Early lead becomes 41 win for Roslyn
ROSLYN Wakari took the ascendancy early and went on to claim a 41 victory over University in the latest round of the southern premier football league.
It was awarded a penalty following a raised boot on Tennessee Kinghorn that was too high. Kinghorn duly dispatched the penalty past University goalkeeper Thomas Grey.
University soon equalised when a defencesplitting pass straight down the middle exposed Roslyn.
Despite the best efforts of Kristian Gibson on the goal line, the ball went in off the inside of the post.
Nick Treadwell ensured Roslyn went into the break ahead when he volleyed home following a scramble in the box.
Grey was having a stellar match in goal for University and proved this when he pulled off an outstanding save on a rocket of a shot from Kinghorn to keep University in the match.
Roslyn’s custodian, Tom Stevens, was also kept busy and he pulled off a classy save to deny Truth Toheriri.
Roslyn coach Colin Thom rang the changes and when Cam Anderson was brought down in the box, Kinghorn stepped up to drive the second penalty straight down the middle for a 31 lead.
Treadwell — who has been scoring goals for fun lately — duly dispatched his second, and Roslyn’s fourth, in an entertaining victory.
Queenstown beat Northern 10 when the two teams at opposite ends of the table clashed at Forrester Park.
Northern made life difficult for Queenstown with a gritty performance that belied its lowly position.
Possibly, having to travel to four consecutive away matches had left Queenstown lethargic and struggling for rhythm.
But a welltaken volleyed goal on 35 minutes from Carlos Herrmann ensured Queenstown still took all three points.
Scoring only one goal meant it was knocked off top spot by Dunedin Technical. Coached by Tony Martin, it continues to impress.
Technical beat Green Island 31, edging in front of Queenstown, with which it is tied on 13 points atop the league table. Both have plus 10 goals but Tech goes top courtesy of having scored one more goal.
Caversham looked to get back into its stride against Mosgiel, which was forced to start Ayman Ali at goalkeeper due to a shortage in the position.
When Caversham scored twice in the first half, through Conor Neil and Tim Horner, it looked like Caversham would win.
In the second half, Ali grew in confidence and Mosgiel absorbed the pressure. It struck on the counterattack and when Regan Coldicott whipped in a free kick, Riley Anderton reduced the deficit to one.
Caversham won a penalty after Andrew Ridden was fouled by Morgan Day. Ridden himself stepped up to take it, but his shot was superbly saved by Ali.
Ridden’s tough day was compounded when he received his marching orders and Caversham was down to 10 men.
Mosgiel repeated its dosage when Coldicott took another free kick.
This time, Dan Gruppelaar was on hand to score the equaliser in a 22 draw.
LONDON: Eden Hazard’s firsthalf penalty proved decisive as Chelsea salvaged its season by beating Manchester United 10 in the FA Cup final yesterday in what is widely expected to be manager Antonio Conte’s swansong. The Belgian’s searing pace earned the spotkick in the 21st minute after he forced Phil Jones into a desperate lunging tackle and he coolly tucked it away for what proved to be the winner.
Jose Mourinho’s United was dismal in a scrappy first half and although it improved significantly after the break it was denied a recordequalling 13th FA Cup triumph.
Chelsea, whose English Premier League title defence fizzled out into a fifthplaced finish, survived several scares but defended superbly as Conte celebrated his first domestic cup honour as a manager, having seen his side beaten by Arsenal a year ago.
It was only Mourinho’s third defeat in 15 Cup finals as a manager and his first in an English showpiece final.
In a poignant end to the afternoon, Chelsea captain Gary Cahill was presented with the cup by Jackie Wilkins — wife of former Chelsea and United great Ray Wilkins, who died last month.
‘‘This was to save our season. We haven’t had a magnificent season by any stretch. We are used to winning — I’m not saying that in an arrogant way,’’ said Cahill, whose assured display would have impressed England manager Gareth Southgate.
‘‘We had a lot of defending to do. They pushed us until the very end. We are buzzing. This is a dream come true because it is my first trophy win as captain of the club.’’
The sunshine that illuminated the day’s other big occasion down the road at Windsor helped provide a carnivallike atmosphere as red and blue clad fans streamed into Wembley.
Prematch pyrotechnics aside, however, the opening stages of the showpiece hardly offered up party football, with a predictably cagey approach.
Hazard, also rumoured to be on his way out of Stamford Bridge, stood out from the crowd, though, and the Belgian served notice of his threat in the eighth minute when he jinked past Jones and fired in a shot that David de Gea saved with his feet.
In a portent of what might await England when it faces Belgium in the World Cup next month, Hazard’s pace proved calamitous for United in the 21st minute.
Again Jones was cruelly exposed as Hazard latched on to Cesc Fabregas’s firsttime pass and accelerated into the area, where the lumbering defender felled him with a desperate lunge.
Michael Oliver pointed to the spot and booked Jones, although Chelsea manager Conte screamed for a red card, and Hazard sidefooted his spotkick to De Gea’s left.
Jones should have made amends just before the break but headed wastefully wide.
Kicking towards its own fans on the resumption, United raised the tempo and Chelsea’s defence came under pressure, with Marcus Rashford forcing a first save by Thibaut Courtois.
Suddenly Chelsea was pinned back and Alexis Sanchez slid the ball into its net after Courtois had clawed out a Jones header, but the Chilean was adjudged to have been offside.
Chelsea was reduced to the odd breakaway, and from one N’Golo Kante burst into the area before teeing up Marcos Alonso, who delayed his shot and was denied by De Gea.
England World Cup duo Rashford and Jesse Lingard were hauled off by Mourinho in the 73rd minute with strikers Romelu Lukaku, who had not played since getting injured last month, and Anthony Martial sent on to try to rescue United’s day.
United pressed and former Chelsea player Nemanja Matic’s shot nearly deceived Courtois, while the largely anonymous Paul Pogba glanced a header agonisingly wide of the post.
A Ante Rebic struck twice as Eintracht Frankfurt upset champion Bayern Munich 31 yesterday to win the German Cup for the fifth time and deny its opponent the domestic
Croatian Rebic scored either side of a Robert Lewandowski equaliser and Frankfurt added a third in stoppagetime to make0 amends for last season’s final loss. — Reuters