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FT: 90' - Sydney 1 vs 2 Central Coast Mariners
Stadium: Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Fixture Date: 10/05/2024 07:45PM (AEST)
Referee: Benjamin Abraham, Australia
Home Lineup:
First XI: Andrew Redmayne, Rhyan Grant, Hayden Matthews, Jack Rodwell, Joel King, Jake Girdwood-Reich, Luke Brattan, Jordan Courtney-Perkins, Anthony Caceres, Corey Hollman, Róbert Mak
Substitutes: Max Burgess, Fábio Gomes, Gabriel Lacerda, Aaron Gurd, Adam Pavlesic, Patrick Wood, Jaiden Kucharski
Away Lineup:
First XI: Danny Vukovic, Storm Roux, Daniel Hall, Brian Kaltack, Jacob Farrell, Mikael Doka, Maximilien Balard, Brad Tapp, Christian Theoharous, Alou Kuol, Joshua Nisbet
Substitutes: Ronald, Ryan Edmondson, Bailey Brandtman, Jack Warshawsky, Nathan Paull, Harrison Steele, Jing Lual
Match Events:
19': Sub - Sydney - On: M. Burgess, Off: J. Girdwood-Reich
20': Yellow Card - Central Coast Mariners - A. Kuol (Tripping)
25': Goal - Sydney - J. King (A. Caceres)
40': Yellow Card - Sydney - C. Hollman (Tripping)
45': Goal - Central Coast Mariners - J. Nisbet
46': Sub - Sydney - On: Fabio Gomes, Off: J. Courtney-Perkins
56': Goal (p) - Central Coast Mariners - Mikael Doka
63': Red Card - Sydney - J. Rodwell (Tripping)
64': Sub - Sydney - On: Gabriel Lacerda, Off: M. Burgess
68': Sub - Central Coast Mariners - On: Ronald Barcellos, Off: C. Theoharous
76': Sub - Central Coast Mariners - On: R. Edmondson, Off: A. Kuol
82': Yellow Card - Sydney - C. Hollman (Elbowing)
82': Red Card - Sydney - C. Hollman (Elbowing)
84': Sub - Central Coast Mariners - On: B. Brandtman, Off: B. Tapp
84': Sub - Sydney - On: A. Gurd, Off: R. Mak
Match Statistics:
| Sydney | Stat | Central Coast Mariners |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goals | 2 |
| 4 | Shots | 9 |
| 1 | Shots on Goal | 6 |
| 3 | Corners | 3 |
| 16 | Fouls | 9 |
| 2 | Offsides | 2 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 2 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 473 | Total Passes | 512 |
| 81% | Pass Accuracy | 83% |
| 48% | Possession | 52% |
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What the fuck did these commentators watch? It’s a text book yellow.
Ballard, Farrell and Theoharous all committed yellow worthy fouls without punishment but clearly Holman using his arm for balance was worth a second yellow.
Elbow up to stop a player =yellow Simple isn't it
Ah yes I forget that putting your elbow in some one’s nose is forgivable if it’s for balancing my mistake I’ll use this tactic from now on. Also I will let the referees know that there are no handballs given for using your arm for balance even if it makes yourself bigger. Thank you good sir.
You clearly have never played if you don't know that players use their arms to balance. No defence of your players either so not much of an argument. But that's cool see you next week.
You’ve obviously not played or watched anything if you think that excuses you from a foul. How many times have we seen players lunge for a ball their arm out behind them get called for a pen because their arm was in an “unnatural position”. Hell there was a fucking mariners player who got sent off because he was tripped over and landed on the opposition. Was it his fault he was tripped over? No of fucking course it wasn’t. Did it excise the “dangerous play”? No it didn’t. Just because you don’t MEAN something doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. You give off the vibes of some one who accidentally bumps into some one and gives a dirty look instead of apologising to them.
Wether a player already has a yellow shouldn't come into it. And the crap dig at the ref 'if these people have played the game'. Is there a single ref at this level that doesn't know football.
that pitch is a cow paddock 🤦🏻♂️
It was dog shit. It looked like the game was played at local Sunday league council ground. At least next week it should look good. No NRL has been played there recently.
Shit eating grin from the on field interviewer asking about the rub of the green.
Holy fuck the mariners play werewolf one of my favourite board games I love this club even more
Nesbitt mentioned it in the post match interview. Had no idea what it was so googled the game and it sounds awesome. Gonna bring it into my life. GO MARINERS!
Should make giant mafia cards with all maz faces to hold up at the game next week
Holy fuck this would be beautiful
Best interview ever. Forza hidden role games
Nissy speaks so well. Excellent game management in the end.
Brattan needs a red for his continued complaining
He is insufferable.
He's the captain, he's meant to talk to the ref
There's a difference between "talk to the ref to request clarification on a decision" and "whine endlessly at the ref about every little thing", though. I'm somewhat surprised that more yellow cards aren't handed out for that sort of thing.
The bloke just complained about everything. He diminished his message as he just continued to talk shit at every decision. If you are the ref, as he continues, you would listen less to every complaint as his opinion would mean less. Sometimes less is more.
