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SERVING VICTORIA’S $2.00 GOAL! WEEKLY G A L! FOOTBALL COMMUNITY W E E K L Y VOL 1 NO 13 WEDNESDAY 18 MAY TEL/FAX: (03) 9645 1440 EMAIL: [email protected] P.O BOX 142 PORT MELBOURNE 3207 Lions v GGEORGIESEORGIES BBREAKREAK DDROUGHTROUGHT,, St Albans v Heidelberg Cannons Georgies v Knights LLIONSIONS MMAULAUL CCANNONSANNONS As the Vodafone Premier League heads past the half way stage of the season another exciting round of matches were played over the weekend. Preston Lions produced the shock of Round Thirteen when it thrashed the highly fancied Oakleigh Cannons VODAFONE 5-1 at BT Connor Reserve on Sunday. League leaders Green Gully were held by an impressive Altona Magic to a 0-0 draw, South Melbourne put its campaign back on VPL ROUND 13 track after defeating Bentleigh Greens 1-0, Fawkner/Whittlesea disposed of a young Frankston Pines side by three goals to one and Essendon Royals consolidated its presence in the top six after defeating Bulleen Zebras 2-0 at the Veneto Club on ACTION Monday night. In the weekend’s other game Sunshine Georgies finally managed to put an end to a recent losing streak of five games by overcoming Melbourne Knights 2-1 in a tense encounter at Chaplin Reserve on Sunday. Cavaliers v Magic Our picture shows Sunshine’s Tony Neceski, who got the win- Blues v Pines ner, unable to control his relief with his Georgies team mates as they celebrate a long awaited return to the winners circle. INSIDE PREMIER VPL LEAGUE WRAP Pages LATEST 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 RESULTS HEIDELBERG COLOUR TEAM GREENS 0 POSTER SOUTH 1 Pages SAINTS 1 14 & 15 ‘BERGERS 2 OVERSEAS Fawkner v Frankston St Albans v Heidelberg Cavaliers v Magic FOOTBALL CAVALIERS 0 Page 18 MAGIC 0 THEN & NOW BLUES 3 WITH PINES 1 ROBBIE CULLEN Page 16 GEORGIES 2 KNIGHTS 1 STATE LEAGUE WRAP PAGE LIONS 5 Page 9 ‘BERGERS FLYING HIGH... CANNONS 1 Heidelberg United’s Tony Ouliaris flies in to anticipate a clearance by St Albans’ Marko Vidakovic. 28 BUMPER After beating the Saints 2-1 on the weekend the ‘Bergers have now strung five victories in a row and ROYALS 2 are now up to second position on the VPL ladder. A big derby day clash with arch rivals South ZEBRAS 0 PAGES!!! Melbourne awaits Heidelberg at Olympic Village this Sunday at 6:00pm. MMELBOURNEELBOURNE VVICTICTORORYY NNEWSEWS Georgies v Knights Photos by Marc Bevis, Therese Duffy, Lions v Cannons Steve Starek and John Punshon PPAGEAGE 22 MELBOURNE WORLD CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS VICTORY TO UNLEASH KITZ BLITZ ON A-LEAGUE AND THE WINNER IS...SYDNEY FC SYDNEY FC WIN FIFA CLUB Magenta of New Caledonia and AS Hyundai A-League team Mau ura. Melbourne Victory announced the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, AUSTRALIAN QUALIFYING signing of the club’s second gen- The winner of the Oceania tournament uine European international play- TOURNAMENT will then compete at the FIFA Club er, Richard Kitzbichler, 31, from World Championship to be held in Austria Vienna. Sydney FC will represent Australia Tokyo, Japan from 11 December - 18 at the Oceania qualifying tourna- December alongside representatives The Austrian International, who ment for the 2005 FIFA Club World of the five other FIFA confederations. played 17 times for his national team Championship, following a narrow during the 1998 and 2002 World Cup 1-0 win over Central Coast Mariners Earlier this week Costa Rica’s qualifying campaigns, joins the club in the final of the Australian qualify- Deportiva Saprissa was the first team Central Coast Mariners 0 on a one year deal, leaving just one ing tournament played on Sunday to qualify for the tournament when Sydney FC 1 (D Carney 18’) place remaining on the Victory roster. at Central Coast Stadium Gosford. they won the CONCACAF Champions Cup. Cautions: A Clark (CCM) 63’, D Zdrilic (SFC) 82’, J Kitzbichler is an attacking midfield A goal after 18 minutes from midfielder David Carney was all that separated Hutchinson (CCM) 88’ player with an eye for goal and a The most high profile participant in the the teams in a hard-fought match sense of excitement that appealed to tournament will be decided on May 25 played in front of just under 10,000 Red Card: A Clark (CCM) the Melbourne Victory hierarchy. when the final of UEFA Champions spectators. League will be played between Italy’s 82’ “We were sent hundreds of DVD and AC Milan and a Liverpool side that The eight team Oceania tournament could feature Qantas Socceroo Harry Referee: Mark Shield videos from all over the globe, and will be played in Tahiti May 30 – June Kewell. Venue: Central