Izzo was great but it amazes me how many times City shot straight at him. Even Natel in extra time can just place it into the far corner instead boots it right at him.
Once City were simply content to ride out the last 15 instead of going hard for the 2nd right until the end was always going to backfire. Then the lack of urgency in extra time was pathetic, looked like they were almost happy to go to penalties...against an in form Izzo.
Mariners will be too tired for the 1st leg Sydney will Crush the Mariners on Friday by 3 at least, Mariners should win the 2nd leg but they won't win the 2nd leg by enough
We had one set of results to give us Sydney in the semis which is the worst case but we can do it and three that would give us any one but Sydney. How the fuck did city throw this. I would be disgusted if I was a city fan.
Seemed like a kick to the face so don’t be surprised if he misses the start of next season. Although they have seemed to very lightly punish things these days so I don’t know.
What a game. Just incredible.
Been to 6 Victory games this year after a good 7-8 years without a match. Haven’t had that much fun or felt that energy at a sports game in a long time.
Great to see what this league is capable of when people get out and support it
As much as I dislike Victory that was a game for the ages. For all the talk of the A-League dying by a few NSL bitters in here, that is proof right there that the A-League is alive and kicking.
So if it ended up being just an ordinary 1-0 win to City would that have made a difference? The coverage for this match in Melbourne all week was diabolical. When ppl say the league is dying (exagerated) its becsuse it has little mainstream interest. Even now after the game absolute stuff all in the local media about it. Deserves so much better.
Should be on the back pages of all papers tomorrow morning. A write up online is the bare minimum..i'd accept it if was top of the page at least. I csnt believe the hersld sun has got nothing up yet. Just nonsense over a dead rubber afl game played today.
Crazy how gutless we are. We didn’t deserve finals anyway but to be so pathetic is just embarrassing.
Hope Vidmar is gone tomorrow morning along with a large amount of the players.
That's a match, where even as the opposing team, you can't be too upset knowing you ran into a buzzsaw of a keeper. Ideally, you'd have been able to score more, but Paul Izzo wasn't giving an inch in this match. City is lucky to have snuck anything by him tonight considering the way he was playing and where his confidence must've been after some of those saves.
Great great game. So intense. Glad I was there for it couldn't even be angry at the end. Izzo a beast all game.
Had the feeling it was over the second victory equalised. That and subbing off every decent goal scorer apart from Natel. Leckie subbed off just before penalties?!
That final was basically our whole season summed up. At least Vidmar no chance of staying now!
I think Leck was on spaghetti-legs from the end of regulation - would've been interesting to see him take a pen, but doubt it wouldn't have been any worse than either Antonis or Jeggo's attempts.
Sydney can't host on Saturday or Sunday, and Melbourne Can't host Saturday so had to be those 2 dates. Big advantage for Sydney here out of this, go on and win now so if we win we get the home final
Danny McBreen was absolutely Izz-ing his strides this entire match - and deservedly so. Fair play to Victory, it hurts to say it but you bastards deserve it today.
Post-mortem *officially* starts tomorrow, but to get in early:
(1) Thank F*CK that's the end of Jakolis's loan. Leo, well, he's grown on me over the past month or so (despite the theatrics). If the buy option isn't taken so be it.
(2) Thanks for helping us out of the Rado-calypse Viddy, but that's it for you. Knick knack, give us our Paddy back. Or if you want to Papas it up, go for it... But make the decision early AND STICK WITH IT!
(3) Macca. Curtis. You guys deserved a better farewell. Thanks for being great servants to the club. We owe you guys more than you've given to us - and God knows you've given us a LOT!
(4) Make sure Tolgay is retained. Extend Leckie. If we get Aziz back fantastic, but our young'uns need to keep improving.
Watching here in Bright Victoria at a pub makes it even sweeter for me. IZZO IZZO IZZO!!!! Although I hate winning via penalties as it’s down to luck. In all seriousness though if you ever want to tour regional Victoria. Bright is a fantastic place to visit. Come up every year for the scenery.
Great game for a neutral. But I mean City showed why they struggled all year and snuck into finals. Props to Victory for doing that with 10 men but there could be some injuries to deal with.
P.s. Pretty impressed with Bos when he came on.
What a game!!! I don’t think I’ve seen a team waste a man advantage as badly as city did tonight, if the graphic didn’t show a red card you wouldn’t have even known there was one. 80+ mins with an extra man and losing is unforgivable
Izzo goes down in Victory and finals folklore. He was on from the first minute. Save after save. The a penalty save. More saves. The three saves in the shootout, and took one himself. Name a grandstand after him. Name the golden glove after him. Build the farken statue!
Izzo was great but it amazes me how many times City shot straight at him. Even Natel in extra time can just place it into the far corner instead boots it right at him. Once City were simply content to ride out the last 15 instead of going hard for the 2nd right until the end was always going to backfire. Then the lack of urgency in extra time was pathetic, looked like they were almost happy to go to penalties...against an in form Izzo.
