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THE OFFICIAL MATCH DAY PROGRAMME FOR THE NRMA INSURANCE WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS FC THIRD EDITION | SEASON 2012/13 FRIDAY, 02 NOVEMBER 2012 | ROUND 5 VS MELBOURNE HEART FC COVIC CAN SEE A BRIGHT FUTURE POLJAK: A-LEAGUE IS A TOUGH LEAGUE PLAYERS TO WATCH MOOY & COLOSIMO PETER SMIRNIOTI OUR MEMBER OF THE WEEK OFFICIAL WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS FC PARTNERS CONTENTS CONTENTS SIN CE YOU WERE 03 LAST HERE Review of the past two Wanderers matches, including our first ever victory against Brisbane Roar. COVIC CAN SEE A 04 BRIGHT FUTURE 06 The experienced Goal Keeper is glad he’s here for the ride. MEMBER OF 06 THE WEEK Peter Smirnioti lets us know why he became a Wanderers Member. PLAYERS TO WATCH 07 Mooy and Colosimo are our players to watch this week. 04 10 TODAY’S MATCH POLJAK: A-LEAGUE WANDERERS 08 Grab your pen and write down 10 IS A TOUGH LEAGUE 13 FIND-A-WORD your own record of the game. The Croatian has a Have a go at finding the high opinion of the foreign imports in this Hyundai A-League. weeks Find-A-Word WESTFIELD W-LEAGUE MACARTHUR DISTRICT 11 MATCH REVIEWS 14 SOCCER FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION ADVERTISING ENQUIRIES We review the first two rounds of the Westfield W-League. A history of the MDSFA. For all advertising enquiries please contact Rebecca Boardman on 0432 127 106 or email NYL MATCH REVIEWS CAPTION THIS PHOTO [email protected]. 12 We review the first two 15 Caption the photo of Michael rounds of the NYL. Beauchamp and Nikolai PHOTOGRAPHY Topor-Stanley to be in the All photography courtesy of Getty Images running for two tickets to a and Graeme Gillmer Photography. Wanderers home match. YOU CAN ADVERTISE HERE CALL OUR CORPORATE SALES TEAM ON 0432 127 106 02 WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS FC VS MELBOURNE HEART FC SINCE YOU WERE LAST HERE SINCE YOU WERE LAST HERE ROUND 3 taken down by Mooy and referee Stebre in a 19th-minute cross from the VS SYDNEY FC Delovski pointed to the spot. Del Piero impressive Youssouf Hersi. AT PARRAMATTA STADIUM had no trouble netting the first attempt Supplied by a Shinji Ono short but it was called back by Delovski with corner, Hersi was completely unmarked The Wanderers were defeated by men breaking early on the line. From the on the left and had all the time in the Sydney FC 1-nil at Parramatta second attempt Del Piero struck it to world to craft the perfect ball for Bridge, Stadium in front of 19,126 fans Covic’s right and after he pushed the ball who wheeled away in celebration in in the first ever Sydney Derby. away, Del Piero managed to net the ball front of 12,663 orange-clad fans. In what was a high quality game, it on what would be his third attempt from The A-League journeyman’s goal was an Alessandro Del Piero penalty in front putting Sydney FC in front 1-nil. ended Western Sydney’s scoreless that proved to be the difference. The remainder of the match was spent run at 288 minutes - although it The Italian was brought down with the Wanderers looking to push could have been over as early as three by Aaron Mooy in the 56th minute forward but Sydney FC were looking minutes into the match, when Aaron which Del Piero then followed to slow the match down and hold on Mooy lashed a shot that beat Michael up and managed to put the ball to possession. They successfully did Theo but not the two uprights. past Goal Keeper Ante Covic. that and held on for a 1-nil victory. The second half saw Hersi nearly Aaron Mooy as always was in the make it 2-0 in the 75th minute, letting thick of the action and as Sydney FC ROUND 4 rip with a cracking volley that seemed pushed forward for the first time the VS BRISBANE ROAR destined for the top-left corner until a 22-year-old had no choice but to bring AT SUNCORP STADIUM flying Theo pulled off a stunning save. the man down and give away the free Brisbane continued their search kick. It was in a challenging area 30m out The Wanderers broke through for their for an equaliser but could not find a from goal and was well within striking maiden win, a famous 1-0 triumph way through the stubborn Wanderers, distance for Alessandro Del Piero. From over Brisbane Roar at the home of the with their faltering evening summed the set position Del Piero struck the ball defending Hyundai A-League champions. up perfectly by Broich’s 81st-minute with plenty of power but