Gold Coast United v Fulham FC
What a great night. A 2 – 1 victory over Fulham FC from the English Premier League. Granted it is their first match since last season, but GCU dominated the play for the majority of the match. I would love to see the stats.
After a great start we gave away a free kick about 25m out and Danny Murphy hit a well placed shot over the Van Stratten to go 1-0 up.
Later in the half we were robbed of a blatant penalty when a defender hand balled what was a definite goal and neither the ref or assistant saw anything. Then Porter missed a 1 on 1 chance with Schwartzer who saved it.
Some changes at half time saw Taj Minnecon come on and the tempo if the game changed for the better. We were more attacking. Finally the goal came from Taj in about the 79th minute.
Then Golden Boot himself, Shane Smeltz, slotted one home.
There were some hard hits and a few Yellow cards given to Fulham and I think only 1 to GCU.
We now play some local club tea,s on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday before heading back to Skilled Park on Sat 18th to face CCM. That will be a real test against a proven A-League team.
If you are on the Gold Coast, come along and join in a very exciting time. Join the forum and Supporters Club and Stand United.
Cheers
Tezza
July 08 2009 11:24 pm | Gold Coast United
