A-League A-League Men Round 4 - The Melbourne and Kiwi Derby

[giggler99]

A-League Men Round 4 and its our first big derby weekend of the season. First up the Kiwi derby can the Nix finally get a win against Auckland? Than its the Melbourne derby which doubles up as a Grand Final replay hopefully we see big crowds for both matches.

A-League Men Round 4

Friday 7th November
Adelaide United V Western Sydney Wanderers 7:35pm AESDT, 7:05pm ACSDT, Coopers Stadium
Perth Glory V Central Coast Mariners 9:45pm AESDT, 6:45pm AWST, HBF Park

Saturday 8th November
Wellington Phoenix V Auckland FC 5:00pm AESDT, 7:00pm NZSDT, Sky Stadium (Live on 10 Drama, check local guides)
Melbourne Victory V Melbourne City 7:35pm AESDT, AAMI Park (Live on 10 Drama, check local guides)

Sunday 9th November
Sydney F.C V Macarthur F.C 3:00pm AESDT, Leichardt Oval
Brisbane Roar V Newcastle Jets 5:00pm AESDT, 4:00pm AEST, Sunshine coast Stadium

Predictions: Adel 2-1 CCM 2-1 Auck 2-0 Vic V City 1-1 Syd 1-0 Bris 2-1

Enjoy the football this weekend

 

[AJ_2000]

Classic promo

 

[AJ_2000]

Saturday is Derby Day in the A Liga

 

[Zidane98]

Adelaide 2 up.

 

[SM]

Easy

 

[Andonis1997]

What a start to this game!!

 

[AJ_2000]

2-1 at the break withe the Knights leading.

 

[AJ_2000]

Auckland reduced to 10 men just after halftime. Getting spicy

 

[giggler99]

Auckland reduced to 10 men just after halftime. Getting spicy

make that 9 men now

 

[AJ_2000]

Another red and Auckland down to 9 now. Straight red for Rogerson.

Scramble in the box and a few blocked chances and the knights survive. 10 plus injury time to go

 

[giggler99]

Has Corica got the most punchable face? every time his mug comes on the TV I feel like punching the screen

 

[giggler99]

FT 2-1 win to Auckland who hang on with 9 men to win the Kiwi Derby!

 

[ioppolo]

Abysmal defending on Auckland's first goal.

 

[gaskin]

Abysmal defending on Auckland's first goal.

It is Wellington's ridiculous high line. You would have thought they would have learned after the first half hour in round 1 when the Glory went 2-0 up catching them out.

 

[AJ_2000]

City with the early lead, and it's young gun Max Caputo who can't stop scoring!

 

[Andonis1997]

Name a more iconic duo than the Nix being a man/2 men up and not doing anything with it.

Has Corica got the most punchable face? every time his mug comes on the TV I feel like punching the screen

Yes.

 

[AJ_2000]

A goal from 18 year old Peter Antoniou rounds out the 2-0 win to keep Melbourne red white and blue. He was only on the field as Nathaniel Atkinson goes down with a hamstring injury (our 7th player on the injury list due to soft tissue injuries).



Thomas Beach was great in goal earning man of the match honours with some great saves.

The heat will be increasing on Arthur Diles if the Victory dont find some form after the international break

 

[gaskin]

Am I the only one that doesn't think Auckland's first red was a red? There is clearly a covering defender close enough to warrant it being a yellow.

 

[AJ_2000]

Am I the only one that doesn't think Auckland's first red was a red? There is clearly a covering defender close enough to warrant it being a yellow.

My reaction was a straight red, defender near by, but not between him and the goal and the only way he'd cover was due to the attacker being slowed down with the tackle that Jack Viney would be proud of.

 

[Andonis1997]

Am I the only one that doesn't think Auckland's first red was a red? There is clearly a covering defender close enough to warrant it being a yellow.

Well if it shouldn't have been one, it made up for the DDT wrestling move that Cosgrove gave our defender in the first half and won the free kick for.

 

[DocSholl]

Caputo is going to be a beast once he fully matures. That City academy just keeps producing quality.

 

[AJ_2000]

Caputo is going to be a beast once he fully matures. That City academy just keeps producing quality.

HE had some great moments last year but didn't put the ball in the net, and over the off-season has sharpened up his finishing and now is playing lights out

 

[Frank Bunn]

Is the 'NZ derby' a running joke? Auckland and Wellington are about as far from each other as Melbourne/Sydney or Melbourne/Adelaide.

 

[AJ_2000]

Is the 'NZ derby' a running joke? Auckland and Wellington are about as far from each other as Melbourne/Sydney or Melbourne/Adelaide.

It's a geographically spread league so "local" derbies have a looser definition.

Victory v Sydney have the Big Blue, Adelaide v Victory have the original rivalry.

If you think Auckland to Wellington is a stretch - the you might not want to know about the distance derby between Wellington and Perth.

 

[ioppolo]

I mean, they are the only two teams in the league based in New Zealand, so there's that.