Covic had its The competition’s new kids were on shot, which blazed well over the bar. measure and it sailed over the crossbar. the front foot from the first whistle and They went close from an injury- The 17th minute saw the Wanderers were always one step ahead of the Roar, time corner but the excellent push forward once more with the Sydney who looked completely out of ideas. Nikolai Topor-Stanley hacked a Fc defence struggling to retreat. After Mark Bridge etched his name shot off the line to ensure the three some quick exchanges down the left, in history by scoring the first goal points - and the clean sheet. birthday boy Adam D’apuzzo ended up in Wanderers history, nodding with the ball and a right foot strike was on target and pushed over the bar by Sydney FC goal keeper Ivan Necevski. 15 minutes later it was former Sydney FC man and now Wanderer Mark Bridge who got his best chance of the opening half. From a similar position just wide of the left upright and outside the 18- yard area Bridge connected solidly but it was sent right of the mark without troubling Necevski between the posts. Just seven minutes into the second half the players and crowd saw the match turn. It was Del Piero in the thick of the action once more and as he showed great skill holding the ball he turned and got OFFICIAL HYUNDAI A-LEAGUE PARTNERS COVIC CAN SEE A BRIGHT FUTURE COVIC CAN SEE A BRIGHT FUTURE 04 WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS FC VS MELBOURNE HEART FC COVIC CAN SEE A BRIGHT FUTURE AFTER AN IMPRESSIVE all the right buttons and you can see definitely isn’t on him to pull off a save. OPENING FOUR ROUNDS the passion from everyone involved. “There is a certain amount of TO THE HYUNDAI A-LEAGUE “The players are showing it, Popa pressure on me but I can definitely COMPETITION, WANDERERS (Coach Tony Popovic) is showing it in say the penalty taker is under more GOAL KEEPER ANTE COVIC, every aspect of his work and I know pressure as he is expected to score. LIKE MANY OTHERS, CAN I’ve made the right decision in coming “It is all mental at that point but SEE A BRIGHT FUTURE here and I’m glad I’m part of this ride.” I can honestly say that every time AHEAD FOR AUSTRALIA’S As the final man in the I line up for one I go in with the ‘neWEST, OLDEST CLUB’. defensive line, Covic has formed a belief that I can make the save. formidable partnership with central “The Adelaide one was probably a poor At 37, Covic has a wealth of experience defenders Michael Beauchamp penalty but I’m disappointed that Del that has seen him play in a number and Nikolai Topor-Stanley and Piero didn’t hit his a bit firmer as it got of countries around the globe says communication is the key. caught up a bit in my body and I couldn’t including Greece, Croatia, Sweden “Between the three of us there get the ball away. I suppose I showed so and of course Australia so he knows is a fair amount of experience so much frustration after it because I knew a thing or two about different clubs from day one we have taken it upon I’d done well to get there but I couldn’t and what it takes to be successful. ourselves to show leadership and we believe that I couldn’t push it wide.” “I’ve been at a number of great know what we need to be doing. Although only having the one clubs in my career and I respect a lot “It’s not just us though, I think we’ve win from four starts, the Hurstville of them and the early signs are good been very strong in defence and Jerome Zagreb junior is content with here at the Wanderers,” Covic said. (Polenz) and Adam (D’apuzzo) have done where the Wanderers are at but “It’s an awesome experience being a great job out wide so whilst I believe we is looking for the consistent form here and a new experience for me to are going well it is about maintaining that to continue moving forward. be a part of something new like this and continuing to improve along the way.” “We had a very good win last week and I’m enjoying every minute of it. “From the back I want to pass on and we’re probably unlucky to not “A lot of people are of the same view as much as I can, being in the position have had another one or two but we as me and think that the region Western I am, I am always looking forward need to continue building on what Sydney should have been introduced into so can talk to the guys about the we’re doing on the training pitch the competition a lot earlier than now.

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