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Sunday, October 22, 2006

Victory march continues

The Melbourne Victory quickly bounced back from their first loss of the season to snare all three points against an injury riddled Sydney FC on Saturday night. The Victory overcame a 1-0 deficit at the break after Sydney took the lead through Steve Corica in the eighth minute.

A second half double by Archie Thompson who netted in the 50th and 73rd minutes completed a stunning comeback that saw Sydney drop their first home game in 13 months.

Sydney's chances weren't helped by the loss of both Corica and Mark Milligan to hamstring injuries.

The action got underway on Friday night with the Central Coast Mariners posting a 2-1 win over a disappointing Perth Glory. The win leaves the Mariners just one point behind fourth placed Sydney FC as the battle for a top 4 finals place begins to hot up.

The Queensland Roar FC conceded their first goal at home in going down 1-0 to the Newcastle Jets after a first half strike by Vaughan Coveny. In their only attack of note in the opening 45 minutes, Coveny hit a well timed shot past Tom Willis from 18 yards which the keeper made a mess of in attempting to save, failing to get a hand on the ball.

The round ended with Adelaide United FC posting a 4-2 win over the New Zealand Knights at Hindmarsh Stadium. An entertaining game came to live in the second half with the Kiwis throwing caution to the wind as they chased a result after trailling 2-0 at the break.

Adelaide extended the lead to 3-0 before the Knights hit back with two goals only for Socceroo Travis Dodd to seal Adelaide's third consecutive win with an 84th minute header.

Central Coast Mariners 2 (Pondeljak 2, 87)
Perth Glory 1 (Despotovski 57)
Crowd: 8,496 at Bluetongue Stadium

Sydney FC 1 (Corica 8)
Melbourne Victory 2 (Thompson 50, 73)
Crowd: 20,881 at Aussie Stadium

Queensland Roar 0
Newcastle Jets 1 (Coveny 35)
Crowd: 16,061 at Suncorp Stadium

Adelaide United 4 (Burns 23, Veart 36, Burns 56, Dodd 84)
New Zealand Knights 2 (Hickey 65, Van Dommele 72og)
Crowd: 11,600 at Hindmarsh Stadium

posted by Footballer at Victory march continues

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