With both sides were coming off impressive wins an expectant crowd arrived at Bob Jane Stadium expecting to see a cracking contest.

However, not even the staunchest Green Gully fan could expect such a lopsided contest.

South started the game brightly, when a quality run down the right hand flank by Goran Zoric saw the speedy midfielder dart past a few defenders, before hitting his shot into the arms of Steven Tilovski in the Gully goal.
Fernando tried to replicate Zoric only three minutes later, with the Brazilian also hitting a long range drive into the prying arms of the very secure Tilovski.

Gully's first real opportunity of the contest came in the 20th minute, when an opportunistic ball was swung into the back post.
With confusion inside the area and a poor attempt to capture the ball by Dean Anastasiadis, the ball found Joel Nikolic open at the back post and he knocked the ball in to give Gully a 0-1 lead.

Gully doubled their advantage in the 26th minute when the referee awarded them a penalty after Steven O'Dor was adjudged to have handballed the ball just inside the area.

With no hesitation, veteran Stephen Burton stepped up and slammed the ball into the back of net, sending Anastasiadis the wrong way for 0-2.
With the South side in complete disarray, Nikolic should have scored his second after spooning a long drive well over the bar from just outside the area.
South had a big opportunity to get back into the contest in the 33rd minute, when a lovely ball passed over the stagnant defence and found the feet of Fernando.

With only Tilovski in front of him, Fernando hit a poor shot into the feet of the lunging keeper, who once again thwarted the South attack.
Tilovski once again stood in the way of South just before the interval, after a brilliant ball into the area by Fernando was poorly defended by Dean Fak and his Gully defence.

The ball then fell to O'Dor inside the six yard box, who hit the ball directly into the legs of Tilovski.

The second half was all Green Gully, with the away side controlling the tempo and being first to the ball at every opportunity.