SOCCER - Saving the best till last, Kamo don't disappoint

Kamo Soccer Club nailed their second trophy of the season on Saturday by beating Forrest-Hill Milford 2-1 in a tense, incident filled match.
The Auckland visitors certainly made a game of it and, despite finishing the match with 10 men after Sheldon Pillay was sent off for dissent, they were right in it until the final whistle.
Although both sides dominated the game for periods of the match at Kamo, the home created the better chances in front of goal and in the end that was the difference between the two sides, co-coach Russell Baddeley believed.
"Fair go to Forrest Hill, they brought a good side up here that won their league and their passing and movement off the ball showed that was no fluke, but I felt our boys did just shade them a little and if we had taken more of our chances it might have been a bit more comfortable," he said.
Kamo's defence played a big part in the win, negating the threat posed by the nimble Forrest Hill strikers, a relieved Baddeley said.
"For us Sanjay Singh at the back was a big factor in the win. He could turn out to play for the (Wellington) Phoenix tomorrow and not be out of place, and I thought Dominic Fromont did a good job marking their striker," he said.
David Healey was also good in defence, clearing one ball off the goal line in the second spell when the score was still 0-0, as was Shane Stanners in goal.
Baddeley said the side's supporters had turned out in numbers and really helped lift the team when they needed it in the second spell, and were a big factor in the win.
The game didn't produce a goal until the 71st minute when Sammy Oso was chopped down in the Forrest Hill area.
Steve Schimmel wrong footed the keeper, placing the ball to his left to break the deadlock. Eight minutes later David Lavelle doubled Kamo's lead, putting the ball in an empty net after Sammy Oso had drawn the defence out of position and found Lavelle unmarked.
If Kamo thought they had won they were quickly shown the error of their ways, and when Stanners could only parry a free kick two minutes later, Michael Hunter had the ball in the net to halve the lead to 2-1. Despite a rising in tension both on and off the field, the locals were able to hold out and there was little surprise when a brief scuffle broke out after the game, caused by an over-zealous Kamo spectator's remarks to one of the visiting players.
Baddeley said the win made it 23 in a row and the side still has the chance at two more trophies before the end of the season.