Olympic substitutes, Ekoue D’Almeida and Jamie Wakeling, both scored in the final five minutes to seal Olympic victory in an entertaining Premier League clash at the PCYC.

On a beautiful day for football, Olympic attacked from the off and were rewarded for their positive start with a classy Matt Floro goal in the 5^th minute. Set up on a plate by Yusuke Ueda, Floro calmly side-footed the ball home.

Floro’s confident finish influenced the rest of his afternoon, as he became the impetus for the majority of Olympic’s attacks throughout the game. Dangerous and dazzling, Floro danced around the Albion Park defence numerous times and was unfortunate not to bag a few more goals, denied by the post on the stroke of half time and was kept out by Park’s keeper, Brad Jardine, on several occasions.

On the other hand, Albion Park had a lot of possession and time in Olympic’s half but lacked precision and creativity in the front third, often whipping in crosses that failed to beat the first man. Their most notable of chance came through Joel Beattie’s shot from the edge of the box in the 35^th minute that narrowly missed the top of the crossbar, leaving the strong Olympic crowd worried for a fleeting moment.

As the clock ticked down, Albion Park began to rush the ball forward in the search for an equaliser, playing a series of long balls that provided Olympic plenty of opportunities to score on the counter against an exposed backline.

Ueda the man most likely to score Olympic's second became the creator instead, playing the final pass for both late goals, thus finishing the game with a hattrick of assists.

With the ball on the edge of the area in the 85^th minute, Ueda turned his man and floated a pin-point cross onto the head of D’almeida at the far post. While in the 90^th minute, Wakeling stroked home Ueda’s flamboyant backheel past the helpless Jardine.

It was a tough day at the office for Albion Park, who despite being outplayed were never out of the contest. They will look to rebound next week against Coniston at home.

Olympic, on the other hand, will feel that the score line reflected their dominance on the day which elevates them to the top of the Premier League ladder on goal difference ahead of next week’s match away to Corrimal.

Sunday 7 April @ PCYC

Wollongong Olympic – 3 (Floro 5’, D’Almeida 85’, Wakeling 90’)

Albion Park White Eagles – 0

Wollongong Olympic – Hayden DUROSE, Kojiro HORI, Mark EVERY, Jack KEATING, Luke FOSTER, Peter PRANOALOS, Brendan FORDHAM, Vaughn PATTERSON, Julian MINUTILLO, Yusuke UEDA, Matt FLORO.

Substitutes – Ikumi SAITO, Ekoue D’ALMEIDA, Jamie WAKELING, Damian BEDWELL.

Albion Park White Eagles – Brad JARDINE, Blake McGINN, Shannon FIELDING, Kyle SENIOR, Luke SEBROT, Ethan KAMBISIOS, Araki NAOMICHI, Valentino MARKHUSHI, Robert DELBANCO, Joel BEATTIE, Cameron MORGAN.

Substitutes – Chris GOMEZ, Shaun McRAE, Eiki FUKUSHIGE, Jacob HUFTON, Yuki UNO

Report by Nicholas Wilson, on Twitter @_nicwilson

Photo courtesy of Kiah Hufton