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A-League
| A-League Scoreboard - Round 8 |
| Adelaide United gained some kind of revenge for last year's grand final humiliation when they won a hard-fought contest against Melbourne Victory 4-1 at Hindmarsh Stadium. The Reds were first on the scorebook after an own-goal from Milicevic; and moments after the restart Travis Dodd wrong-footed the Victory defence to go 2-0 up after just 15 minutes. Archie Thompson got one back just before half-time, but a header to bring up Dodd's second restored the 2-goal advantage for the Reds. A strike from Pantelis in injury time put the icing on the cake; and ensured the Reds would open up a 3-goal advantage on goal difference over the reigning champions. Adelaide United 4 (L Milecevic 14 og, T Dodd 15, 64, L Pantelis 90) Melbourne Victory 1 (A Thompson 45). Yellow Cards : Adelaide - S Ontong 82. Victory - M Kemp 3, C Hernandez 29, S Pantelidis 56, L Milicevic 84). Referee - M Shield. Crowd - 13,372 at Hindmarsh Stadium. Perth Glory went into their match against Sydney FC on the ropes, but came out fighting and were unlucky not to secure their first win of the season. Against the run of play, Alex Brosque scored shortly before half-time to put Sydney FC 1-0 up at the break; but the Glory played their best football of the season to date in the second half. A header from Djulbic found Jamie Harnwell in range to post an equaliser; and minutes later James Robinson put the Glory in front. When Mitchell Prentice's free kick went over the wall and into the Sydney FC goal in the 70th minute, the Glory were leading 3-1 and looked home. But sadly for the locals, it wasn't to be. Patrick got one back for Sydney FC minutes later to set up an exciting finish. Deep into injury time, a corner found Patrick, who headed the ball down to the feet of Alex Brosque within scoring range to bang home the equaliser; a result that broke the Glory hearts and enabled Sydney to salvage a point they barely deserved. Perth Glory 3 (J Harnwell 53, J Robinson 59, M Prentice 69) Sydney FC 3 (A Brosque 39 90, Patrick 72). Yellow Cards : Glory - S Colosimo 42, N Sekulovski 48, M Prentice 73. Sydney - D Zdrillic 52. Referee - M Breeze. Crowd - 6,876 at Members Equity Stadium. Newcastle returned to second place on the ladder when the Jets took out a 2-1 win over Wellington Phoenix. After 17 minutes, Noel Spencer found Joel Griffiths, who with a pinpoint pass set up first-gamer James Holland for the perfect debut. Returning Socceroo Ahmed Elrich was making his first appearance for the Phoenix, but it was his younger brother Tarek who stole the show when he set up Joel Griffiths shortly before the break to give the Jets a 2-0 lead. For the second week in a row the Phoenix got a late goal back to reduce the deficit. This time it was with the last kick of the game, in a desperate scramble that just crossed the line. It was the third injury-time goal in as many games this round - goals that in one case turned a result, and for the other games could be all-important should goal difference be required to determine finals positions. Newcastle Jets 2 (J Holland 17, J Griffiths 40) Wellington Phoenix 1 (S Old 90). Yellow Cards : Jets - S Laybutt 53. Phoenix - V Lia 38, R Johnson 56, A Elrich 80). Referee - B Williams. Crowd - 11,947 at Energy Australia Stadium. Ladder leaders Central Coast were stunned after 5 minutes when a corner from Matt McKay found Josh McCloughan who put the Roar in front. The Mariners found themselves in further grief when Bradley Porter found himself red-carded after a clash with McKay. Replays showed it may have been a tough decision; but it left the Mariners with only 10 men. The top side were forced to defend, which they did strongly to contain the damage; but the 1-0 result reduces their lead on top of the ladder to just 1 point; and leaves the Roar only outside the top 4 on goal difference. Central Coast Mariners 0 Queensland Roar 1 (J McCloughan 5). Yellow Cards : Mariners - D Heffernan 36, G Owens 55, S Petrovski 64. Roar - D Tiatto 22, M Zullo 42, J McCloughan 45, Marcinho 65. Red Cards : Mariners - B Porter 31. Referee - P O'Leary. Crowd - 8,113 at Bluetongue Stadium. |
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| ROUND 8: Friday 12th October Adelaide United 4 Melbourne Victory 1 Perth Glory 3 Sydney FC 3 Sunday 14th October Newcastle Jets 2 Wellington Phoenix 1 Central Coast M'ners 0 Queensland Roar 1 ROUND 9: Friday 19th October Newcastle Jets v Queensland Roar (8.00) Saturday 20th October Sydney FC v Adelaide United (7.00) Sunday 21st October Wellington P'nix v C. Coast M'ners (2.00) Melbourne Victory v Perth Glory (4.30) |