Inglewood United’s Night Series campaign is over following a 4-0 drubbing at the hands of Perth SC this evening at Percy Doyle Reserve.   The loss means Inglewood finishes the pre-season competition fifth in Pool 1 with one win and two draws from their five outings.

Long-time defender David Cyrus said the new-look Inglewood squad learnt a lot from the Night Series.   “We’re still a work in progress,” Cyrus commented post-game.   “We’ve got a whole new team, a lot of young boys and a lot of inexperience.”

“It’s about creating those bonds, building those relationships and those connections on and off the pitch.   The league season starts in a couple of weeks so we’ve got time to work on it … we can only look up, work on what’s come from the Night Series and go into the league as positively as we can.”

Yacoub Mustafa opened Perth’s account after 10 minutes with Kristian Santich adding a second goal shortly before half-time.   Niccolo Sabatini effectively sealed the result midway through the second half before young substitute Luke Garas put the icing on the cake minutes from the final whistle.

Match stats

Inglewood United 0
Perth SC 4 (Yacoub Mustafa 10, Kristian Santich 39, Niccolo Sabatini 64, Luke Garas 87)

Inglewood United: Alex Dunn, Kevin Castle (David Cyrus 37), Scott Blackmore, Mark Barnett, Jamie Murphy, Sammie Riak, Brian Farrell, Hamza Hina (Samuel Dweh 65), Chok Dau, Mat Olango (Miki Vujacic 65), Adriano Jelenovic

Perth SC: Francis Soale, Jordan De Leo, Tom Southgate, Bojan Radinovic, Kieran Colwell, Harley Orr (Paul Zimarino 74), Jackson Morgan, Kristian Santich (Jason Petrie 83), Niccolo Sabatini (Luke Garas 86), Matthew Milenkovic, Yacoub Mustafa

Bookings: Dau (61)

Dismissals: Nil

Photograph by Vince Caratozzolo / www.fotoenzo.com