Melbourne Victory 2-0 Sydney FC
By Joe Rosedon (24/1/25)
Above: Goalscorer Alana Jancevski (blue shirt) and Princess Ibini challenge for the ball. Photo: Sydney FC.
Melbourne Victory go top of the ALW table following a 2-0 win over Sydney FC in The Big Blue. A brilliant Alana Jancevski free kick and a goal from Holly Furphy on debut give Victory their third consecutive triumph against Sydney FC.
Melbourne Victory was quick to make their mark in the game and Jancevski was the one to do so. It what will be considered one of the goals of the season, Jancevski rocketed home the opener from a tremendous direct free kick from into the top right corner that gave Brianna Edwards minimal chance of saving. It was fitting that a childhood Melbourne Victory fan was the one to open the scoring in The Big Blue
Sydney’s first real response to the goal was on the 40th Minute. Princess Ibini’s cushioned header placed the ball into the path of Caley Tallon- Henniker. Her first touch set up the volley but the eventual attempt on goal was dragged pass the post. Tallon- Henniker again was Sydney’s brightest spark in the first half soon after but her effort at the near post was simple for Courtney Newbon to deal with.
Sydney started the second half brightly, having plenty of the possession and looked threatening. Indiana Dos Santos tried the remarkable and attempted to score directly from a corner just before the hour mark, but Newbon punched away emphatically. Margaux Chauvet also found herself close to scoring her first ALW goal but her effort inside the box was always rising over the bar.
The closet Sydney came to goal came when Mackenzie Hawkesby’s corner was met by Natalie Tobin. Tobin headed into the path of Abbey Lemon who was lurking in the six-yard box. Lemon made good contact but was somehow denied by the shoulder of Newbon,
Immediately following Sydney’s best opportunity to equalise, Melbourne Victory wrapped up the game and it was another Melbourne native on the scoresheet. Rachel Lowe’s outside of the foot through ball found the debuting Furphy. Furphy rounded Edwards, remained composed and finished to seal all three points and take Victory to the top of the table.
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Teams: MELBOURNE VICTORY (4-3-3): Newbon, Pickett, Bunge, Morrison, Jancesvki, D’Appolonia, Murphy, Chidiac, Glelnik, Lowe, Flannery Substitutes: Candy, Curtis, Sakalis, O’Grady, Furphy.
Scorers: Jancevski 4′, Furphy 77’.
SYDNEY FC (4-1-4-1) Edwards, Tumeth, Thompson, Tobin, Bryson, Chauvet, Hawkesby, Johnson, Dos Santos, Ibini, Tallon-Henniker. Substitutes: Lemon, Connors, Caspers, Luchtmeijer, Franco.
Referee: Georgia Ghirardello.
Attendance: 2,494.
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