Gisborne United right-winger Jacob Adams tries to get past Napier Marist midfielder Rueben Thurston in a Central Federation Cup game at Harry Barker Reserve yesterday.
Pacific Premiership pacesetters Marist beat Eastern League leaders Heavy Equipment Services United 2-1 in a thriller. Marist striker Mustafa Can, originally from Turkey but amember of Team Taranaki for seven years and now in his fifth season in Hawke’s Bay football, scored two outstanding goals.
The first was a 30-metre drive that gave United goalkeeper Andy McIntosh no chance.
The second was a head-flick of Jett Hogg’s accurate chip in behind the United defence to make the score 2-1.
United had equalised when Marist centreback Yeshil Naiker did not get enough power into his header back towards his goalkeeper Alex Schroder, and United player-coach Josh Adams nipped in to score.
