South Hobart played some superb football in this replay of the Summer Cup final and the 3-0 win put Ken Mortons side on top of the Forestry Tasmania Southern Premier League ladder.
Two brilliant goals by Kostas Kanakaris and another by Jonathon Lo, all in the second half, did the trick.
South eclipsed Knights in midfield and created some fine attacking moves, while Knights were content to hit the ball anywhere. The Knights passing left a lot to be desired.
Kanakaris played like a man possessed. He was everywhere and the Knights found it impossible to keep track of him and his pace was a constant worry.
Tom Roach did a mountain of work in midfield and even in defence, while Jonathon Ladic, Bart Beecroft, Shae Hickey and Lo were creative in midfield.
At the heart of the defence, Daniel Brown was like a rock, while Josh Heerey and Jim Pennicott were reliable as the fullbacks and found plenty of opportunities to push forward. Hugh Ludford was never under pressure and must have had one of his easiest games.
The opening half was goalless, but three goals in the space of 17 minutes in the last half-hour were just reward for Souths tenacity and superiority.
Glenorchy Knights, who were without James Sherman, used Corey Smith in midfield and Amadu Koroma and Juma Barabara as the twin strikers.
The two front-runners were brave and fast and Barabara might have had two goals, but he directed a tame header towards goal in the first instance, and shot straight at goalkeeper Sam Kruijver on the second occasion.
Smith seemed out of position playing deep and resorted to long shots that were easily repelled before they could penetrate the defence.
Whereas South played possession football and passed the ball around well, Knights mostly resorted to the long ball, which was inaccurate most of the time and simply gave possession back to their opponents.
Kanakaris had two good chances in the opening six minutes, but failed to take advantage of poor defending by the Knights.
Koroma had the first chance for the Knights after 19 minutes following a rare mix-up at the back by South, but the alert Kruijver was able to thwart the speedy Knights striker.
Anthony Grundy came to the Knights rescue in the 22nd minute when Jim Pennicott put Kanakaris away down the right. Kanakaris rounded keeper Alex Tatnell, who had raced off his line, but his shot from an acute angle was cleared for a corner by the Knights central defender.
The corner was met by Daniel Brown, who looped a header onto the top of the crossbar, and as the ball came down, Grundy again saved the day for the Knights.
In the 27th minute, Shae Hickey sent over a cross from deep on the left which found Tom Roach, but his header was tame and was cleared by the Knights defence.
Kanakariss speed put him through on the right three minutes before the break, but instead of at least hitting the target, he blazed high and wide.
Seven minutes after the resumption, the Knights fans hearts were in their mouths as Tatnell lost the ball in the 6-yard box, but team-mate Alex Holmes came to the rescue and cleared the ball to safety before Kanakaris could pounce.
Knights should have taken the lead in the 58th minute after Daniel Whites excellent cross from the left found Barabara, but his header lacked power and Josh Heerey was able to clear comfortably.
Kanakaris broke the deadlock on the hour with an excellent goal. He dropped his shoulders first this way and then that and mesmerised three defenders before planting a low shot past Tatnell from 12 metres to give South the lead.
Ten minutes later, a free-kick by Josh Fielding was headed straight up in the air by Roach and, when the ball fell to Barabara, he fired straight at Kruijver.
Kanakaris made it 2-0 in the 74th minute with a goal that may rank as the goal of the season. He controlled a cross from the right by substitute David Abbott, flicked the ball up in the air and then executed a marvellous over-head kick that sent the ball crashing into the top left-hand corner of the net past a helpless Tatnell.
He rushed to the South bench to celebrate and was correctly cautioned by Mr Jozeljic for taking off his shirt, but who would deny him his joy?
Three minutes later, Jonathon Lo made it 3-0 when he side-footed home Pennicotts low cross from the right.
South had more chances in the closing minutes as Roach blasted over the bar from Los excellent cut-back from the left, and Kanakaris spurned a wonderful chance to complete his hat-trick when he fired over the bar from substitute Andy Kings neat pass from the right.
Match report by WalterPless
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WUTANGC1AN 1 year ago
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