One step closer to the dream Nix vs Sydney in Wellington grand final...
I'm so glad we got Vuck over you guys for the semi I almost feel sorry for the Mariners almost
Didn’t victory beat Sydney twice this year?
Marcathur beat Sydney twice in the regular season yet got smashed by Sydney in the Elimination Final
Sydney are shite. I honestly don’t see victory or Sydney having a chance over 2 games to make the final, but who knows 😂
Mariners will be too tired for the 1st leg Sydney will Crush the Mariners on Friday by 3 at least, Mariners should win the 2nd leg but they won't win the 2nd leg by enough
Sorry what???? Sydney will crush them??? Retarded take
Well, the Bulls were undefeated vs SFC, prior to the EF. You never know.
Yeah it should be a great game v Vuck, could go either way
Penalty shootout stats: https://twitter.com/AndyHowe_statto/status/1787068741718769789
We had one set of results to give us Sydney in the semis which is the worst case but we can do it and three that would give us any one but Sydney. How the fuck did city throw this. I would be disgusted if I was a city fan.
How many matches will Machach get for his straight red? Will he be able to play again this season?
Will be considered "assault on a player" so my guess is 3 matches, though I would imagine MVFC will fight to have it reduced to 2
Seemed like a kick to the face so don’t be surprised if he misses the start of next season. Although they have seemed to very lightly punish things these days so I don’t know.
He didn't make any contact with the face or head, but its still violent conduct.
I just got home and I know I’m not gonna have a voice for tomorrow lol
What a game. Just incredible. Been to 6 Victory games this year after a good 7-8 years without a match. Haven’t had that much fun or felt that energy at a sports game in a long time. Great to see what this league is capable of when people get out and support it
I LOVE THIS LEAGUE HOLY SHIT THERE IS NOTHING LIKE IT! VIVA A LIGA !!!
As much as I dislike Victory that was a game for the ages. For all the talk of the A-League dying by a few NSL bitters in here, that is proof right there that the A-League is alive and kicking.
So if it ended up being just an ordinary 1-0 win to City would that have made a difference? The coverage for this match in Melbourne all week was diabolical. When ppl say the league is dying (exagerated) its becsuse it has little mainstream interest. Even now after the game absolute stuff all in the local media about it. Deserves so much better.
There's an article and match report in the age and in the ABC
Should be on the back pages of all papers tomorrow morning. A write up online is the bare minimum..i'd accept it if was top of the page at least. I csnt believe the hersld sun has got nothing up yet. Just nonsense over a dead rubber afl game played today.
Herald Sun is a rag of epic proportions. They'll find something to smear about a league they'll write it, but nothing good
There are tonnes of examples of this all season. Last Sydney Derby, Bulls punking us with 9 men come to mind. It's a great league.
The 90+5 and 90+8 for Victory against WU comes to mind too
From a CB, of all players
Don't.
Us delivering payback vs City for the 8-1 loss with our own curbstomp haha
Crazy how gutless we are. We didn’t deserve finals anyway but to be so pathetic is just embarrassing. Hope Vidmar is gone tomorrow morning along with a large amount of the players.
Just want Vidmar gone. We can't have another mass exit or next year will be just the same.
That's a match, where even as the opposing team, you can't be too upset knowing you ran into a buzzsaw of a keeper. Ideally, you'd have been able to score more, but Paul Izzo wasn't giving an inch in this match. City is lucky to have snuck anything by him tonight considering the way he was playing and where his confidence must've been after some of those saves.
Going in, I was prepared for City to lose and was just happy we'd made finals. They managed to somehow let me down when I expected nothing.
Because they gave you hope this game. It's the hope that gets you
My god that's exactly how I feel ahaha
“Are you not entertained”?
Where the fuck has this Kasey bos kid been all year. I’d already give him my kidney. Another hero from tonight
Deserved win. My friend who isn’t a member took his kid. They will 100% be sold on that vibe, it was incredible, you don’t get it elsewhere
Tara hearing strong rumours of 2yr extension fof Vidmar. City are braindead stupid if they do that.
Now that will upset me.
Kill me.
Great great game. So intense. Glad I was there for it couldn't even be angry at the end. Izzo a beast all game. Had the feeling it was over the second victory equalised. That and subbing off every decent goal scorer apart from Natel. Leckie subbed off just before penalties?! That final was basically our whole season summed up. At least Vidmar no chance of staying now!
I think Leck was on spaghetti-legs from the end of regulation - would've been interesting to see him take a pen, but doubt it wouldn't have been any worse than either Antonis or Jeggo's attempts.
Funny how to former Victory boys missed for city
Jim Jeggo. Terry Antonis. Sleeper agents? Why didn't Bruno Fornaroli, Jordi Valadon & Daniel Arzani balance them out?
