Tara Murray
North Sunshine Eagles are through to the next round of the Australia Cup, while Westgate’s run came to an end on Wednesday night.
The two matches were among the first matches of the fifth round which kicked off last week, with 40 teams remaining in the Victorian stage of the competition.
The Eagles faced state league 2 south-east side Brandon Park in their fifth round match.
It was the lower ranked Brandon Park that opened the scoring in the fourth minute of the match.
The Eagles levelled the scores in the 31st minute through Diellon Memishi, before Masee Namdar scored his second to give Brandon Park the lead back heading into half time.
The second half was all the Eagles with Lewis Shannon capitalising on his side’s good work.
He scored his first in the 59th to level the scores, before giving his side the lead four minutes later.
Shannon capped off the match with his third in the 80th minute to give the Eagles a 4-2 win.
It was a much harder task for Westgate against National Premier League side Bentleigh Greens at Ardeer Reserve.
The Greens hit the scoreboard early through Christos Theodorakopoulos in the 13th minute.
Neither side had any clear chances for the rest of the half, with the Greens taking a 1-0 into the sheds.
After half time, the Greens’ strength started to show through.
Theodorakopoulos doubled the lead in the 50th minute , before Mawien Nielo made it 3-0 in the 70th minute after coming on at half time.
The Greens were able to score another three goals in a 10 minute period to come away with a 6-0 win.
Eastern Lions are the other team already through to the fifth round.
A number of teams are hoping to join them this week.
St Albans Saints are on the road against Whittlesea United, while Westvale Olympic will host Northcote City, both on Tuesday night.
Brimbank Stallions play Altona Magic on Wednesday night, while the following week Keilor Wolves have the task of facing Hume City and Melbourne Knights play Box Hill United.
