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Bonnyrigg White Eagles last night secured a 2-1 victory against a 10-man Sutherland Sharks at Seymour Shaw Park.
A strong start from the White Eagles saw them open the scoring within two minutes via Aaron Peterson.
Sutherland were forced to play the majority of the match with 10-men after Daniel Miltwani was sent from the field after bringing down Robbie Younis in the box before the striker doubled his side’s lead.
Jordan Figon got the Sharks back into the contest on the stroke of half time and despite a strong second half the home side were unable to stop the visitors from grabbing the three points for victory.
The Eagles opened the Sutherland defence up almost immediately from the kick off, and took an early lead.
Ray Miller won the ball in the middle of the park playing a lovely through ball to Peterson. The striker took the ball towards goal before his shot was deflected off a retreating Sharks defender and into the back of the net.
The midfielder turned provider again in the 8th minute with a great ball to Reece Caira who fed the oncoming Tynan Diaz but the winger skied his shot over the bar.
The home side were unlucky not to level the scores in the 24th minute when Steve Hayes found Seongjin Park on the right with the winger’s shot beating the keeper but cleared on the line by Nikola Zonjic.
Sutherland’s task got even harder in the 26th minute when centre back Mitwali was shown a red card after bringing down Younis in the box. The striker made no mistake from the spot, hammering the ball into the roof of the net to make it 2-0.
But the persistence of the home side paid off when they pegged one back through striker Jordan Figon on the stroke of half time. After being fouled, Hayes floated a free kick into the Bonnyrigg box with Littler’s header cannoning off the cross bar and straight to Figon who easily slotted the ball home.
Bonnyrigg White Eagles head coach Brian Brown said after the match:
“We started with a really good side and shape and looked like we were going to score a few goals. I thought the red card changed the game, they really did lift. I think any other day we would have scored 10 goals.”
♦ In the other National Premier Leagues NSW match last night, a lacklustre Marconi Stallions went down 2-0 to Manly United at Marconi Stadium, Bossley Park.
– By CHRIS GEORGES
