Sydney FC 0-1 Melbourne Victory
by Emma Burke (28/12/24)
Above: Sydney FC’s Princess Ibini – her team were unable to make the breakthrough in today’s game. Photo: Sydney FC.
Melbourne Victory’s 1-0 win over Sydney FC takes the club to second on the table, and works as a fitting farewell to defender Beattie Goad, who played her last game of professional football in this fixture.
The one and only goal of the game came early to Victory in the 14th minute, a penalty converted expertly by Alana Jancevski with her left foot, beating a diving Tahlia Franco in goal.
Despite having the majority of control of the ball throughout the game, Victory were unable to find a second goal.
They had multiple attempts on goal during open play, as did their opponents but neither side was able to convert them.
Sydney FC spent the rest of the game rebuffing attack after attack on their goal, while trying to work their way into the game and even the injection of players such as Mackenzie Hawkesby and Shea Connors couldn’t help them in their quest to find an equaliser.
Fittingly, the final kick of the game fell to Beattie Goad and in clearing away a final attempt on goal by Sydney, signed off her professional career with another win to her name, and 75 appearances in the A-League Women.
Sydney FC will continue their frankly disastrous season at home, where they will host top of the table Melbourne City, while Melbourne Victory will look ahead to hosting the Western Sydney Wanderers on 5th January, with a very large hole to fill in their left-back position.
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Teams: SYDNEY FC (4-3-3): Franco, Tumeth, Tobin, Thompson, Bryson, Caspers, Chauvet, Johnson, Dos Santos, Farrow, Ibini. Substitutes: Hawkesby, Connors, Lemon
MELBOURNE VICTORY (3-4-2-1): Newbon, Bunge, Morrison, Pickett, Goad, D’Appolonia, Flannery, Jancevski, Murphy, Lowe, Chidiac. Substitutes: O’Grady, Briedis.
Scorer: Jancevski (pen) 14’.
Referee: Bec Mackie.
Attendance: 5,630.
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