By ultragirl - 13 Jan 2011 1:30 PM
The first meeting of all players of Sydney Olympic was held at the offices of the Club were the coach Mr Peter Tsekenis had the opportunity to introduce to the players all the staff that will be helping him out during the season. Peter Papoythis will be the assistant coach of the team, Jorge Abrantes will be the team manager, Kosta Apokis will be the gear steward and Efrem Bunguric the conditioner and physio for 2011.
The President of Club Mr George Giannaros took the floor first and welcomed the players on behalf of the Board of the Club and wished them all a good season. He stressed the importance of the players realizing their position as players of our historic Club, not only on the ground but also during their everyday life.
The coach Mr Peter Tsekenis thanked the President for his welcoming message and explained to the players of the Club his role with the team. He clarified to the players that he took on this role to meet the high expectation of the Olympic supporters and he wants to win and succeed and nothing less. As he stated, his choice of players was made not only on the quality of their skills but also based on their hard working and ambitious attitude. He clarified that all players will have the opportunity to play and his squad every week will be based on the effort each players puts into training during the week.
Mr Peter Papoythis the assistant coach of the team took the floor and opened up with the players and told them the emotional relationship he has with our historic Club. He stated: “I am here because I love this Club and I will do my best for Sydney Olympic. I don’t want to lose not one point in Belmore, this will be our castle and all teams that come here, should know that they will be leaving Belmore Sports Ground with not one point! At the end of every game, I want everyone hearing us singing for Olympic, at the end of every game we will be the winners. I heard an interview that Ryan Giggs gave a little while ago and he said that he was scared to lose, I want all Olympic players to feel the same.”
Following Mr Efrem Bunguric the team conditioner and physio took the floor and went through his previous experience with Sydney Olympic back in 1999-2000 but also his experience with all other Premier League and A League he has worked with. He stated: “I am not afraid to say to everyone that Sydney Olympic was the Manchester United of Australia, I was there and lived it and Sydney Olympic was the best team in Australia that was supported by the most people.” Efrem briefly gave the players an overview of the pre-season program that will be followed and handed out printed material and asked the players to be dedicated and they will all see the results when the season commences on the 26-27 of March 2011.
All players of the team passed the necessary medical examinations and had their first training session yesterday evening. The coaching staff were extremely happy to see how eager the players were and are looking forward for a great season. Training will continue throughout the pre season period and trial games will commence in February and will be announced on our website.
http://www.sydneyolympicfc.com/news/2011/01/13/sydney-olympic-first-training-session-for-2011/
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By ultragirl - 14 Feb 2011 11:42 AM
Parramatta Eagles 1 - 2 Sydney Olympic FC
Sydney Olympic has started the season with a win against Parramatta Eagles at a game where we saw our favorite ‘blues’ losing at 1st half 1-0 and turning around the game in the 2nd half to finish the game with a 1-2 win.
Two goals to Chris Triantis one from a penalty and one from a free kick both in the second half made up the final score. Chris Triantis also missed a penalty for Sydney Olympic.
Many of our new and old players played in this game and our coaching staff had the chance to try out various formations using not only his first grade players but also some of the Under 20s players in the 2nd half.
First half finished 0-0 the boys came out very strong and in the first 20 minutes Sydney Olympic was pressuring Parramatta with ball procession being 80-20 for Olympic. During the first 20 minutes of the game we had two big opportunities with Mileski and Smith but they both just missed. For the remaining of the 1st half Parramatta balanced out the game and both teams had some opportunities but the Olympic goalkeeper did not feel much pressure as the defense was working well.
In the 2nd half a few changes were made by the coach, as Bill Darwich came on for Luksic and played very well of rte remaining of the game, Bill Tsanidis came in for Tibbets and also had a good run and Makrys came off for a new player that was trialing for our Club.
Will Angel came on to and played the second 45 and did well, with youngsters Stephen Ilic and Zac Elrich also given a go and they both impressed the crowd.
The coaching staff were happy with the effort from the players and made some important notes about various details that they need to work on. Being only the first trial game of the season and with 6 weeks till the 2011 Premier League commences it was a very promising game for Sydney Olympic.
In the under 20s game before the main game, Sydney Olympic won 3-1 and also showed some class and a promising future for our reserve grade team.
Next trial game is next weekend against Sydney United, with details to be announced on our website shortly.
http://www.sydneyolympicfc.com/news/2011/02/14/parramatta-eagles-1---2-sydney-olympic-fc/
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