Its seems South Melbourne’s president, Leo Athanasakis’ visit to the local priest this weekend paid off.
The team came away from their South Hobart match in the NPL Finals series unscathed, finishing 1-0.
It took the Greek sponsored team just six minutes to seal the win, after an overhead kick by Jamie Reed has the hosts running to catch up.
A small contingent of travelling South Melbourne fans were at least reimbursed for the efforts with the Hobart win and now will be able to come out in force when the semi-final match begins this weekend.
Injury clouds Stephen Hazikostas after he was led off the pitch limping after coming into contact with a South Hobart midfielder, and might be benched for the semi-final.
South Melbourne will take on South Australian team MetroStars SC this weekend. Match details will be released at a later date.