Football NSW have provided a wrap of all the games in the first weekend Series of the 2013 F-League.
The full wrap can be found HERE.
The FNSW Boomerangs games reports are as follows:
It was a historic, hectic and hot, hot, hot as the hummel F-League women’s competition made a dramatic debut and the men’s series sizzled with intrigue!
Boomerangs v Dural Warriors
F-League title holders Dural Warriors were methodical without being totally dominant in a 4-1 win against Boomerangs at Dural Sport and Leisure Centre on Saturday morning.
A double to last year’s F-League golden boot Jarrod Basger and support strikes from Wade Giovenalli and Ben Lawson helped diminish a Pat Ross-Magee goal for Boomerangs.
The Territorians put the boot in from the start and despite a limited bench held Warriors to a one goal halftime lead. Fatigue wore Boomerangs thin as Dural put their foot down to register a comfortable 4-1 victory.
Boomerangs v Strikers
St Albans Strikers got the better of an exasperated Boomerangs 4-2 at Dural Sport and Leisure Centre on Saturday evening.
A double Vadim Mazurskiy strike lifted St Albans 2-0 ahead before Pat Ross-Magee and Tom Zeitlhofer scored either side of halftime to bring Boomerangs back to 2-2.
The score stay unchanged until Vadim Mazurskiy sealed his hat-trick with four minutes to go and Jose Portillo made sure of the result two minutes later to give the Strikers F-League quest a flying start.
Boomerangs v Jaguars
Boomerangs finally had something to cheer about when they beat Jaguars 4-2 at All Sorts Indoor Sports Centre on Sunday morning and put their weekend disappointments behind them.
Boomerangs led 2-0 at the break and turned on the second-half afterburners with Sean Byrne netting a hat-trick and Jake Wilsener and Michael Reeves bagging doubles.
Boomerangs v Vipers
Boomerangs chalked up win number two with a mighty 5-2 roar against Vic Vipers at All Sorts Indoor Sports Centre on Sunday afternoon.
The ACT-side led a tense match 1-0 at halftime and then clung to a 3-2 advantage early in the second period as Vipers threw everything at them, including a fifth-man press, but two late counter goals pushed Boomerangs out to a massive win.
Vipers coach Milton Sakkos was disappointed not to finish off the job against Boomerangs but was still chuffed with all the positives from a bright Sydney weekend.
“It’s a really good start for us. We played two highly rated Sydney sides [Heat and Scorpions], got a headstart in both games and defended well, we just didn’t play to our best tonight,” he said. “It’s a reminder that any team on their day can take points away from you.”
“Teams are a lot better prepared for this year’s league. Every team has game-changing players, players understand the game a lot better, Futsal is moving ahead tactically and strategically, and I really think that’s showing with a stronger competition this time around.”
Boomerangs senior player and club president Kristian Collins praised his side for overcoming their early adversities and turn the weekend on its head with two Sunday victories.
“We were hammered by injuries early on [including an ankle injury to key player Daniel Fulton on Saturday] and that just left us short in every game. A lot of the boys also haven’t played with each other in this type of environment and it took a bit for their confidence to build,” he said.
“But it did and on Sunday we were able to maintain possession, move the ball quicker and create more attacking pressure.”
“This morning was a must-win game for us, which it shouldn’t have been this early in the season, but our goal is to push for a top three position… so it was a nice way to finish off the weekend, especially for the young kids who have now given the coach some selection problems for the Melbourne trip.”
A further, more detailed Boomerangs perspective report will follow…
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