A-League Mens 24/25 - Quarter Final

[Barca4life]

Melb Victory’s finals experience came to the fore tonight, they were the better team tonight and even with the undefeated streak WSW looked like dears in the headlights and overall it was too bright for them as I don’t think they played as well as they usually did.

I think Victory will give Auckland a good crack, after all Auckland have been the best team in the competition but Victory’s experience in finals games could be a factor in this one.

 

[TheSelectFew]

i dont get the finals games, all the money goes to the FA and there is no reward, no ALC/2 no nothing.

Gotta keep it for the DCC fans. Honestly, who cares? It's more games for the players and more dipsticks through the turnstiles.

 

[HappyGuus]

Must be a full moon or something. Diles vs Staj after the whistle, and just now in the Ulster Final after the whistle... who did it better?

 

[Frankly Speaking]

I would not be surprised if Arzani does a Mooy and heads back to Europe in his mid 20s, which is now, so next season.

I can see him doing well in Holland or Belgium, even France.

 

[Frankly Speaking]

Can anyone explain what the dustup between the two coaches was all about? It looked to be instigated by Stajic.

 

[Kitwally]

Stajcic being a sore loser?

 

[Barca4life]

Stajcic being a sore loser?

We know coaches like players some have got large egos, but it doesn't look like Stajcic takes losing too well.

 

[FeedTheBrox]

Melb Victory’s finals experience came to the fore tonight, they were the better team tonight and even with the undefeated streak WSW looked like dears in the headlights and overall it was too bright for them as I don’t think they played as well as they usually did.

I think Victory will give Auckland a good crack, after all Auckland have been the best team in the competition but Victory’s experience in finals games could be a factor in this one.

While I thought we were a small chance (the 4-2 result in March flattered them IMO), I was very surprised by that result.

That game was complete dominance. Arzani had the ball on a string and apart from the 2 minute spell when they scored, our defence held up very well.

The tactics Diles deployed was interesting. We overloaded the left flank. Arzani, Bos and Nish were all looking for each other on the left. And they struggled to deal with it.

It got a bit nervy at the end as we sat back and tried to hold them off, but overall, we were the better team.

Was finals experience a factor? You would have to say yes in hindsight.

We now have a home game (and a women’s GF) to deal with next weekend. Next weekend just got very interesting. Of course Auckland will be very tough, but if Arzani is able to play like that again, we will push them all the way.