City Overcome 10-Men Roar
Words: Josh Davies
Additional Reporting: Maisy Rae
Image: S-L Archer
Brisbane City has comfortably defeated Brisbane Roar Youth 3-0 on Saturday night to claim a vital three points towards the brewing battle for fourth spot.
Owain Thomas and Sam Sibatuara were the goal scorers for City, both scoring in back-to-back matches, to lead City over Young Roar at AJ Kelly Park.
Thomas latched onto a rebound following a Tomislav Bilic save to put City in front late in the opening half.
A 59th minute second yellow to Daniel Driver resulted in an early shower and proved pivotal as free-kick specialist Sibatuara immediately punished the young Roar with a curling effort to give City a two goal buffer.
A man of the match performance from Sibatuara was capped off with a long-range strike to assure City of the away win, in an impressive rebound performance from the previous loss to Western Pride.
City host Brisbane Olympic in a much-anticipated top four clash in Round 18, the result sure to have major ramifications on all fronts of the PlayStation 4 NPL Queensland season, Roar Youth will look to end a six-game losing run when they host Sunshine Coast.
Key Moments
13’ - CHANCE FOR ROAR - Rahmat Akbari has a powerful strike but it sails over the crossbar.
32’ - CHANCE FOR ROAR - Daniel Driver’s well-hit free-kick is comfortably claimed by Jake Clancy in the Brisbane City goal.
36’ - CHANCE FOR CITY - A scramble in the box and Tomislav Bilic does well to deny Brisbane City with an impressive close range save.
39’ - GOAL FOR CITY - Owain Thomas opens the scoring following a magnificent reflex save from Bilic.
59’ - RED CARD FOR ROAR - A second yellow card for Driver, Roar down to 10 men.
60’ - GOAL FOR CITY - Bilic is unsighted in goal as Samuel Sibatuara extends City’s lead with a curling free kick.
74’ - CHANCE FOR CITY – City are denied their third goal of the match after Carter Glockner collects from a Mitch Hore cross but the offside flag is raised.
76’ - GOAL FOR CITY - A second half brace from Samuel Sibatuara as he completes the scoring with a long-range effort that rebounds off the crossbar.
Match Details
PlayStation 4 National Premier Leagues Queensland – Round 17
Saturday, July 8
AJ Kelly Park
Brisbane Roar FC Youth 0
Brisbane City FC 3 (Owain THOMAS 39’, Samuel SIBATUARA 60’ 76’)
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