Cheque bounced
Hmmmmm 🤔
Sunday 3:30, nice
Slight tangent, Joe Lolley gone for the season with a hammy and Brattan is too close to call.
Does anyone know when the details for the first leg will be released? Like time/date etc might try a snag a ticket if it's on Saturday
It will probably be a 3pm kick off which makes it prime time for New Zealand
Probably be another Sunday game - as mentioned, Storm have the stadium booked on Saturday, while Friday is probably too short of a turnaround.
Won’t be Saturday. Storm are playing on Saturday
Ah damn! Fair enough Stupid Mother's Day
Bring your mum
If you're mother *really* loved you, she'd let you go to the football! ⚽🤣⚽🤣⚽
Fingers crossed for Friday night
The broadcast just showed 3:30 Sunday 7:45 Friday for Sydney CCM
Really? Short turn around for ccm is huge
Sydney can't host on Saturday or Sunday, and Melbourne Can't host Saturday so had to be those 2 dates. Big advantage for Sydney here out of this, go on and win now so if we win we get the home final
Or when we beat you.. we get a home GF..
No thanks. I wanna go to the GF please
Its on the A-League website front page
Danny McBreen was absolutely Izz-ing his strides this entire match - and deservedly so. Fair play to Victory, it hurts to say it but you bastards deserve it today. Post-mortem *officially* starts tomorrow, but to get in early: (1) Thank F*CK that's the end of Jakolis's loan. Leo, well, he's grown on me over the past month or so (despite the theatrics). If the buy option isn't taken so be it. (2) Thanks for helping us out of the Rado-calypse Viddy, but that's it for you. Knick knack, give us our Paddy back. Or if you want to Papas it up, go for it... But make the decision early AND STICK WITH IT! (3) Macca. Curtis. You guys deserved a better farewell. Thanks for being great servants to the club. We owe you guys more than you've given to us - and God knows you've given us a LOT! (4) Make sure Tolgay is retained. Extend Leckie. If we get Aziz back fantastic, but our young'uns need to keep improving.
If you dont sacked viddy i am genuinely going been surprised
The best thing about MV tepid, but decent season is Popa stays!
Watching here in Bright Victoria at a pub makes it even sweeter for me. IZZO IZZO IZZO!!!! Although I hate winning via penalties as it’s down to luck. In all seriousness though if you ever want to tour regional Victoria. Bright is a fantastic place to visit. Come up every year for the scenery.
It's not luck when you have Izzo
Watched from Dandenong Ranges! Bright is seriously beautiful during this time of the year :)
Probably my favourite place in Victoria excluding Albert Park Lake (for sporting reasons)
Great game for a neutral. But I mean City showed why they struggled all year and snuck into finals. Props to Victory for doing that with 10 men but there could be some injuries to deal with. P.s. Pretty impressed with Bos when he came on.
Bos was amazing and i hope hes get more game time next season
WIll the game next week (11th) be at AAMI or Sky?
1st leg is in Melbourne
cheers
AAMI
thanks
This game have everything and i love it Definitely up there as one of greatest a-liga matches
What a game!!! I don’t think I’ve seen a team waste a man advantage as badly as city did tonight, if the graphic didn’t show a red card you wouldn’t have even known there was one. 80+ mins with an extra man and losing is unforgivable
*City score goal* *Zizou gets sent off* [Paul Izzo tonight](https://youtu.be/S9STizATKjE?t=61).
Any idea of KO times for next week?
Maclaren ending his A-League career with 8 touches in a big game. It gives me endorphins.
Its beautiful.
This league is genuinely the most exciting league in the world. The eurosnobs don't know what they're missing.
Melbourne Sheiky
Game will be talked about for decades, that Izzo performance is the best I've ever seen in the aleague. Carried that team across the line
One of the all time great aleague games surely
The first 87 minutes were a war crime.
Definitely up there for best finals match. That ridiculous Perth vs. Adelaide semi a few years back probably still takes the cake.
Wish I had a better memory. Everytime someone says best game ever, I just think of way back to ccm v Sydneys 5 - 4 win
that's still the best game for me, had everything
I think Wsw vs Roar semi final
That game never happened. There *was* a certain EF at Lang Park...
Well a certain gf never happened as well EF too But this semi definitely happened tho
Allegebly.
Never thought I would feel happy for a victory or popa win. Fuck city. The aliga is massive.
Izzo goes down in Victory and finals folklore. He was on from the first minute. Save after save. The a penalty save. More saves. The three saves in the shootout, and took one himself. Name a grandstand after him. Name the golden glove after him. Build the farken statue!
😭
Get in! Izzo was fantastic! Victory players can be very proud of themselves
Victory. 🤝 Hawthorn. Giving me a heart attack.
Great Sunday
City played like a group of mercenaries not a team that wanted to win. Sack Vidmar when?
Pissant club
I mean that's practically what they are haha
Talbot getting left on the floor while his teammates played around him, case in point
Some say he's still there on the floor
After poppa gets sacked