Ayla Novak 12', Lorcan Hask 14', Bex Sarkis 70', Tobias Cray 90'Wren Okonkwo 9'
Crownreach come from behind to beat Northstar 4–1
Crownreach Athletic ran riot against Northstar United 4–1 at Crown Ground in front of 58,680. Goals from Ayla Novak (12), Lorcan Hask (14), Bex Sarkis (70), Tobias Cray (90) did the damage, with Wren Okonkwo (9) replying for Northstar.
Crownreach had 11 attempts (8 on target) to Northstar's 4 (3).
Tobias Cray was named player of the match for Crownreach, rated 8.6.
Gideon Marsh: "The players were immense."
★ Player of the match: Tobias Cray
As it happened
- FT FULL-TIME: CRN 4–1 NST.
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90+4'
Wren Okonkwo through on goal... Oskar Lark stands tall and smothers it. Big moment.
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90+1'
Tobias Cray lets fly — Ivo Baptiste gets down well.
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90'
GOAL! TOBIAS CRAY rises highest and powers the header in from Lorcan Hask's delivery. CRN 4–1 NST.4–1
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86'
Crownreach keeping it in midfield. Patient stuff.
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79'
Northstar keeping it in midfield. Patient stuff.
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74'
Crownreach substitution: Malik Lund on for Vida Nakamura.
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72'
Northstar substitution: Finn Ravenscroft on for Magnus Halloran.
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70'
GOAL! BEX SARKIS! Tobias Cray with the assist. CRN 3–1 NST.3–1
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68'
Bex Sarkis drags it wide from the edge of the box.
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64'
Crownreach keeping it in midfield. Patient stuff.
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59'
Change for Northstar. Dmitri Hendrix makes way, Magnus Halloran comes on.
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58'
Oskar Lark again! Wren Okonkwo cannot believe it.
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56'
Change for Crownreach. Ayla Novak makes way, Vida Nakamura comes on.
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52'
Bex Sarkis from range. Never troubling anyone.
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50'
Crownreach keeping it in midfield. Patient stuff.
- 46' Back underway for the second half. CRN 2–1 NST.
- HT HALF-TIME: CRN 2–1 NST.
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43'
Ravi Redfern slides it to Lorcan Hask, low shot, Ivo Baptiste equal to it.
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38'
Ayla Novak from range. Never troubling anyone.
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35'
The Crownreach fans want more urgency. Gideon Marsh is on the edge of the technical area.
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29'
Header from Tobias Cray, Ivo Baptiste claws it away. Crownreach corner.
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23'
Tomas Fenwick beats one, beats two, and fires wide with the third to beat. Heads in hands.
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22'
Ravi Redfern through on goal... Ivo Baptiste stands tall and smothers it. Big moment.
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21'
Northstar corner cleared at the near post.
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14'
LORCAN HASK SCORES! Crown Ground erupts. CRN 2–1 NST.2–1
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12'
GOAL! AYLA NOVAK taps in from a yard out after Abel Marr did all the work. Right place, right time. CRN 1–1 NST.1–1
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9'
WREN OKONKWO SCORES! Crown Ground erupts. CRN 0–1 NST.0–1
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5'
Dmitri Hendrix tries to switch play. Overhit. Goal kick.
- KO Northstar get us started. Crown Ground is loud tonight.
