Olympic came out all guns blazing and full of running and took an early lead after a sweeping attack that began with their goalkeeper resulted in a fine finish. Wainui didn't drop the heads and worked their way back into the game and eventually the equaliser came in quite stunning fashion.
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| Ewan Barclay takes on his man |
Jordan Blake managed to stop another Olympic attack and the ball was worked up field to his brother Cameron who brilliantly controlled the ball on his chest, turned and hit a dipping volley from thirty yards out that beat the keeper all ends up. Cam very nearly made it two nil soon after but Olympics keeper pulled off a superb stop to keep the game all square as the half time break approached.
Josh Wilkie took over as captain for the second half when Neil Barclay departed with an injury to be replaced by coach Scott MacLeod Jr. Michael Howells made some great saves after the restart to keep Wainui in the game before Shon McKechnie turned the game on its head when he was tripped in the penalty area after a mazy run down the left wing.
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| Shon McKechnie slots home the penalty |
Shon Picked himself up and casually put the keeper the wrong way to give Wainui a 2-1 lead. Olympic fought back and thought they had an equaliser having forced the ball into the net but luckily for Wainui the whistle had blown for offside. The game itself was finished as a contest, well it seemed to, when Callum Patterson finished calmly having been put through on goal by Joel Evans.
Olympic to their credit didn't roll over and fought back to nick a second goal and set up a very tense finish to the game. Wainui held on however to claim their third win of the season and second win in a row to move them to fifth in the table. It was great to see the team take four points from six on both their visits to Wakefield Park this year, the artificial turf by the way is excellent, and sets them up nicely for next weeks visit to Miramar Rangers on the peninsula.
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