PICTURE: A Bogdan Borovskyi ( No.9) hat-trick paved the way for Vorkuta in a 6-0 rout of Serbian White Eagles in ProSound Cup play Saturday.. PHOTO: Samad Kadirov.
FC Vorkuta midfielder Bogdan Borovskyi led his team with three goals to rout Serbian White Eagles 6-0, Atletico Sporting Toronto also won decisively with a 3-0 victory over Euru Academy, and in a third of three games played in the CSL’s ProSound Cup competition, Scarborough SC continued to impress with a 3-1 victory over BGHC 1, all games were played at Centennial Stadium Saturday.
Vorkuta eventually dominated the game following Borovskyi’s first goal at 46 minutes, which was followed by Serbian White Eagles being reduced to 10 men following the ejection of defender Branislav Vukomanovic at the 55th minute mark. Vukomanovic was shown a second yellow card, then a red, by referee Norman Oliveira following a rough challenge.
Borovskyi scored a second at 69 minutes to then complete the hat-trick just one minute later to give the current CSL champions a 3-0 lead halfway through the second half.
Midfielder Iaroslav Solonynko then struck the first of two goals, beating Serbian White Eagles’ goalkeeper John Trye at 74 minutes for a 4-0 lead, forward Kristijan Kezic scored at 75 minutes and Solonynko competed the rout with his second goal at the 89th minute mark. It was 6-0 at the final whistle.
In the opening game of the day, Atletico Sporting Toronto took a1-0 lead at 31 minutes on a goal by Wabila Wallace who cut in from the right wing to drive the ball inside the right post out of reach of Euru Academy goalkeeper Francis Sadik. Atletico went 2-0 up at 54 minutes, a goal by midfielder Michael Arinze on a free kick from 25 yards that caught the top right corner.
Forward Curtis Mannison struck goal number three for Atletico, a low drive from 25 yards for a 3-0 lead at 60 minutes which held to the final whistle.
Defender Sven Arapovic scored the opening goal at 24 minutes for Scarborough SC against BGHC 1, driving the ball past the home team goalkeeper Aleksander Nikolic, Arsen Platis tied the game 1-1 for BGHC1 at 63 minutes, forward Taha Ilyass put Scarborough ahead 2-1 at 66 minutes, and Moussa Limane completed the scoring 3-1 for the east Toronto side.
It’s Scarborough’s third win in as many games since the season kickoff, with a high scoring 12 goals under new head coach Mirko Medic.
ProSound Cup games continue Tuesday, September 14 when St. Catharines Hrvat and Euru Academy clash at Centennial Stadium, that’s a 9 pm start, and there will be four games at the same venue next Saturday, September 18 starting at 3 pm with the fourth game at 9.
Stan Adamson
