OS Aussies - Holman Nets Yet Again

Brett Holman continued on from his goal scoring exploits midweek for the Socceroos as he found the back of the net in AZ Alkmaar’s 2-2 draw away to 10-man Ajax.

 

AZ started the match brightly and it was not long before they hit the lead with Brett Holman’s deflected shot giving the visitors the lead in the 14^th minute.

Brett Holman was at it again eight minutes later as his counter-attacking run set up Roy Bereens for AZ’s second of the match.

 

Ajax fought hard in the second half and managed to pull two goals back to ensure the Amsterdam a share of the points. The result leaves Ajax six points adrift of Eredivisie league leaders AZ Alkmaar.

 

Elsewhere in the Eredivisie, Michael Zullo and Tommy Oar both started in FC Utrecht’s 1-0 defeat away to second place PSV. Tommy Oar was withdrawn on the 72^nd minute mark while Adam Sarota was an unused substitute for Utrecht.

 

In Turkey, Socceroo James Troisi rounded off Kayserispor’s 2-0 victory over Besiktas with a goal nine minutes from time.

 

In the English Premier League it was unhappy evening for Socceroos Mark Schwarzer and Tim Cahill as both their clubs suffered defeats away from home.

 

Mark Schwarzer and his Fulham teammates conceded two goals in the last ten minutes to suffer a 2-0 defeat away to Stoke at the Britannia while Tim Cahill played 81 minutes in Everton’s 3-1 defeat to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

 

Elsewhere in the Premier League, Chris Herd was an unused substitute in Aston Villa’s 4-1 defeat away to a clinical Manchester City outfit.

 

In the NPower Championship, Socceroo Neil Kilkenny came close to opening the scoring for Bristol City in their clash with Peterborough. The former Leeds midfielder tested Peterborough goalkeeper Paul Jones from range but it was dealt with by the Posh keeper. Despite a number of opportunities for the Robins throughout the game, the Posh went on to win the game 2-1.

 

Following on from his midweek clean sheet for the Socceroos, Adam Federici managed to keep a clean shit for Reading in their last gasp victory over Burnley at Turf Moor. A 90^th minute goal from Jem Karacan was enough to separate both sides and continue Readings climb up the table.

 

At the Riverside, Scott McDonald and Rhys Williams both took their place in the Middlesbrough starting eleven as Millwall managed to salvage a 1-1 draw and only their second point away from home this season. Rhys Williams put in a full shift for Boro while Scott McDonald made way for Malaury Martin with six minutes left on the clock.

 

Socceroo Mile Jedinak and his Crystal Palace teammates enjoyed a successful visit to Vicarage Road Stadium, defeating Watford 2-0. Fresh from finding the back of the net for the Socceroos v Oman during the week, Mile Jedinak started on the bench before he was introduced with just under twenty minutes remaining.

 

The early game from the weekend saw Leeds trounce Doncaster 3-0. Patrick Kisnorbo was an unused substitute in this game.

 

In the German Bundesliga, Matthew Leckie was absent from the Borrusia Monchengladbach side that played out an exciting 2-2 draw at home to Bayer Leverkusen while Nikita Rukavytsya was also missing from the Hertha Berlin side that suffered 4-0 defeat at the hands of Bayern Munich.

 

In the game that kicked off the Bundesliga weekend, Borussia Dortmund got the better of Werder Bremen 2-0. Former Melbourne Victory shot stopper Mitchell Langerak continued on the bench for Dortmund.

 

Over in Russia, Socceroo Luke Wilkshire put in a full shift as Dinamo Moscow played out a scoreless draw away to League leaders Zenit St.Petersburg. Dinamo Moscow trails Zenit by three points with 27 rounds played.

 

In Italy’s Serie B, Socceroo Carl Valeri was an unused substitute in Sassuolo’s 1-0 win at home to AlbinoLeffe. A goal deep into injury time from Laribi was enough for Sassuolo to secure all three points and move into the play-off places.

