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Hyundai A-League 2009/10 Round 23 Review

Written by Administrator   
Monday, 18 January 2010 12:48

It was a round where Sydney blinked and the Gold Coast and Melbourne pounced. Adelaide’s woes continued while Wellington gave the biggest sign yet that they’re raring for that mythical beast that is finals football. We recap the weekend action by the numbers.

Wellington Phoenix                              3 (Eugene DADI 47’, Paul IFILL 78’, Jon McKAIN 90’)
North Queensland Fury                        0
Friday, 15 January 2010
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Referee: Peter Green
Assistant referee: Jan Hintz and Matthew Cheeseman
Fourth official: Matthew Conger
Crowd: 7,758
 
Wellington Phoenix line-up: 40.Liam REDDY (gk), 2.Manny MUSCAT, 3.Tony LOCHHEAD, 4.Jon McKAIN, 6.Tim BROWN, 7.Leo BERTOS, 8.Paul IFILL, 13.Troy HEARFIELD, 15.Eugene DADI (23.Costa BARBAROUSES), 17.Vince LIA, 22.Andrew DURANTE (c)

Substitutes not used: 14.Adrian CACERES, 18.Ben SIGMUND, 20.Reece CROWTHER (gk)
 
Yellow Cards: Manny MUSCAT 28’, Tim BROWN 55’
 
Red Cards: Nil
 
 
North Queensland Fury line-up: 20.Justin PASFIELD (gk), 3.Chris TADROSSE, 6.Ufuk TALAY (15.Fred AGIUS 60’), 9.Robbie FOWLER (c), 10.Jeremy BROCKIE, 14.Chris GROSSMAN, 16.Paul KOHLER (25.Grant SMITH 77’), 19.James DOWNEY, 23.Rostyn GRIFFITHS, 24.Dyron DAAL, 26.Matt SMITH

Substitutes not used: 1.Paul HENDERSON (gk), 27.Terry COOKE
 
Yellow Cards: Robbie FOWLER 35’, Chris TADROSSE 46’, Grant SMITH 86’
 
Red Cards: Nil
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Adelaide United                                                1 (Travis DODD 43’)
Central Coast Mariners                                     1 (Nik MRDJA  39’ (pen))
Friday, 15 January 2010
Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Referee: Chris Beath
Assistant referee: Matthew Cream and Daniel Goodwin
Fourth official: Stephen Toth
Crowd: 10,156

Adelaide United line-up: 1.Eugene GALEKOVIC (gk), 4.Iain FYFE, 5.Daniel MULLEN, 6.CASSIO, 7.Lucas PANTELIS, 11.Lloyd OWUSU (9.CRISTIANO 79’), 13.Travis DODD (c) (16.Inseob SHIN 56’), 17.Michael MARRONE, 18.Fabian BARBIERO (10.Adam HUGHES 63’), 19.Mathew LECKIE, 21.Mark RUDAN

Substitutes not used: 20.Mark BIRIGHITTI (gk)
 
Yellow Cards: Adam HUGHES 66’, Lucas PANTELIS 67’, CASSIO 67’

Red Cards: Nil
 
Central Coast Mariners line-up: 20.Danny VUKOVIC (gk), 4.Pedj BOJIC, 5.Brad PORTER, 7.John HUTCHINSON, 8.Dean HEFFERNAN, 9.Nik MRDJA, 15.Andrew CLARK (14. Michael MCGLINCHEY 66’), 16.Nigel BOOGAARD, 17.Chris DOIG, 18.Alex WILKINSON (c), 19.Matt SIMON (23.Adam KWASNIK 81’)

Substitutes not used: 1.Andrew REDMAYNE (gk), 2.Matthew CROWELL
 
Yellow Cards: Matt SIMON 64’, Dean HEFFERNAN 78’
 
Red Cards: Nil
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Melbourne Victory                                            6 (Archie THOMPSON 4’, Robbie KRUSE 12’/26’/39’, Kevin MUSCAT  81’ (pen), Carlos HERNANDEZ 83’)
Perth Glory                                                      2 (Rodrigo VARGAS  20’ (og), Mile STERJOVSKI 53’)
Saturday, 16 January 2010
Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Referee: Strebre Delovski
Assistant referee: Hakan Anaz and Shaun Evans
Fourth official: Alex Azcurra
Crowd: 20,448
 
Melbourne Victory line-up:.1.Mitchell LANGERAK (gk), 2.Kevin MUSCAT (c), 6.Leigh BROXHAM, 8.Grant BREBNER, 10.Archie THOMPSON, 12.Rodrigo VARGAS, 15.Tom PONDELJAK, 16.Carlos HERNANDEZ (25.Aziz BEHICH 84’), 21.Robbie KRUSE (26.Marvin ANGULO 76’), 22.Nick WARD (17.Matthew FOSCHINI 65’), 23.Adrian LEIJER.
 
