Adam Taggart helped himself to four goals as Glory downed Stirling Macedonia 5-2 in Friday evening’s pre-season friendly at Macedonia Park.
Click HERE to view Alen Stajcic’s post-game reaction.
In what was his first game in charge, new Head Coach Alen Stajcic saw his side make the best possible start as Taggart opened the scoring via a close-range finish inside the opening two minutes.
The Socceroos striker soon doubled his and Glory’s tally, again finding the net following a goalmouth scramble and he completed his hat-trick midway through the first half by crashing in a fierce shot having been teed up by the lively Stefan Colakovski.
3-0 then became 4-0 just before the break, as this time Salim Khelifi and Luke Ivanovic combined to create the chance for Taggart who again made no mistake.
To their credit, Stirling rallied after the break and forced their way back into the contest through well-taken goals from Alex Tanevski and substitute Yousif Toto.
Stajcic opted to change all ten of his outfield players on the hour-mark and the new-look Glory side managed to have the final word when David Williams rose highest to nod home Trent Ostler’s fine cross in the 90th minute.
Glory will return to pre-season action on Tuesday (5th September) with a visit to Olympic Kingsway.
Kick-off at Kingsway Reserve is at 7.30pm and admission is FREE.
Match Details
Pre-Season Friendly
Stirling Macedonia 2 Perth Glory 5 (Taggart 2′, 14′, 22′. 44′, Williams 89′)
Half-time: 0-4
Perth Glory Line-Up (first 60 minutes): 1.Oli SAIL (GK), 2.John KOUTROUMBIS, 5.Mark BEEVERS, 7.Stefan COLAKOVSKI, 12.Luke IVANOVIC, 14.Salim KHELIFI, 20.Giordano COLLI, 22.Adam TAGGART (c), 26.Corey SUTHERLAND, 29.Darryl LACHMAN, 36.Riley WARLAND
Perth Glory Line-Up (Final 30 minutes): 1.Oli SAIL (GK), 4.Luke BODNAR, 9.Jayden GORMAN, 11.Adam ZIMARINO, 16.Joseph FORDE, 18.David WILLIAMS, 23.Judd MACDOUGALL, 24.Joel ANASMO, 25.Jaylan PEARMAN, 28.Trent OSTLER, 37.Shade STEWART
Substitutes not used: 6.Aiki TSUKAMOTO, 21.James OVERY, 30.Robert COOK (GK)
Yellow Cards: None
Red Cards: None
(picture courtesy of Tom McCarthy)
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