Green Gully is off to a good start in this year’s National Premier League season.
Last weekend the club had its second win from the first three games of the season, beating the Manningham United Blues 4-1.
With the score being 1-0 with the Cavaliers up at halftime, coach Stephen Downes said it was good to come out strong after the break.
“We made a few changes at half time and the boys did well in the second half to come away with a victory,” he said.
“There’s still a lot to work on and improve but it was a good result going into Heidelberg on Friday night [after deadline], it gives us a good basis to kick on.”
The win against the Blues came after a disappointing 2-0 loss to Hume City in round two. Downes said it was good to see the maturity of the group shine through in the bounce back.
“It’s always good to win. In my post match comments after the Hume game I said, ‘I thought we performed well, we just didn’t take our chances which would have affected the outcome of the game’,” he said.
“It was a tough game but we performed well, we didn’t take our chances and we got punished in moments.
“It was definitely good to bounce back with a win because we’re a young group so it’s good for coincidence to have the ability to bounce back and not just stay and think about a defeat.”
One of the Cavaliers best performances so far this season has been new recruit Luca Tevere.
Tevere came across from the Port Melbourne Sharks in the offseason and has scored in both of the Cavaliers winning games so far.
“He’s been very good,” Downes said. “We know Luca’s got quality.
“In the last three years I think he’s always played at a high standard at this level.
“When we brought him in, we were expecting big things from him, and we’re expecting even more to come from him as well because he’s got a lot of ability and if we continues the way he’s going hopefully he gets into double figures this season with his goal contributions as well.”
The Cavaliers played Heidelberg on Friday night (after deadline), Downes said he was looking forward to playing under the Friday night lights once again.
“We’re looking forward to the weekend, it’ll be a tough challenge but we’re looking forward to it,” he said.
