Sydney Olympic coach Pat Marando will continue to walk the coaching tightrope this week after a losing 2-1 to Manly United at Cromer Park on Sunday night.

A penalty goal scored by De Moraes sees South Melbourne defeat Green Gully in a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Green Gully at Bob Jane Stadium.

Former Sydney Olympic players Tolgay Ozbey and Ante Deur came back to haunt their old team as they guided Blacktown City to an emphatic 4-1 win over Sydney Olympic.

A 40-metre drive by young gun Mitchell Stamatelis has salvaged Sydney Olympic a 2-2 draw against a determined Bankstown City Lions outfit.

PAS Ioannina stole a point, and perhaps should have had all three, while AEK has ended Kavala’s play-off hopes with a classy performance.

Northcote City earned its first VPL points in 19 years thanks to the exciting 3-3 draw with South Melbourne.

Bentleigh Greens earnt their first win of the season with a 1-0 victory over Altona, last year’s VPL titleholder.

Greek Australian golden-girl Lydia Lassila touched down in Melbourne last week, following her Winter Olympic triumph in Vancouver. Thomas Andronas was there to greet her.

A disappointing Greece suffered a friendly 2-0 defeat to Senegal in Volos on Wednesday in a match supposed to mirror Greece’s World Cup match against Nigeria this June.

Panathinaikos are back on top of the Super League and Olympiakos are still in hot pursuit after both sides beat Athenian opposition 2-0 on Sunday.