 

Steve Lustica was withdrawn at half time as Hajduk Split proved too strong for Osijek, defeating the 5^th placed side 3-1 and stretching their unbeaten run to five games.

 

In the Chinese Super League, Former Newcastle Jets striker Joel Griffiths struck on 62 minutes in Beijing Guoan's 4-1 triumph against Changchun Yatai. The result continues Beijing’s stranglehold on second place with Guoan now six points ahead of third placed Liaoning Hongyun.

 

Dino Dulbic played the entire game as Shaanxi Chanba went down to a solitary goal against twelfth placed Dalian Shide.

 

Over in Japan and Socceroo Josh Kennedy completed a full 90 minutes in Nagoya Grampus’ 4-1 drubbing of league leaders Gamba Osaka. Nagoya now trail Gamba by only one point with 29 rounds gone in the J-League.

 

Matthew Spiranovic was an unused substitute in the Urawa Red Diamonds 1-0 defeat at home to Omiya Ardija. Urawa remain in the relegation zone and will be up against it next weekend as they travel to fourth placed Yokohama F.Marinos.

 

Elsewhere in the J-league, Aussie Eddie Bosnar was on target for Shimizu S-Pulse in their 1-1 draw away to Vissel Kobe. Eddie Bosnar had given Shimizu a 55^th minute lead before Vissel equalised with five minutes remaining. Alex Brosque was absent from the match day squad.

 

Across to the Korea Republic where Socceroo Sasa Ognenovski got his hands on more silverware and completed a full 90 minutes in Seongnam's 1-0 victory against Suwon Bluewings in the final of the Korean FA Cup.

 

In the Greek Super League, an AEK Athens without Nathan Burns played out a 1-1 draw against rivals Olympiakos.

 

In League One, Aussies James Wesolowski and Alex Cisak both played a full 90 minutes in Oldham Athletic’s 1-0 loss against Tranmere Rovers.

 

In League Two, Shane Cansdell-Sherriff could not prevent Shrewsbury suffering a 2-1 defeat away to Crawley Town.

 

In Cyprus, Danny Invincibile played 85 minutes in Ermis’ 1-1 draw at home to Alki.

 

Brett Holman continued on from his goal scoring exploits midweek for the Socceroos as he found the back of the net in AZ Alkmaar’s 2-2 draw away to 10-man Ajax.

AZ started the match brightly and it was not long before they hit the lead with Brett Holman’s deflected shot giving the visitors the lead in the 14th minute.
Brett Holman was at it again eight minutes later as his counter-attacking run set up Roy Bereens for AZ’s second of the match.

Ajax fought hard in the second half and managed to pull two goals back to ensure the Amsterdam a share of the points. The result leaves Ajax six points adrift of Eredivisie league leaders AZ Alkmaar.

Elsewhere in the Eredivisie, Michael Zullo and Tommy Oar both started in FC Utrecht’s 1-0 defeat away to second place PSV. Tommy Oar was withdrawn on the 72nd minute mark while Adam Sarota was an unused substitute for Utrecht.

In Turkey, Socceroo James Troisi rounded off Kayserispor’s 2-0 victory over Besiktas with a goal nine minutes from time.

In the English Premier League it was unhappy evening for Socceroos Mark Schwarzer and Tim Cahill as both their clubs suffered defeats away from home.

Mark Schwarzer and his Fulham teammates conceded two goals in the last ten minutes to suffer a 2-0 defeat away to Stoke at the Britannia while Tim Cahill played 81 minutes in Everton’s 3-1 defeat to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

Elsewhere in the Premier League, Chris Herd was an unused substitute in Aston Villa’s 4-1 defeat away to a clinical Manchester City outfit.

In the NPower Championship, Socceroo Neil Kilkenny came close to opening the scoring for Bristol City in their clash with Peterborough. The former Leeds midfielder tested Peterborough goalkeeper Paul Jones from range but it was dealt with by the Posh keeper. Despite a number of opportunities for the Robins throughout the game, the Posh went on to win the game 2-1.

