Hellenic Cup 2011 final highlights

Hellenic Cup Final - South Melbourne 2 Heidelberg 1

We had to come from behind, rode our luck and needed extra time, but we got there in the end, winning our third Hellenic Cup in five years. Osagie Ederaro shook off several defenders on our left hand side to slot the ball past Stefaan Sardelic to give the Bergers the lead, before late in the first half some great work by Kyle Joryeff saw him win a contested ball and send in the perfect cross for Jesse Krncevic to score from point blank range. Both sides had their chances to take the lead in the second half, though as the game wore on I felt we were the more dominant of the two sides, after a slow start. In the first half of extra time, Marinos Gasparis ripped out a wonderful goal which have Griffin McMaster no chance - you could tell it was going to go over his head almost immediately - and we did enough to hold on to win the cup.

The crowd seemed smaller than last year, perhaps due to the absence of one of the south-east based sides in the final. Jesse Krncevic was one of several players to receive some heavy tackles - he was subbed off late in the match, but will hopefully be right to play against Green Gully in round one. Defensively we looked shaky at times, mostly through trying to be too smart with the ball, but nothing dramatically different to last year as of yet, except for the now apparent lack of depth. Sardelic had a good game with some excellent saves, but needs to work on his clearances, and when we're in the lead, not look to rush to get rid of the ball.

It's still very early days having yet to meet the full force of grinding, results oriented, VPL football, but we moved the ball well, and played with some style, in complete contrast to almost everything we presented last year. Joryeff has seemed a more complete player over this pre-season period than all of last season, and we all hope he can take that sort of attitude and form into the real stuff. Jesse Krncevic looks like he will be that class striker that we've lacked for years, with the exception of an aging Vaughan Coveny. Sebastian Petrovic, criminally ignored last season, looked like he hadn't missed a beat. All in all, more positive signs than negative ones but the real test of course starts from next week.

Hellenic Cup finals schedule

Going by the match programme, this is what the Hellenic Cup finals day this Saturday should look like - but knowing how the Hellenic Cup has gone this year, who knows how it will actually turn out?

• 10.00 Youth Final - Heidelberg vs Bentleigh
• 11.45 Veterans Final - Bayside Argonauts vs Lalor
• 1.30 Women's Final - South Melbourne vs Ashburton
• 3.15 Minos Cup - Belmore Hercules vs someone or other
• 5.00 3rd vs 4th Playoff - Oakleigh vs Bentleigh
• 6.45 Hellenic Cup Final - Heidelberg vs South Melbourne

South through to another Hellenic Cup final

A 2-0 win over Bentleigh Greens in our semi-final, with goals to Vasilevski (freekick) and Fernando (penalty), means we're through to another Hellenic Cup final, this time against Heidelberg, who defeated Oakleigh 4-0. It'll be our fifth appearance in the final in the last six years. I'll try and get the finals schedule up on here soonish.

Hellenic Cup Semi Final on Tuesday

We'll be playing Bentleigh Greens, at Kingston Heath, kick off 8:30.

Hellenic Cup - South 4 Altona East 0

After a hard fought early 20 minutes, we took control of this match. Now to the semis on Tuesday. Don't know who we're playing though.

Hellenic Cup - South 5 Kingston City 0

Krncevic hattrick, Nando with a brace.

Our next match will be on Saturday, and it will be a quarter final match against Altona East, at Kingston Heath once more. Kick off 7:30.

Amended Hellenic Cup fixture available

In the same place as before, on the left hand side. The fixtures has been amended due to the extreme heat for Sunday which has seen the cancellation and rescheduling of the games meant to be played tomorrow. If you do not see your particular fixtures in the amended file - especially those for the women's comp - you should contact the Hellenic Cup organising committee if they haven't called you yet.

I would also like to reiterate that I am not affiliated with the Hellenic Cup in any official capacity - I'm just a fan trying to keep people updated in the absence of the Hellenic Cup's usual online presence. Any questions or doubts, send it their way. Thanks

For South fans, our game against Kingston has been moved to Tuesday February 1st, kickoff at 8:30.

Hellenic Cup fixtures for Sunday cancelled

Apparently, all Hellenic Cup matches scheduled for Sunday 30th January have been cancelled due to the extreme temperatures expected. Those games will be rescheduled.

Since this site does not have access to the amended fixture - which apparently also includes the withdrawal of the south-east veterans team Panserraikos - participating clubs are advised to contact the Hellenic Cup organising committee to receive information on the rescheduled games.

South Melbourne 9 Beaumaris 1

Once more, no idea about lineups etc. Final group game is against Kingston City on Sunday, 5pm at Bentleigh Greens.

Hellenic Cup - South 5 Box Hill 0

Don't know diddly about lineups, style or whatever else, but we won 5-0. Next game is on Thursday against Beaumaris, kick off 8:30.

South of the Border - Your completely unofficial sorta home of the 2011 Hellenic Cup

Hi everyone. I've noticed that there are a few people visiting here looking for information on this year's Hellenic Cup - mostly because thus far the official site has not been updated with information. In the event that this situation is not sorted out, I will attempt to update this online file with the results from the tournament. There is also a link to the file on the left hand side above the 'show racism the red card' image.

It will not be instantaneous - I'm not affiliated with the Hellenic Cup committee in any capacity. It will not have tables - you'll have to use your imaginations for that. But I'll try my best and see how we go. Results should preferably be posted in this thread on soccer-forum or sent to blackmissionary@hotmail.com or chuck it the comments section. Thanks.

2011 Hellenic Cup kicks off this week

They've weeded out a few of the weaker teams this year with qualifiers prior to the main tournament. We're in the South East section this year, which will be played at Bentleigh Greens. In our group, Southern Suburbs, Kingston City and a qualifier. Below is our initial schedule. For more detailed info, please see this document, kindly provided by one of our loyal readers.

• Sunday 23rd January, 5pm, South Melbourne FC vs. Southern Suburbs SC
• Thursday 27th January, 8:30pm, South Melbourne FC vs. Qualifier
• Sunday 30th January, 5pm, South Melbourne FC vs. Kingston City SC