South Hobart Lose Game As Well As Thespian Against Hobart Zebras

 Photo:  Connor Schmidt lies motionless equally team-mates environs him [PlessPix] [Click on photos to meet full-size image.]

South Hobart defender Connor Schmidt suffered a broken leg this night equally his side went downwardly 4-3 to Hobart Zebras inwards a pre-season friendly.

Schmidt was on the incorrect terminate of a tackle past times Zebras defender Luke Bighin, who received a yellowish carte du jour for the challenge.

Schmidt was stretchered off together with taken to infirmary past times ambulance.  X-rays revealed he had sustained a broken leg.

 Photo:  Schmidt is stretchered off the pitch past times South Hobart together with Zebras personnel [PlessPix]

South Hobart scored from the resultant free-kick.  Adam Gorrie floated the ball towards the far post together with Alex Walter netted to grade South Hobart a 2-0 Pb inwards the 34^th minute.

Skipper Nick Morton had given South Hobart the Pb afterward xix minutes.

A infinitesimal earlier the interval, Bighin volleyed abode from within the box to larn inwards 2-1 together with pose Zebras dorsum into the game.

 Photo:  Nick Morton puts South Hobart ahead [PlessPix]

Jordan Muller equalised for Zebras presently afterward the resumption, piece an fantabulous destination inwards the 53^rd infinitesimal past times Mathew Sanders, next a precise together with speedy gear upward on downwardly the correct involving Dwayne Walsh together with Matthew Pace, pose Zebras ahead 3-2.

 Photo:  Luke Bighin (partially obscured at left) scores for Zebras [PlessPix]

In the 57^th minute, Pace’s run downwardly the correct together with perfect cutback enabled Lachie Burt to larn inwards 4-2 for Zebras.

South Hobart pulled a destination dorsum inwards the 72^nd infinitesimal from Gorrie’s penalty, awarded for Henry Fagg’s foul on Morton, but Zebras clung to their Pb to win 4-3.

 Photo:  Zebras keeper Sam Whatman saves at the feet of South Hobart's Alex Walter [PlessPix]

“I mean value it was a skillful hit-out for both teams,” said South Hobart coach, Ken Morton.

“It was a skillful examination for us.  We played xx players this night together with most of them guide hold got a skillful fleck of game time.

“I’m happy where nosotros are at this stage.  I idea inwards the get-go one-half nosotros dominated the game quite convincingly together with then, when nosotros made a few changes, they were a fleck stronger together with sharper at the start of the 2nd half.

“I mean value overall it was a skillful hit-out for us.  We had skillful possession at times but simply missed a few chances which possibly would guide hold made it a fleck closer.”

 Photo:  Zebras' Mathew Sanders (No.17) together with South Hobart's Nick Morton come upward to grips [PlessPix]

 Photo:  The province of affairs became quite tense together with South's Ben Hamlett together with Zebras' Dwayne Walsh choke involved [PlessPix]

Hobart Zebras coach, David Smith, said it had been a skillful workout for his team.

“The South Hobart boys were much improve early than us again, but nosotros changed shape together with went to a 4-4-2 together with I mean value that helped a lot.

“We had a skillful chat at half-time most possibly putting a lot to a greater extent than push clit per unit of measurement area on them rather than sitting back.

 Photo:  Zebras' Luke Bighin (left) clears equally South Hobart's Bradley Lakoseljac rushes in [PlessPix]

“I idea when nosotros changed it, Matty Sanders together with Matty Pace worked together quite well, together with I was actually pleased amongst a yoke of youngsters who came on.  Young Jones together with Chase [Clarke] did good for us.

“To survive fair, [Henry] Fagg together with Luke [Bighin] did also.

“I’m pretty happy amongst it.  Twenty-three players got a run together with we’ve had 2 games inwards 5 days.”

Photo:  Former South Hobart actor Antonio Saracino, who is right away amongst Sydney FC's academy, watches tonight's game amongst a friend [PlessPix]