Following on from his midweek clean sheet for the Socceroos, Adam Federici managed to keep a clean shit for Reading in their last gasp victory over Burnley at Turf Moor. A 90th minute goal from Jem Karacan was enough to separate both sides and continue Readings climb up the table.

At the Riverside, Scott McDonald and Rhys Williams both took their place in the Middlesbrough starting eleven as Millwall managed to salvage a 1-1 draw and only their second point away from home this season. Rhys Williams put in a full shift for Boro while Scott McDonald made way for Malaury Martin with six minutes left on the clock.

Socceroo Mile Jedinak and his Crystal Palace teammates enjoyed a successful visit to Vicarage Road Stadium, defeating Watford 2-0. Fresh from finding the back of the net for the Socceroos v Oman during the week, Mile Jedinak started on the bench before he was introduced with just under twenty minutes remaining.

The early game from the weekend saw Leeds trounce Doncaster 3-0. Patrick Kisnorbo was an unused substitute in this game.

In the German Bundesliga, Matthew Leckie was absent from the Borrusia Monchengladbach side that played out an exciting 2-2 draw at home to Bayer Leverkusen while Nikita Rukavytsya was also missing from the Hertha Berlin side that suffered 4-0 defeat at the hands of Bayern Munich.

In the game that kicked off the Bundesliga weekend, Borussia Dortmund got the better of Werder Bremen 2-0. Former Melbourne Victory shot stopper Mitchell Langerak continued on the bench for Dortmund.

Over in Russia, Socceroo Luke Wilkshire put in a full shift as Dinamo Moscow played out a scoreless draw away to League leaders Zenit St.Petersburg. Dinamo Moscow trails Zenit by three points with 27 rounds played.

In Italy’s Serie B, Socceroo Carl Valeri was an unused substitute in Sassuolo’s 1-0 win at home to AlbinoLeffe. A goal deep into injury time from Laribi was enough for Sassuolo to secure all three points and move into the play-off places.

Steve Lustica was withdrawn at half time as Hajduk Split proved too strong for Osijek, defeating the 5th placed side 3-1 and stretching their unbeaten run to five games.

In the Chinese Super League, Former Newcastle Jets striker Joel Griffiths struck on 62 minutes in Beijing Guoan's 4-1 triumph against Changchun Yatai. The result continues Beijing’s stranglehold on second place with Guoan now six points ahead of third placed Liaoning Hongyun.

Dino Dulbic played the entire game as Shaanxi Chanba went down to a solitary goal against twelfth placed Dalian Shide.

Over in Japan and Socceroo Josh Kennedy completed a full 90 minutes in Nagoya Grampus’ 4-1 drubbing of league leaders Gamba Osaka. Nagoya now trail Gamba by only one point with 29 rounds gone in the J-League.

Matthew Spiranovic was an unused substitute in the Urawa Red Diamonds 1-0 defeat at home to Omiya Ardija. Urawa remain in the relegation zone and will be up against it next weekend as they travel to fourth placed Yokohama F.Marinos.

Elsewhere in the J-league, Aussie Eddie Bosnar was on target for Shimizu S-Pulse in their 1-1 draw away to Vissel Kobe. Eddie Bosnar had given Shimizu a 55th minute lead before Vissel equalised with five minutes remaining. Alex Brosque was absent from the match day squad.

Across to the Korea Republic where Socceroo Sasa Ognenovski got his hands on more silverware and completed a full 90 minutes in Seongnam's 1-0 victory against Suwon Bluewings in the final of the Korean FA Cup.

In the Greek Super League, an AEK Athens without Nathan Burns played out a 1-1 draw against rivals Olympiakos.

In League One, Aussies James Wesolowski and Alex Cisak both played a full 90 minutes in Oldham Athletic’s 1-0 loss against Tranmere Rovers.

In League Two, Shane Cansdell-Sherriff could not prevent Shrewsbury suffering a 2-1 defeat away to Crawley Town.

In Cyprus, Danny Invincibile played 85 minutes in Ermis’ 1-1 draw at home to Alki.