Goal frenzy

THE senior men’s side at Myrtleford Savoy Soccer Club have had an incredible week of results, cementing themselves as the clear front runners in the league. The division one side backed up a midweek hammering of rivals Wangaratta City 7-0 before driving Twin City Wanderers into the dirt 10-0. Taking on a struggling Devils outfit last Wednesday at South Wangaratta, Myrtleford were kept somewhat contained early. Matt Richardson broke the deadlock in the 11th minute, but Savoy couldn’t increase the margin in the opening 45 minutes, heading into half-time 1-0 up. The second half was much better for Savoy, with Connor Caponecchia taking just five minutes to find the back of the net. The dam broke, with Tom Morrison (63’), Tom La Spina (65’) and Will Keenan (66’) piling on the pain in a short span. Goals to Scott Peggie (70’) and Richardson (82’) would rub the salt in, while the defensive structure held up well and repelled any advances. Coach Jayden Vescio said it was a comprehensive performance. “We scored early which was really good, and we created a lot of chances but we just didn’t push things,” he said. “We’re a big second-half team, the boys are quite fit and our list is quite strong, so we were able to open them up in the second half. “Their goalkeeper actually made a couple of good saves as well, so he kept the margin down as much as he could, but it was just one-way traffic. “We finished with all the goal scorers on the bench for the last 15, 20 minutes, and it was really good to see a couple of young kids like Bodie McCabe and Jack White get their chances out wide and put a bit of pressure on the core squad of 15 players and make a claim for themselves.” The result sees Myrtleford advance to the semi-finals of the knockout FA Cup, set to take on Albury United at Jelbart Park on Wednesday, 23 April. With their midweek win bolstering morale, Myrtleford charged into their regular league clash against Twin City Wanderers at Savoy Park. The Twin City defence was completely overworked, while Myrtleford capitalised on any and all chances they created. “Twin City was a bit of an unknown, they’ve lost a lot of players and had some heavy defeats,” Vescio said. “We hit the bar three times in the first half and without our goalkeeper having a touch we were 1-0 up, but I just expected better from us. “We changed it up at half-time, missed a penalty, hit the bat six times for the day but then five minutes into the second half we broke the game open, started playing some really good football there was a goal every seven or eight minutes after that. “It was good, and without Matt [Richardson] and Josh [Zito] it was good to have some different avenues to goal and try and few things, so that was pleasing.” Savoy takes on Albury United at home on Saturday evening at 7pm. The senior women’s side took the bye, while the division two women’s side took a 10-0 win over Wanderers.

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