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Some extracts taken from Luca Cetta's wrap for Football Federation South Australia.
Adelaide City 3 (Matthew Halliday, Nick Budin, Marco Mittiga)
Para Hills 1 (Tom Blackett)
Adelaide City Park
Para Hills couldn’t repeat their Round One heroics as Adelaide City earned their first win of the season in a clinical victory.
Concentration early in each stanza cost Knights dearly as a Matthew Halliday goal set City on their way early before captain Nick Budin doubled their advantage not long after half time. Tom Blackett gave the Knights hope but Marco Mittiga sealed the result in injury time.
Best on ground for Adelaide City were Alex Sunasky, Negus and Budin. Matthew Wise, Blackett and Fleetwood shone for the Knights.
Croydon 2 (Shaun McGreevy, Lewis May)
Enfield City 0
Polonia Park
Last season’s Minor Premiers Croydon got on the board with their first win of the season as they defeated Enfield City.
After last week’s embarrassing loss to the promoted Cumberland United, goals from Shaun McGreevy and Lewis May ensured Croydon got back on track in front of their own fans.
The Kings top trio were Daniel Scordo, captain Michael Papacharalambous and May. Enfield could look to the performances of Sam Lennon and Jonathan Moore as positives.
Adelaide Comets 3 (Elias Dermourtzidis, Davide Zerillo, Stephen Warner)
White City 2 (Chris D'alfonso, Dejan Markov)
Santos Stadium
Adelaide Comets had their hearts in their mouths as a fast-finishing White City almost rallied back to claim a point despite a three goal deficit early in the second halv.
Goals from Elias Dermourtzidis, Davide Zerillo and Stephen Warner put the Comets in the box seat but White City threw caution to the wind and were almost rewarded as Chris D’Alfonso and Dejan Markov netted – though it was not to be enough..
The Comets most notable players were Zerillo, Ben Tarabar and Lucas Andreucci while White City trio Micheal Keens, Lloyd Owusu and Sasa Zekanovic impressed.
Western Strikers 1 (Yas Sudic)
Campbelltown City 3 (Michael Matricciani, Calvin Mbarga, Yemen Jamal)
Carnegie Reserve
Two Round One winners faced-off against each other in this battle with Campbelltown keeping the perfect record as they downed Western Strikers in an entertaining match.
Yemen Jamal gave Campbelltown a half-time advantage and the pain was doubled when ex-Strikers player Calvin Mbarga put the ball in the net. The visitors pulled a goal back through Yas Sudic but when Michael Matricciani was on target the match was effectively over.
Andreas Weins, Sudic and Kosta Dimopoulos were Strikers best on a disappointing day, while Campbelltown were led by Todd McSorley, Adam Piscioneri and Matricciani.
Adelaide Cobras 1 (Dion Lambrinos)
Cumberland United 1 (Josh Harvey)
Frank Mitchell Park
Cumberland United continued their good start to the season earning a point against Adelaide Cobras in what was the first ever draw in the National Premier League.
Cobras went into the break leading through Dion Lambrinos and would have been confident in finishing the match off but Josh Harvey equalised in the second half to take home a point for the NPL newcomers.
Craig Mullen and Sherwin Emmanuel shone for the Cobras while Ryan Moore, Justin Davis and Robin Lippett were Cumberland’s best.
Adelaide Blue Eagles 0
MetroStars 1 (Scott Tunbridge)
Marden Sports Complex
MetroStars edged Adelaide Blue Eagles to remain one of only three teams to have claimed six points out of six so far.
The match was far from a spectacle with the only goal coming from the penalty spot courtesy of Scott Tunbridge’s boot.
Christopher Atsikbasis, Dean Kenrick and Johnny Giannitto were Blue Eagles best and MetroStars trio Tony Hatzis, Lee Robertson and Adam Van Dommele were outstanding.
Raiders 4 (Alemayo Kebede x2, Adrian Macolino, Matthew Gaston)
West Torrens Birkalla 3 (Ryan Kitto, Michael DeBono, Tom Briscoe)
Croatian Sports Centre
West Torrens Birkalla scored three goals for the second week in a row but it was not enough as they went down to Raiders in an absolute thriller.
Birkalla went into the shed one goal up but the contest exploded after the break with six further strikes.
The Raiders’ Alemayo Kabede was on target again for his new club with a brace while Adrian Macolino and Matthew Gaston scored for the home team. And while they went home empty handed, Ryan Kitto, Michael DeBono and Tom Briscoe all got on the scoresheet.
Kabede, Macolino and Joshua Leader shone for Raiders. Birkalla trio DeBono, Justin Bralic and Kitto played well.
| POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | For | Agst | GD | FF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Campbelltown City | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Metrostars | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Raiders | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Cumberland United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | West Torrens Birkalla | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Para Hills Knights | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Adelaide City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Western Strikers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Croydon Kings | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Adelaide Comets | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Adelaide Cobras | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | White City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Adelaide Blue Eagles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Enfield City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 |
Goals
3 - Alemayo Kabede, Raiders
2 - Anthony Taylor, West Torrens Birkalla
2 - Michael Matricciana, Campbelltown City
2 - Scott Tunbridge, MetroStars
Round Three Fixtures
Croydon Kings v Adelaide City, 7pm Friday 8 March, Polonia Reserve
Adelaide Comets v Adelaide Cobras, 8pm Friday 8 March, Santos Stadium
Cumberland United v MetroStars, 3pm Saturday 9 March, A.A Bailey Reserve
Raiders v Para Hills Knights, 3pm Saturday 9 March, Croatian Sports Centre
Adelaide Blue Eagles v Western Strikers, 3pm Saturday 9 March, Marden Sports Complex
White City v West Torrens Birkalla, 7pm Saturday 9 March, Frank Mitchell Park
Enfield City v Campbelltown City, 7pm Saturday 9 March, Rushworth Reserve