Berkeley Vale beat SEU for second time
Berkeley Vale defeated Southern and Ettalong United, 4-2. in round 11 of Men's Premier League soccer on Saturday, June 29.
It was a tense opening to the contest as Southern allowed Berkeley at home to maintain possession and play with the ball along their backline as the Lions sat in deep and limited the opposition's attempts at going forward.
The initial 10 minutes worked well for the visitors as they looked to pounce on any mistakes and attack on the counter with numbers and intensity.
Three goals in quick succession saw a clinical Berkeley Vale take a 3-0 lead with their first of the night coming from a great feint by Brownlow.
Berkeley's second came just three minutes later when Brownlow beat the opposition keeper to the ball and tucked it home for his first of the match.
Brownlow was on the scoresheet for a second time six minutes after grabbing his first as the rapid Ashton Hurley was able to break beyond the Southern line and dribbled around the keeper before cutting it back to Brownlow who swiftly turned and fired into the open net to make it 3-0.
Southern managed to gain some composure and possession as they looked for a way back into the contest.
Thirty minutes into the fixture, Southern were awarded a free-kick in an extremely promising area just outside the 18-yard box.
For the second week in a row, Jacob Lepre expertly finished with a well-placed shot to take the contest to 3-1.
The second period was a real arm wrestle between two top teams who knew how vital the next goal would be.
Berkeley were awarded a corner 15 minutes into the second half.
Southern's Alex Wardle was forced to make a terrific save but the rebound was quickly pounced on by a lurking Brownlow who secured his hat-trick thanks to a header which gave his side some breathing space.
A second yellow card to Charlie Polson saw Southern reduced to 10 men and from that point Berkeley Vale were content to control possession and see the game out to claim the double over Southern in 2024.
Match official was Miles Allen-Scott.
SOURCE:
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