Western Sydney Wanderers 0-4 Brisbane Roar
By Joe Rosedon (23/11/24)
Above: Tameka Yallop of Brisbane Roar. Photo: Brisbane Roar
Brisbane Roar went top of the table after thumping winless Western Sydney Wanderers 4-0 in the second game of the Unite Round.
A double from Momo Hayashi coupled with goals from Tameka Yallop in her record-breaking game and Emily Pringle was enough to seal a commanding win for the Queensland side.
Brisbane dominated the ball in the opening stage but without creating anything that could be considered a clear-cut chance. Both Sharn Freier and Tamar Levin looked lively on the wings, but Western Sydney were able to keep them relatively quiet.
Western Sydney’s resistance did not last much longer. In fortunate circumstances, Brisbane took the lead. Hayashi’s deflected free kick wrongfooted Western Sydney keeper Shamiran Khamis to give the Roar the lead and score her first goal for Brisbane.
Brisbane were firmly on top following the opening goal and looked threatening on every attack. Levin’s close-range effort was smothered well by Khamis whilst Alicia Woods clattered the crossbar on the half-volley after Khamis’ punched clearance could only reach the midfielder.
The Roar deservedly doubled their lead in the closing stages of the first half, Hayashi making the difference once again. Yallop’s deep free kick was flicked by Levin to Hayashi to finish first time on the edge of the box.
Brisbane continued their dominance into the second half. Evdokiya Popadinova was able to drift to the right side and cut the ball back towards Yallop. The Matilda was inches away from a third goal, but the Western Sydney defence did just about enough to stop her from tapping home.
On her recording breaking 153rd appearance for Brisbane, it felt just that Yallop would get in on the goal scoring action. A poor back pass from Western Sydney was capitalised on by Yallop, curling home from outside the penalty area with an excellent finish.
The pick of the goals, and Brisbane’s fourth, came from Emily Pringle. The American picked up the ball near the corner then brilliantly put the ball through the legs of Danika Matos. With the now acquired space in the box, Pringle drove in and fired past Khamis to complete a comfortable victory.
Teams: WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS (4-4-2): Khamis, Matos, Buchanan, Harrison, Hayward, Chessari, Younis, Harada, Saveska, Rue, Harding. Substitutes: Segavcic, Ferris, Kapetanellis, Trew, Bennett.
BRISBANE ROAR (4-3-3): Sekany, De la Harpe, McQueen, Varley, Blissett, Hayashi, Yallop, Woods, Levin, Popadinova, Freier. Substitutes: Richards, Kruger, Kuilamu, Hecher, Pringle.
Scorers: Hayashi 18’, 45+1’, Yallop 67’, Pringle 84’.
Referee: Kelly Jones.
Attendance: 1,398.
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