Report by Helene Lambetsos

Photo: Inglewood United

Sorrento surged into fifth place in the PS4 National Premier Leagues WA with a 3-1 win at Inglewood United, despite a valiant effort from the hosts.

Both teams had openings early on, but the Gulls broke the game open eight minutes before the break thanks to a fine free-kick from Niccolo Sabatini.

Adam Luca gave Sorrento a two goal buffer moments later, but Inglewood rallied in the second half and pulled one back when Kenny Keogh found the top corner.

But Sorrento held firm as Jack Salter poked past Aleks Vrteski with three minutes to play, and coach Jamie Harnwell was pleased his side managed to capitalise on their opportunities, despite having to weather a storm from Inglewood.

“By the end of the first half, we could have led 4-0,” he said.

“We created the chances, but then to get two goals in quick succession eased the pressure a bit.

“They had to come out in the second half and respond and they did that well. It was a great goal, fair play to him (Keogh), but I was still confident we could win the game.

“We managed to restrict them to a few chances, but it was nice to get the third and relax a little bit.”

Harnwell also acknowledged that while his squad had work to do to reach their peak, he was feeling good about the rest of the season.

“We’ve got a lot of new players that have come in, so we’re trying to get them to play the way I want to and we’re making progress,” he said.

“If we keep working on that, the results should take care of themselves.”

Inglewood United 1 (Keogh 57mins)
Sorrento FC 3 (Sabatini 38mins, Luca 41, Salter 78)
Saturday, May 02, 2015
Inglewood Stadium
Kick-off: 3:00pm

Inglewood United: Inglewood United: 1. Aleks VRTESKI, 2. Rikki SMITH (18. Jason COLLI 73), 13. Jovo PAVLOVIC, 5. Scott BLACKMORE, 14. Jarrod MCNALLY, 9. Ryan CLARKE, 4. Shane PICKERING (11. David SESAY 46), 6. Matt IZZO (9. Tim GOULD 55), 23. Andrija JUKIC, 8. Scott WITSCHGE, 7. Kenny KEOGH
Subsititutes not used: 3. Mark Barnett, 25. Mitchell PAPAS. 
Yellow cards: Pavlovic 37
Red cards: nil

Sorrento FC: 1. James MORGAN, 8. Ryan PEARSON, 13. Steve MCDONALD, 22. Lewis HALL, 16. Nicco SABATINI (4. Shaun KILKELLY 83), 10. Jason MIRCO (21. Jordan DODD 83), 12. Jack EADES, 11. Thomas BOSS (20. Brad MCDONALD 74), 5. Adam LUCA, 9. Todd HARNWELL, 19. Jack SALTER
Substitutes not used: 21. Jordan Dodd
Yellow cards: Pearson 56’, Sabatini 68’
Red cards: nil