Photo: "Dick Tracy" unable to airplane pilot Jets to win after ejection of Fiorentini [PlessPix]
Melbourne Victory 2-0 Newcastle Jets
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Melbourne Victory retained 5th house on the A-League ladder alongside this 2-0 win over 8th-placed Newcastle Jets.
It was alone the Victory’s 2nd win over the Jets inwards half dozen meetings at Etihad Stadium.
Marvin Angulo should convey given Victory the atomic number 82 after nineteen minutes when fed past times Danny Allsopp, but he fired over the bar.
A defensive mistake past times Newcastle inwards the 22nd infinitesimal gave possession to Allsopp, who weaved his agency into a shooting set from but within the box. But, his depression drive, which was destined for the dorsum of the net, took a slight deflection off a defender in addition to was turned broad for a corner past times keeper Ben Kennedy.
Two minutes later, Kennedy did good to deny Mate Dugandzic, whose shot from an angle on the correct was packed alongside venom.
Newcastle were finding it hard to build whatsoever headway in addition to the closest they came inwards the opening one-half was when Nikolai Topor-Stanley nodded a corner over the bar.
In the 57th minute, Victory hitting the forepart when Dugandzic slipped the ball within to Tom Pondeljak, whose outside-of-the-right pes shot shell Kennedy at his right-hand post.
The Jets suffered a blow when Marcello Fiorentini was ejected from the game inwards the 62nd infinitesimal equally Mr Delovski brandished his blood-red card.
It was 2-0 inwards the 70th infinitesimal through a unproblematic but superb counter-attack past times Melbourne. Goalkeeper Michael Petkovic threw the ball to Angulo inwards midfield in addition to he played Robbie Kruse through on goal in addition to the Australian international finished inwards style.
It was nearly 3-0 inwards the 82nd minute, but Kennedy turned Matthew Foschini’s shot against his right-hand post.
In injury time, Newcastle nearly pulled a goal dorsum through Jeremy Brockie, but Petkovic produced a fine save.
Melbourne Victory qualified for the finals equally a upshot of this win.
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Melbourne Victory: Petkovic - Franjic, Vargas, Leijer - Pondeljak, Ferreira (Ricardinho 63), Angulo, Kemp (Foschini 76) - Kruse (Pilkington 83), Dugandzic, Allsopp (Sub non used: Mattei)
Booked: Vargas
Goals: Pondeljak 57, Kruse 70
Newcastle Jets: Kennedy - Elrich, Galloway, Topor-Stanley - Fiorentini, Virgili (Shuo 60), Wheelhouse, D-Apuzzo, Brockie - Jesic (Pepper 73), Haliti (Simic 73) (Sub non used: Nash)
Booked: Wheelhouse
Sent off: Fiorentini
Att: 11,296
Ref: S Delovski
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