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Hawks swoop to finals

STANMORE Hawks booked their finals berth with a thrilling 3-1 victory against Gladesville Ryde Magic at Arlington Oval on Saturday night.

The game could not be split over 90 minutes, with 1-1 the score at the end of regulation time.
Magic custodian Kiriakos Tohouroglou was the man of the match in this tie, the veteran goalkeeper saved his side with a host of spectacular saves.
Arlington fell to darkness around the half hour mark after the lights switched off unexpectedly.
The malfunction delayed the match for just over 10 minutes and seem to have benefited the visitors once play resumed.
They were on the front foot following the restart, however Stanmore had show stopper Nick Carosi to thank after he came to the rescue with a string of impressive saves.
The first goal of the contest arrived just before half time after Peter Yannopoulos capitalised off Wohlfiel’s cross at the near post.
Magic found the equaliser via a cracking volley from captain Chris Gaitatzis on the edge of the 18-yard area. The Premiers’ third goal of the encounter arrived via the boot of Sam Awad.
Stanmore will now progress into this weekend’s Grand Final against SD Raiders FC at Rockdale on Saturday from 5pm.