Coast Richard’s was one of the very few 10 and feature eight teams. Sydney Stadium, Gosford that genuinely excited us,” said FC will line-up in Group A alongside There will be a minimum appearance Crowd: 9,627 Football Operations Manager Gary New Zealand's Auckland City, Sobou fee of $1 million for each of the six rep- Cole. “He’s the kind of player who of Papua New Guinea and AS Pirae. resentatives that will compete in the plays a style of football that keeps the Group B will consist of Vanuatu's 2005 FIFA Club World Championship. fans coming back week in, week out. Tafea, Solomon Islands' Makuru, AS That’s very important for us.” Mariners: John Crawley (gk); Wayne Sydney: Clint Bolton (gk); Iain Fyfe, Kitzbichler heard of the new Hyundai O’Sullivan (Matthew Osman 69’), Noel Alvin Ceccoli, Ufuk Talay (Mark Rudan A-League via former Melbourne Spencer (c), Michael Beauchamp, 85’), Matthew Bingley, David Zdrilic (c), Knights goalkeeper, Joey Didulica, Andre Gumprecht (John Hutchinson Saso Petrovski, David Carney (Robbie who plays with him at Austria Vienna. 71’), Nick Mrdja, Tom Pondeljak, Middleby 64’), Andrew Packer, Terry Both were part of the Austria Vienna Damien Brown (Dean Heffernan 59’), McFlynn, Mark Milligan (Steve Corica side which made this year’s UEFA Stewart Petrie, Andrew Clark, Alex 77’) Cup quarter finals. Wilkinson Head Coach, Ernie Merrick, was able ONE ON ONE WITH VINCE LIA to call on stand-in captain, Mark Byrnes, as a referee for Kitzbichler, At twenty years of age Vincent Lia is a have prepared much better as a team, the boys get along very well at the club. seasoned campaigner who is being tout- through additional camps. We've played over the two having played together at ed as one of the most exciting players to 25 games together in the last 18 months. Late last year you trialled overseas in Salzburg. be signed by the Melbourne Victory. His Denmark and Italy. Will you still pursue a ability to use both feet, deliver pin point How do you rate the young Socceroos career playing football in Europe in the “Richard will be a terrific asset for crosses combined with his electrifying chances of winning the Youth World Cup and future? us,” Merrick said. “He’s an attacking speed makes him an exceptional and rare who do you see as being your toughest Obviously, I'd still like to head overseas at talent. In June he will be making his mark opponents? some stage as it has been an ambition of midfielder with enormous speed who on the world stage representing the I rate our chances very highly. We're going mine from a young age. I have currently also scores goals. We’ve done our young Socceroos, in a bid to win there to win. We've shown in the past we can signed a two year contract and I am very homework on him and the recom- Australia's first World Cup trophy. win against bigger opponents yet we've happy. I would like to establish myself mendations have been very high.” struggled against the lesser countries. This is domestically, and win a championship with Goal! Weekly caught up with the versatile where we will improve. Holland as hosts will the Victory before thinking of a move over- midfielder, to chat about the Hyundai A- be tough and so will the South American seas. Kitzbichler takes the total number of League, the young Socceroos and life as a teams with the likes of Brazil and Argentina, Melbourne Victory players signed professional footballer. who are always strong. Where would we find Vincent Lia when he is directly from overseas clubs to not playing football? seven. Victory’s final signing is Vincent, you are still only 20 years of age, yet You were one of Melbourne Victory's initial Mostly at home playing PS2 "winning eleven you have achieved and done many things. domestic signings. How were you 8", hanging with my mates and having a cof- expected to be another goalkeeper Where and how did your begin your career? approached by the club? fee here and there. from Europe which will take this num- I began playing at Tatura Soccer club which The club approached my management ber to eight. is 20 mins from Shepparton, and I started group as I had previously played under Ernie Rumour has it, that you're a bit of a "ladies playing in the North East league for seven (Merrick) with the national team (youth). man". What would you say to that? Add to this list players such as years before heading down to Melbourne to Umm.....that's true. I've got three sisters and play for Carlton. Melbourne Victory had a disappointing yet no brothers so I have plenty of women in my Michael Ferrante, Steve Pantelidis encouraging loss last week in Adelaide. life. After all I am the only boy.