Substitutes not used: 20.Glen MOSS (gk)

Yellow cards: Nil

Red cards: Nil
 
 
Perth Glory line-up: 1.Tando VELAPHI (gk), 3.Jamie COYNE, 4.Andy TODD, 5. Jamie HARNWELL (11.Branko JELIC 68’), 6.Chris COYNE (2.Danny MCBREEN 38’), 7.Jacob BURNS (c), 12.Scott NEVILLE, 16.Adriano PELLEGRINO, 17.Todd HOWARTH, 19.Naum SEKULOVSKI (13.Scott BULLOCH 70’), 21.Mile STERJOVSKI.
 
Substitutes not used: 20.Aleks VRTESKI (gk)


Yellow cards: Jamie HARNWELL 32’, Chris COYNE 35’

Red cards: Nil
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Brisbane Roar                                      0
Newcastle Jets                                     2 (Matt THOMPSON 50’, Michael BRIDGES 55’(pen))
Saturday, 16 January 2010
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Referee: Matthew Breeze
Assistant referee: Jason Power and David Walsh
Fourth official: Matthew Gillett
Crowd: 6,680

Brisbane Roar: 1.Matt HAM (gk), 3.Luke DEVERE, 4.Pieter COLLEN, 7.Michael ZULLO, 8.Massimo MURDOCCA (14.Adam SAROTA 77’), 9.Sergio VAN DIJK, 11.REINALDO, 12.Matthew MUNDY (17. Mitch NICHOLS 60’), 15.Matt McKAY (c), 19.Isaka CERNAK (21.Tommy OAR 46’), 22.Ivan FRANJIC
 
Substitutes not used: 30. Matt ACTON (gk)
 
Yellow cards: Adam SAROTA 78’
 
Red cards: Nil
 
 
Newcastle Jets: 1. Ben KENNEDY (gk), 2. Angelo COSTANZO, 3. Adam D’APUZZO, 4. Nikolai TOPOR-STANLEY, 5. Ljubo MILICEVIC, 6. Ben KANTAROVSKI, 7. Jin-Hyung SONG, 8. Matt THOMPSON (c)(26. Ali ABBAS 76’), 11. Tarek ELRICH, 12. Jobe WHEELHOUSE, 14. Michael BRIDGES (15. Sean ROONEY 66’)
 
Substitutes not used: 30. Dion SHAW (gk), 22. Kaz PATAFTA
 
Yellow cards: Nil
 
Red cards: Nil
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Sydney FC                                           0
Gold Coast United                                1 (Joel PORTER 19’)
Sunday, 17 January 2010
Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Referee: Ben Williams
Assistant referee: Ben Wilson and Daniel Dewhurst
Fourth official: Kris Griffth Jones
Crowd: 14,941

Sydney FC line-up: 1.Clint BOLTON (gk), 3.Stephan KELLER, 4.Simon COLOSIMO, 6.Karol KISEL, 8.Stuart MUSIALIK, 9.John ALOISI, 10.Steve CORICA (c) (23. Rhyan GRANT 85’), 12.Shannon COLE, 15.Terry MCFLYNN (26 Hayden FOXE 82’), 19.Mark BRIDGE (16.Chris PAYNE 60’), 22.Sung-Hwan BYUN


Substitutes not used: 20.Ivan NECEVSKI (gk)
 
Yellow cards: Simon COLOSIMO 26’, Mark BRIDGE 55’
 
Red cards: Nil

 
Gold Coast United line-up: 1.Jess VANSTRATTAN (gk), 3.Michael THWAITE, 7.Zenon CARAVELLA, 9.Shane SMELTZ, 10.Jason CULINA (c), 13.Bas VAN DEN BRINK, 14.Joel PORTER (2.Steve PANTELIDIS 74’), 15.Tahj MINNIECON (18.James BROWN 53’), 16.Kristian REES, 24.ANDERSON (23.Steve FITZSIMMONS 85’), 36.Dino DJULBIC.

Substitutes not used: 20.Scott HIGGINS (gk)
 
Yellow cards: James BROWN 71’, Steve FITZSIMMONS 87’, Jason CULINA 09’+4
 
Red cards: Nil

 



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