The University of Windsor men's soccer team fell 5-2 on Friday (Sep. 25) night against the Western Mustangs in London, Ont.
GAME FLOW
Western looked to defend home turf against the Lancers, battling hard to maintain possession of the ball throughout the game. Windsor took on the challenge and attacked early with a corner kick and shot right off the bat.
The Lancers were forced to a more defensive style of play once Western took control of the ball. The Mustangs managed to take the lead just 14 minutes into the game with a goal from Callum Yuile. Windsor responded with a shot by
Issam Hassoun which was saved defensively by Matthew Rogers.
The Mustangs kept coming, continuing to find opportunities to climb the scoreboard. Panos Tzanetakis recorded his first goal of the season for the Mustangs 25 minutes into the game. Following shortly after was another Mustangs goal by Gavin Goddard, his fifth of the season, giving Western a 3-0 lead 32 minutes into the game.
Windsor didn't back down and recorded their first goal of the game with some aggression with
Issam Hassoun powering the ball into the net at the 40-minute mark. This marked Hassoun's second goal of the season.
Western didn't let the Lancers celebrate too long, marking another goal just 90 seconds later with Callum Yuile netting his second goal of the game. They didn't stop there, as Ennis Bernaus managed to get one more goal at the 45-minute mark to bring Western to a 5-1 lead heading into halftime.
The second half brought some action to the field, with Windsor playing aggressively in hopes of catching up. Blue and gold recorded two offsides and three fouls early on, as well as a yellow card given to
Wilchrist Abdo.
Both teams fought to keep possession of the ball, with the Lancers trying to open some opportunities to get the ball to the net. At 71 minutes Ciaran O'Conner recorded his first goal of the season and brought the Lancers another goal on the scoreboard to make it 5-2.
The last 20 minutes of the game saw both teams playing tough. With the Lancers hoping to find some luck and the Mustangs looking to defend, each team raced to the final whistle with aggression. Western held onto their three goal lead and claimed victory against Windsor with 5-2 as the final whistle blew.
STATS
Windsor trailed in shots with only six throughout the game, four being on goal compared to Western's 14 shots and eight on goal. Windsor goalkeeper
Luca Vano, managed three saves while Western goalkeepers Ben Choudhry and Marcus Perri managed two saves together.
Windsor had six corner kicks and the Mustangs took three. The fouls kept adding up with the Lancers recording a total of 11 fouls and the Mustangs seven.
Mustangs player Brady Andrews received the only Western yellow card of the night while Lancer players
Wilchrist Abdo and
Domenik Cacaj recorded a yellow card each for Windsor.
Western's Callum Yuile recorded two goals and three assists on goals made by Panos Tzanetakis, Gavin Goddard and Ennis Bernaus. Windsor's
Issam Hassoun with assistance from
Emrah Hrustanovic recorded a goal for the Lancers and
Ciaran O'Connor also recorded a goal.
Windsor falls 1-8-0 on the OUA season while Western sits at the second overall spot with a 5-1-2 mark.
UP NEXT
The Lancers will face the Brock Badgers on Sunday, October 4, at Alumni Stadium with kick-off at 1 p.m. Tickets are available at
golancers.ca/tickets and the game can be streamed online at
oua.tv.
