![]() “We beat them earlier in the season as well so they are beatable, you have to play really well to do that. “They (City) have been really great, they’re a great team and a very exciting team to watch as well,” said Corica, whose side will host the first leg at Allianz Stadium on Friday. This tough, come-from-behind victory over the Wanderers suggests there is resolve in this Sydney FC side, although Corica stressed they would have to be faultless to knock City over. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.ĭespite Melbourne City claiming the premiership by 11 points, they will face a Sydney side who have found form at the business end of the season after finishing fifth, 17 points off City at the top. For more information see our Privacy Policy. Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. It sets up a thrilling semi-final series. The Sky Blues are now undefeated in their last six games and are beginning to find a chemistry that has been lacking throughout the year. The shortest man on the field for the Sky Blues, Le Fondre fizzed a header beyond the reach of Thomas to knock the Wanderers out. The loss of defender Tomislav Mrcela forced the Wanderers into a reshuffle and even though they pushed forward, it was Le Fondre who broke the deadlock. Western Sydney were camped in their own half for the opening 10 minutes of the second half and rode their luck dangerously with Le Fondre and Paulo Retre both calling Wanderers goalkeeper Lawrence Thomas into action.Įventually the Wanderers resolve cracked with Mak capitalising on a sloppy Adama Traore clearance to draw the Sky Blues level. Redmayne brought out his Wiggles-inspired theatrics but Schneiderlin remained calm and slotted it past the Sydney No.1 to hand the home side a 1-0 leading heading into the break. Referee Chris Beath pointed to the spot and after consultation with VAR the decision stood. Luke Brattan was able to block it with his foot but the ball cruelly bounced up and glanced Alex Wilkinson’s upper arm. ![]() The Wanderers had the better of the chances in the first half, skipper Marcelo flashing a close-range header wide and Milos Ninkovic forcing Andrew Redmayne into a fingertip save.Ĭalem Nieuwenhof helped get the breakthrough when he burst upfield in the 39th minute and attempted to send a low cross into the Sydney box. Prior to Saturday Rudan’s side had lost just once after scoring first in the regular season, but the spirit shown by Sydney to fight back would have been encouraging for their boss Corica. “Something occurred between those two which wasn’t pleasant, which was quite fiery.” “Milos went in there to congratulate his old teammates and their coach didn’t appreciate him being in there,” Wanderers coach Mark Rudan told reporters. The face-off saw Ninkovic, who joined the Wanderers this season after seven years and three A-League championships with the Sky Blues, escorted out of the dressing rooms. The fiery rivalry of the Sydney derby later spilled into a post-match confrontation between Sydney coach Steve Corica and Wanderers star Milos Ninkovic. ![]() Slovakian international Robert Mak pulled the visitors level in the 69th minute before Le Fondre escaped the attention of the Wanderers defence to grab a later winner off a corner. ![]() Sydney FC’s victory at CommBank Stadium came despite a boycott from their active supporter group, The Cove, and after the Wanderers had taken a first-half lead through a controversial Morgan Schneiderlin penalty.
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