Monday, June 30, 2008
Persik Kediri v Perth Glory
This report has been lifted down to the very last comma from the official Perth Glory website. For a Persik spin on things, in Indonesian, check out here.
Glory’s super start in Indonesia
Monday, 30 June 2008
Perth Glory has kicked off their pre-season tour of Indonesia in fine form with a 2-1 victory against two times Indonesian Super League Champions Persik Kediri.
Glory strikers James Robinson and young gun Anthony Skorich, who continues to impress during his trial with the club, hit the back of the net in the second half to give the visitors a well deserved win.
James Robinson
© Getty Images
In front of a huge pre-season crowd of more than 15,000 local Kediri fans and beamed live across Indonesia to an audience of 100 million, the Glory reinforced the quality of Australian football with a performance that delighted Coach Dave Mitchell.
“It’s great to have the bulk of our squad together and the way the lads are combining on the pitch in a short time has really impressed me,” Mitchell said.
“Persik are one of the gun sides in Indonesia and have brought in a lot of quality players for this season and it was nice to challenge ourselves against a top team and come away with the win.
“It was a very entertaining match, end to end stuff, and great quality from both sides. It’s still early in the pre-season and we have a plenty of hard work to do but we will take a lot of confidence from this performance into our next match on Friday night,” Mitchell said.
Robinson opened the scoring just after the break with a superbly taken long range strike that skimmed the underside of the crossbar. Persik were left to rue a fumbled attempt to clear a corner allowing Robinson to pounce and give the Glory the lead after 54 minutes.
Both sides made changes late in the game as the heat and humidity started to take its toll, and it was the home side that initially benefited with an equaliser on 72 minutes.
The Glory though responded quickly through super-sub Skorich who has made a habit of scoring after being injected late into the fray. The Western Knights youngster has been in superb touch recently, scoring in each of the Glory’s past three pre-season matches.
In other positive news for Perth, veteran goal keeper Jason Petkovic returned between the posts for his first competitive outing of the pre-season. Petkovic moved freely and made several good saves following the removal of a pin inserted in the leg he broke during the 2006/07 season.
Defender David Tarka stepped up his return to full match fitness with another solid display at the back. Tarka played 85 minutes and showed no signs of the hamstring problems that have plagued the talented West Aussie in the past few seasons.
The Glory’s pre-season tour in East Java continues with a match against Deltras Sidoarjo on Friday night.
Match details;
Persik Kediri 1 (Sinaga 72’)Perth Glory 2 (Robinson 54’, Skorich 78’)Brawaijaya Stadium, Kediri
Crowd: 15,000
Next match - Friday 4 July 2008Deltras Sidoarjo vs Perth Glory FCDeltras Stadium, Sidoarjo7.00pm kick-off
Glory’s super start in Indonesia
Monday, 30 June 2008
Perth Glory has kicked off their pre-season tour of Indonesia in fine form with a 2-1 victory against two times Indonesian Super League Champions Persik Kediri.
Glory strikers James Robinson and young gun Anthony Skorich, who continues to impress during his trial with the club, hit the back of the net in the second half to give the visitors a well deserved win.
James Robinson
© Getty Images
In front of a huge pre-season crowd of more than 15,000 local Kediri fans and beamed live across Indonesia to an audience of 100 million, the Glory reinforced the quality of Australian football with a performance that delighted Coach Dave Mitchell.
“It’s great to have the bulk of our squad together and the way the lads are combining on the pitch in a short time has really impressed me,” Mitchell said.
“Persik are one of the gun sides in Indonesia and have brought in a lot of quality players for this season and it was nice to challenge ourselves against a top team and come away with the win.
“It was a very entertaining match, end to end stuff, and great quality from both sides. It’s still early in the pre-season and we have a plenty of hard work to do but we will take a lot of confidence from this performance into our next match on Friday night,” Mitchell said.
Robinson opened the scoring just after the break with a superbly taken long range strike that skimmed the underside of the crossbar. Persik were left to rue a fumbled attempt to clear a corner allowing Robinson to pounce and give the Glory the lead after 54 minutes.
Both sides made changes late in the game as the heat and humidity started to take its toll, and it was the home side that initially benefited with an equaliser on 72 minutes.
The Glory though responded quickly through super-sub Skorich who has made a habit of scoring after being injected late into the fray. The Western Knights youngster has been in superb touch recently, scoring in each of the Glory’s past three pre-season matches.
In other positive news for Perth, veteran goal keeper Jason Petkovic returned between the posts for his first competitive outing of the pre-season. Petkovic moved freely and made several good saves following the removal of a pin inserted in the leg he broke during the 2006/07 season.
Defender David Tarka stepped up his return to full match fitness with another solid display at the back. Tarka played 85 minutes and showed no signs of the hamstring problems that have plagued the talented West Aussie in the past few seasons.
The Glory’s pre-season tour in East Java continues with a match against Deltras Sidoarjo on Friday night.
Match details;
Persik Kediri 1 (Sinaga 72’)Perth Glory 2 (Robinson 54’, Skorich 78’)Brawaijaya Stadium, Kediri
Crowd: 15,000
Next match - Friday 4 July 2008Deltras Sidoarjo vs Perth Glory FCDeltras Stadium, Sidoarjo7.00pm kick-off
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