Sorry about this being slightly late guys, I'll be doing another preview again tomorrow since there's a match on thursday. God, for such a lazy country, these Aussies dont half keep me on my toes, do they? Anyway, for once, I've actually been watching the matches (I found a live stream - WINNING!). So yeah, I can give you a decent report now :)
Brisbane Roar 1-2 Central Coast Mariners
Precition: CCM Win
What did I say? Brisbane began bright, with lots of attacking intent, but a MASSIVE blunder from Theokl...their keeper let in Mustafa Amini to score an early goal, albeit with a fairly decent finish. In fact, I'm going to link a video.
I should mention, Amini pulled his groin while celebrating this, which was pretty funny. Even after conceding this early howler, Brisbane continued pressing, but to no avail, as Ibini made the score 2-0 after a well worked move. Roar got a consolation goal through Kofi Danning.
This result means Central Coast are now top of the table by three points, and with a game in hand, and both Heart and Sydney are only 2 points behind Brisbane with a game in hand. They need to buck up their ideas, and ensure their dismal run doesn't continue next week against bottom of the table Gold Coast, though GCU did just win 3-0...it's going to be a long summer for Brisbane. Central Coast on the other hand continue their own little run and will go into the match against Perth Glory full of confidence.
Newcastle Jets 1-2 Sydney FC
Prediction: Draw, possibly Sydney win
Why is Nick Carle so highly rated? He was appauling! The commentators said he was doing fantastically, but he was just hitting tame shots at the keeper and losing the ball. I'll never understand these commentators.
Anyway, the match. Brockie scored a tremendous volley (measured at 94kph) to give a controlling Jets side a deserved 1-0 lead going into half time. However, something awoke in Sydney, and they powered back into the match, with Bruno Cazarine scoring a tap in on the hour mark, and from there, Sydney were all over the Jets. The Blues completely exploited a high defensive line with their pace, and their second goal came as no suprise as Juho Makela, the flying Finn, glanced a header in in the 84th minute to complete a fantastic Sydney comeback. This match was actually a joy to watch, and the one down side was Wheelhouse lashing out in frustration and exhaustion to pick up a red card and ruling him out of the Jets next couple of games. Jets looked tired after an hour or so, and their training schedule definitely needs to be looked at.
Sydney are now only 2 points off second-placed Brisbane Roar with a game in hand, whilst Newcastle lie in 7th place. Not really much more to say.
Perth Glory 1-2 Melbourne Heart
Prediction: Heart win
God damn I'm good with my predictions so far, that's 2.5 out of 3 (i'm counting the sydney result). Anyway, Mate Dugandzic (what a name) scored in the 87th minute to give Melbourne Heart a thrilling victory in the summer sun in Perth. Billy Mehmet (told you) and Matt Thompson both scored early goals and the match seemed to be heading for a 1-1 draw, but Heart snatched the late winner to give them their third win on the trot and hand Perth a back to back loss.
Heart's win now puts them 2 points behind Brisbane, and 5 points of the top off the top of the table, while Glory have slumped to 8th place with only 4 points separating them and bottom club Gold Coast.
Melbourne Victory 3-1 Wellington Pheonix
Prediction: Wellington win
I'd like to quote something from my previous post if you wouldn't mind.
"In case you weren't sure, that's a bigtime Wellington Pheonix win. Watch the blues prove me wrong now. "
They only went and proved me wrong -.-'
The game began brightly, with the 3 Melbourne goals coming in the first 25 minutes. Carlos Hernandez was imperious as ever, and there should have been more goals for the home side as they failed to turn their dominance into goals. Harry Kewell continued his goal drought, but he still shone. However, the game had a nasty sting in its tail for the hosts, as they had Billy Celeski sent off and Archie Thompson sidelined with an ankle injury.
For Wellington...well there wasn't really anything to say. They played their 3rd match in a week, and definitely showed it. How they managed to withstand the bombardment of shots at their goal. They will now have 5 days to get back to basics and have a bit of a rest before their home match against Newcastle Jets on the 23rd.
Victory have now leapfrogged Pheonix into 5th place with a game in hand, and hopefully this...victory...will be the spark they need to turn around their wretched recent form. Pheonix just need to hope this won't end their relatively good run, and need to pick themselves up next week.
I'm Peter Duke, and you've all been amazing. See y'all...tomorrow
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