Southern's 7-1 win adds comfort to table lead
Southern and Ettalong United has defeated Terrigal 7-1 in their Round 8 soccer match of Central Coast Football competition.
At the top of the table, Southern continued its reign of dominance, banking another seven goals for the second time this season.
The win kept its lead at the top to a comfortable four points.
Southern played at Duffy's Oval with a depleted side due to a State Cup fixture on the same day.
The team jumped out of the blocks determined to take early control of the game.
After some quick ball movement across Terrigal's defensive line, Jacob Lepre cut inside to fire a shot from outside the 18-yard box.
The Terrigal Keeper was only able to parry the shot into his own net, giving Southern the lead five minutes in.
Southern would double their lead in the 10th minute when Jack Ellwood rose above the Terrigal defence with a powerful header into the back of the net from a pinpoint delivery from a Jacob Lepre corner.
With all momentum in Southern's favour, captain Todd Balneaves swooped on a loose ball to fire home a half volley on the 20-minute mark.
Just four minutes later, Southern chalked up its fourth goal for the half.
Jayke Browne was rewarded for his early hard running and was able to side-foot finish after some great lead-up play from Jacob Lepre.
It took until the 32nd minute for Terrigal's Aidan Bastick to fire his shot low into the far post side netting to claw one back for the home side 4-1.
Just when Terrigal thought they might be able to fight their way back into the game, Southern hit again two minutes later when a long throw from Todd Balneaves saw Theo Forsberg drive his shot low and hard into the Terrigal net to take its lead to 5-1.
The second half saw Terrigal more compact in defence and started to grind their way back into the game on a pitch that started to take its toll on both teams' legs.
In the 83rd minute, it was Southern's central defender Jack Jenkins scored from another Jacob Lepre corner.
Lepre scored Southern's final goal of the match, after some great defensive work by Rhys Owen winning possession from Terrigal's back line.
Owen's passed to Lepre who slipped past two defenders in a flash and fired his shot across the face of goals into the far post side netting giving the Lions a 7-1 win for the afternoon.
Match official was Brayden McDonald.
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