He was crowded by 5 Mariners including vuka at one point, ref might not mind one player talking to him compared to that despite the whining
Been doing it for years
A win is a win but Mariners only coming away with a 1 goal advantage from that is pretty terrible. Went ahead through a penalty then stopped trying to play football despite getting a 2 man advantage.
Had a full week with no travel and lost at your home ground to a team that traveled half way round the world with a trophy hangover, that’s pretty terrible.
Hope to see Mariners play like that in the final. Definite loss no matter who they face
Already putting them through. Nice.
Yeah if thats the performance the Mariners put up against 9 men I want them to make the final.
Finished their last game at 4AM
TuesdayMonday AEST, then flew half way across the world in economy.I think they did alright.
Edit: Monday, not Tuesday
AFC Cup Final was on Sunday night, Omani time - Monday morning AEST. If they played a friendly the next day that's on them.
Ahh yes, my mess up.
Still an impressive effort.
Sydney parked the bus. Hard to push through 8 men’s defense.
You could outnumber us in our own box and still have someone back to defend
We had 10 before we had 9 lad
Didnt park the bus until they got the 2nd red. At which point you'd be stupid not to and no team keeps more than 2/3 players ahead of the play on defence anyways.
we had a goal disallowed and a couple other decent chances. you should've done better wirh the advantage like sydney should've done better against macarthur a few weeks ago
Agree another goal going into next week would of sealed it but also happy to go in with an advantage and not a draw
huh? got back from oman on tuesday. this is fantastic
Agreed. I wanted them to go for the jugular but they must be buggered. 8 day break now. Recovery and just being home should do the world of good.
Only had a couple days rest after the AFC Cup Final, they would have been purely man management at that point. Would have been some proper tired legs out there to go up against a 9 man defence.
Not the best performance, but after coming back from Oman I can't blame them. Second Sydney red card was very unlucky, don't think it changed the result however
Agreed. They are going to come out attacking in Gosford. Should be a banger.
If Redmayne does his job before half time that second half ends very differently
You had one shot on goal - hard to blame Redmayne too much.
We beat you 3-1 with 4 shots on goal, that's just how we play
Redmayne literally gifted you the goal, so pretty sure he can take the blame
Right before half time as well. That deflates teams then when you concede another 5 mins into the half it's hard to claw back. Add in two reds and we have a prime example of the domino effect.
Maxxxy so based.
Wonderful interview
Such a stupid question asking Max about the referee decisions and trying to bait him into a dumb answer. Well played off.
Sydney will have to be happy with holding on there. Gives them a chance next week.
week break is our real enemy here
Going to be lost without a game in 4 days time
Did you play last week?
Four days ago
twice
Yes, that's why I was questioning his week break comment
Will take a win but should have been more. I’ve been hating on Theo but I genuinely think barcelos is worse.
Barcellos really looked average when he came on. Obviously drew some fouls but caused just as many issues with bringing the ball forward.
To me he just doesn’t look to be at A league level. Struggles to control the ball and gets it caught under himself.
Be interesting to see how they go against 11 for 90 minutes next week. Maybe anyway.
We get a whole week rest which we haven’t had in a long time - we’ve got this.
Any preference for grand final opponents?
I’d hope for you guys. Then if we don’t win there’s some silver lining
Nix - all yellow is what this season deserves. Think we’d walk over Victory, but CCM NIX have been the best two teams by a distance this season. Obvs I want to win it all, but if we lose to you lot I won’t even be that mad.
What a huge win after a big week 🫡
Annnnd it’s a big 3 points for the Mari… oh wait… someone remind them lol
Dream result for the Mariners, especially since they didn't look that convincing after the first 15 mins.
Factoring in their short turnover and the reds for Sydney. This all went very well for CCM.
Good fucking game Fuck Yes
1-2 in this Test Match and now its time for Lunch.
Now for The Cricket Show, sponsored by Johnny Walker.
Good innings by Mak, just three short of his hattrick.
Then Nisbet with the reverse spin with his key wicket of Redmayne.
With a masterclass in front foot defence from Michael Slater
That was fun
Entered thinking I'd be happy with a draw, ok with 1 goal deficit
Leave bitterly dissapointed with a 1 goal lead
opposite feeling lol
I get it but also would've been really happy at 1-1, so pretty ecstatic - given the mental travel we've had to deal with compared with SFC, coming out of this with an advantage when we've now both got the same amount of time off is exciting.
Could not have put it better myself
Tbf, it's hard to find a way through 9 in the box
I don't understand why Mariners didn't push for more goals
The amount of travel we’ve done and everything makes sense to just take it easy and start the recovery early and take a one goal lead into Gosford
Way to take advantage of a 1, then 2 man advantage…. Wow that was dreadul
Given we had to endure a loss to a nine man Macarthur a few weeks ago, I’ll take this!
Would’ve liked to push for another there but will certainly take the win
Seemed like we went into game management mode towards the end - which given the travel im ok with.
One goal into Gosford after 72 hours of prep. I’ll take it.
Good win lads