City seal home final after nine-goal thriller
Melbourne City's dream of an A-League championship hangs by the slimmest of threads following an astonishing 5-4 loss in Perth.
Michael Lynch, The Age's expert on soccer, has had extensive experience of high level journalism in the UK and Australia. Michael has covered the Socceroos through Asia, Europe and South America in their past three World Cup campaigns. He has also reported on Grands Prix and top class motor sport from Asia and Europe. He has won several national media awards for both sports and industry journalism.
Melbourne City's dream of an A-League championship hangs by the slimmest of threads following an astonishing 5-4 loss in Perth.
No one at Melbourne Victory wanted to admit it publicly, but maintaining enthusiasm – of players and supporters – was not the easiest thing to do in the last six weeks of the regular A-League season.
It is no surprise that David Hayes and connections of in-form stayer Boom Time are considering a late entry for the rescheduled Sydney Cup next weekend.
"It's a really great feeling. It's Thomas' first group winner and to ride it for me is really exciting."
Fifteen years ago Australian goalkeeper Frank Juric was sitting on the bench in Glasgow's Hampden Park getting a close up view of Zinedine Zidane's sublime skills.
Advantage Besart Berisha.
Finishing third in the A-League might put Melbourne City on the road to a potential semi-final clash with neighbours Melbourne Victory, but that is not why coach Michael Valkanis is treating his team's last game of the season on Sunday against Perth Glory as a "mini grand final".
Besart Berisha struck his 100th career A-League goal and gave a hitherto toothless Melbourne Victory a 1-0 win over Central Coast Mariners in the final game of the regular season at AAMI Park in front of a near-15,000 Good Friday crowd.
Melbourne City's final game of the regular season – away to Perth Glory on Easter Sunday evening – cannot completely define their 2016-17 campaign.
Group 1 racing continues at Randwick, where Sydney turf chiefs hope to put the horrors of last week's Sydney Cup nightmare behind them by getting through the meeting with no controversies or accidents.
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