:
- 9 – Jay Vasileski (Mt. Evelyn FC)
- 9 – Nikolas Jamieson (FC Preston)
- 8 – Alex Lee (Doncaster FC)
- 8 – Ben Grillo (RMIT FC)
- 7 – Solomon Gebru (Mt. Evelyn FC)