Before the big one
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009Before the big one on Saturday night there was the small matter of the kick off the 2009 Victorian Premier League season on Friday night. Kicking off the action was my second favourite Australian football team, the Richmond Eagles at Kevin Bartlett Reserve against the Whittlesea Zebras.
Like last season the Richmond boys started the season of in style and didn’t appear to be missing the services of Golden Boot winner, Pablo Cardozo and Jesse Krncevic as they ran 3-0 winners on a somewhat balmy night.
The player really grabbed my attention was Daniel Visevic, a player once on the books of Melbourne Victory in a cadet ship type of role before trying his luck with Dinamo Zagreb. His performance as an attacking midfielder on Friday night was second to one with his incisive passing being the highlight. The deft finish for the third goal was truly sensational. He will be certainly one to watch and it wouldn’t surprise to see him back with the Victory or maybe another A-League team before the season’s end.
