Alan Lee Reporting

For the third straight season Leverstock Green opened their Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division campaign with a win and a clean sheet. A penalty from Radu-Mihai Stefanoaica and a goal from skipper Dan Pett had Leverstock 2-0 ahead at half time, and they held their lead throughout a second half in which home side St Panteleimon were reduced to ten men.

The four games between these two sides last season were all tight affairs, and again there was little to choose between the sides this evening. The opening 20 minutes of the game produced little in the way of attempts at goal from either side. St Panteleimon had a strong spell midway through the half. On 24 minutes they had a free kick in a dangerous position just outside the box, but the wall did its job and blocked the kick. A minute later Green keeper Loris Marcimain produced a sharp save to keep out a shot at his near post. Soon after a shooting opportunity opened up for George Androutsos, but his shot went over the bar.

Having weathered a few minutes of pressure, it was Leverstock who went on to score the game’s opening goal. In the 35th minute Stefanoaica showed his pace as he ran with the ball from near the halfway line into the penalty area. Before he could shoot, Stefanoaica was brought down by a tackle from Renzo Alves, and the referee pointed to the penalty spot. Stefanoaica took the spot kick himself, and although keeper Gustavo Nunes got a hand to it, the ball still went in to put the Green 1-0 up.

The lead was doubled during first half stoppage time. A pass from Chris Blunden allowed Pett to run at goal, and Pett appeared to have taken it too far, but he still managed to squeeze the ball between Nunes and the post for a 2-0 half time lead.

The second half was competitive and highly watchable, but still short of chances to extend either keeper. The closest that Leverstock came to another goal was in the 59th minute when Nat Connolly’s shot from the edge of the box went just over the bar. On 66 minutes St Panteleimon were reduced to ten men when Alves was dismissed for a second yellow card.

The home side if anything looked stronger with ten men than they had with eleven, but Leverstock’s defence was in no mood to give up their clean sheet, with central defender Callum Neal having a particularly good game and being named man of the match.

Leverstock Green (2) 2 (Stefanoaica 36 pen, Pett 45+2)

1. Loris Marcimain, 2. Mikey Havill-Tierney, 3. Rio Beach, 4. Callum Neal, 5. Danny May, 6. Ryan Carruthers, 7. Lewis Collins (12. Luke Beckwith 73 mins), 8. Dan Pett (14. George Mitchell-Gears 69 mins), 9. Chris Blunden ((15. Ryan Hennessy 80 mins), 10. Nat Connolly (17. Joe Sadler 90+3 mins), 11. Radu-Mihai Stefanoaica.

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