Yoogali SC have opened up a six-point lead at the top of the Capital Premier League following a vital 2-1 success away to Belconnen United at McKellar Park, despite playing over half-an-hour with ten men following the second-half dismissal of Isaac Donadel, dismissed after receiving a second yellow card.
The visitors had hit the front after seventeen minutes when Darren Bailey struck his ninth goal of the season to give Yoogali a narrow lead which they were able to hold onto into the half-time break.
Liam Rae, who has settled nicely into the Blue Devils line-up, levelled for the home team seven minutes after the resumption with his second goal since arriving at the club, and the momentum appeared to have shifted towards Belconnen after Isaac Donadel picked up a brace of yellow cards within seven minutes of each other.
That didn’t deter the league leaders though and they re-took the lead, with what proved to ultimately be the winner, when Bailey turned provider and created the opening for Reuben Donadel to strike home in the 66th minute and increase Yoogali hopes of promotion to the National Premier League.
Yoogali’s nearest challengers, Wagga City Wanderers, were forced to settle for a share of the spoils at Ipan Park in Calwell as Brindabella Blues earned themselves a 1-1 draw that left the home team four points off the race for the top four, and the finals places, and Wagga falling off the promotion pace.
Wagga looked like continuing their great season when Morris Kadzola scored from the penalty spot, his eleventh goal of the season, to edge the Wanderers ahead after thirty-five minutes of a tight contest.
The Blues hit back though and were all-square by the half-time break as Daniel Munoz struck two minutes into stoppage time to send the sides into the changing rooms level at 1-1. Neither team were able to add to their score in the second half, Blues ending the game a man down after Isaac Weekley was sent off.
A simply stunning goal from Nahuel Guerrero was enough to win the Derby match at High Street as Queanbeyan City defeated White Eagles 1-0. Guerrero struck from a mile out with a howitzer that cannoned into the net off the underside of the crossbar to win the game for City in front of a large crowd.
Guerrero, who had joined Queanbeyan in the transfer window, picked the right time to find the net, in a game in which chances were few and far between and in which the Eagles had started well and brightly.
After the interval, both teams had moments to add to the pressure, Niko Abot seeming most likely for City, but the home team had to hold on towards the end as the Eagles went searching for an equaliser but, try as they might, they could not force a way pass Nick Middleton and his irrepressible defensive unit.
The draw meant the White Eagles dropped to the bottom of the table as Canberra Juventus moved above them after earning their eighth point of the season from a creditable 1-1 draw away to ANU FC at Ainslie.
There was nothing to choose between the clubs in the first-half, the game heading into the second stanza goalless, however it wasn’t to stay that way for long as the University side went in front even minutes after the re-start as Rory Spiers found the target for the seventh time this campaign.
Juventus have certainly found their feet at this level though and got themselves back on terms within six minutes as flying forward Andre Jugovac scored a goal that lifted his team off the foot of the table.
RESULTS
ROUND 11
Saturday 24 June
Queanbeyan City 1 (Guerrero 36’) White Eagles 0
Brindabella Blues 1 (Munoz 45+2’) Wagga City Wanderers 1 (Kadzola 35’ (p))
Belconnen United 1 (Rae 52’) Yoogali SC 2 (Bailey 17’, R. Donadel 66’)
ANU FC 1 (Spiers 52’) Canberra Juventus 1 (Jugovac 58’)
TABLE
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS | ||
| 1 | Yoogali SC | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 15 | +18 | 25 |
| 2 | Wagga City Wanderers | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 19 | +12 | 19 |
| 3 | Queanbeyan City | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 18 |
| 4 | ANU FC | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 17 |
| 5 | Belconnen United | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 21 | -3 | 14 |
| 6 | Brindabella Blues | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 21 | -6 | 13 |
| 7 | Canberra Juventus | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 32 | -16 | 8 |
| 8 | White Eagles | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 17 | -10 | 7 |
TOP SCORERS
11 Morris KADZOLA (Wagga City Wanderers)
9 Darren BAILEY (Yoogali SC)
8 Zac LAWRENCE (White Eagles)
7 Niko ABOT (Queanbeyan City), Jake PLOENGES (Wagga City Wanderers), Rory SPIERS (ANU FC), Own GOALS
6 Joshua DE ROSSI (Yoogali SC), Nathan DUCK (Canberra Juventus), Joe PREECE (Yoogali SC)
5 Nicholas HOPE (ANU FC), Curtis SCHAEFFER (Brindabella Blues)
4 Mason DONADEL (Yoogali SC), Henry WILKS (Brindabella Blues)
3 Abderrahim DELLAHI (Queanbeyan City), Reuben DONADEL (Yoogali SC), Abraham KEMP (Belconnen United), Steven KRESKAS (White Eagles), Andrew MANLEY (ANU FC), Nashwan SULAIMAN (Wagga City Wanderers)
2 Toni ANGELKOSKI (White Eagles), Gabriel AYUEL (Queanbeyan City), Nikolas BLASKOVIC (Brindabella Blues), Chaise DONETTO (Wagga City Wanderers), Jack GIBSON (ANU FC), Hussein FUREJE (Queanbeyan City), Ryan GULEVSKI (Queanbeyan City), Andre JUGOVAC (Canberra Juventus), Tim LOPEZ (ANU FC), Nathan MATTHEWS (Canberra Juventus), David MCCARRON (Belconnen United), Goran MILUTINOVIC (White Eagles), Maxwell PREST (Wagga City Wanderers), Federico PROIA (Canberra Juventus), Liam RAE (Belconnen United), Nikola TRAJKOVSKI (Queanbeyan City), Hayden TUNNEY (Belconnen United), Luke VALLONE (Belconnen United), Thomas YONGAI (Wagga City Wanderers)
1 Tyler ALLEN (Wagga City Wanderers), Hassan ALNUWAYSIR (ANU FC), Aleksander BELJANSKI (White Eagles), Harry BILLINGTON (Belconnen United), Adam BROOKS (Canberra Juventus), David CARDER (Belconnen United), Robbie CATTANACH (Belconnen United), Charlie D’ADDARIO (Belconnen United), William DWIGHT (Canberra Juventus), Monteagh GRACE (ANU FC), Oliver GRIST (ANU FC), Nahuel GUERRERO (Queanbeyan City), David GURNEY (Brindabella Blues), Leo HADLEY (ANU FC), Christian JUNNA (Queanbeyan City), Roshan LAMICHHANE (White Eagles), Jacob LEONARD (Brindabella Blues), Zac MAYBURY (Belconnen United), Max MOTTL (ANU FC), Daniel MUNOZ (Brindabella Blues), Van NGUYEN (Canberra Juventus), Rowan PETERKIN (ANU FC), Michael PICCOLO (Queanbeyan City), Romain PINTO (Yoogali SC), Samuel RACITI (Yoogali SC), Dejan SANTRAC (White Eagles), Kolby SEARS (Yoogali SC), Zac STEELE (Wagga City Wanderers), Dustin WELLS (Belconnen United), Jamie WARD (Brindabella Blues), Jan WOJNA (ANU FC)
