There was no doubting St George’s intentions as they put FC Bossy to the sword in a 5-0 shellacking. Behind both Macarthur Rams and Sydney University on goal difference prior to the start of play, the Saints were after goals from the outset as they sought that elusive finals position.
Top marksman Juan Chavez, also, was keen to grab the Golden Boot, and he got St George off to a fine start when he netted after thirteen minutes, the bouncing ball deceiving Chad Taylor.
Taylor played a part in the second, bringing down Tanju Balabanel for a penalty just five minutes later. Chavez made no mistake to put the Saints two nil up early.
As Bossy panicked, Balabanel grabbed St George’s third, two minutes after that, and it looked like it could be brutal. But the visitors regathered their composure and David Wilson turned superbly to test Daniel Nash, who tipped the goalbound effort away for a corner.
Taylor too, performed some heroics, denying Chavez but it was never going to be anything other than St George’s day. The sending off to Danny Chiandotto, midway through the second half for deliberate handball as the last defender, only helped the Saints.
Two goals in the last ten minutes, both to Chavez, nailed the score but St George still searched for a sixth, knowing that one more goal would leapfrog them over Sydney Uni. But for some excellent keeping from Taylor, it surely would have come.
In the end, the 5-0 was to prove sufficient, and as the score was confirmed from Lynwood Park, the St George dressing room erupted.
St George 5 (Juan Chavez 14’, 18’ pen, 83’, 86’, Tanju Balabanel 20’) v FC Bossy Liverpool
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