Melbourne Victory defeat Melbourne City in a thrilling derby
Melbourne, Australia – Melbourne Victory defeated their arch-rivals, Melbourne City, by a resounding 3-1 scoreline in a match that saw moments of high intensity and excitement. The encounter was played at AAMI Park, under the watchful eyes of referee Alexander King, and was valid for the second round of the A-League’s regular season.
Melbourne Victory started the match with great intensity and quickly went ahead thanks to a goal from N. Velupillay in the 5th minute, assisted by N. Vergos. Just seven minutes later, Vergos extended the Victory’s lead, capitalizing on an assist from R. Piscopo. City tried to react, but Victory remained solid in defense and controlled the pace of the game.
Melbourne City had a clear opportunity to score in the 20th minute, but VAR disallowed a goal from Z. Machach for offside. However, the Melbourne City side didn’t give up and managed to reduce the deficit in the 64th minute with a goal from A. Nabbout. Melbourne Victory could have sealed the game on several occasions but eventually prevailed 3-1.
The match statistics reflect Melbourne Victory’s superiority, dominating the game in several aspects. Victory had 41% possession of the ball but managed to create more scoring chances than City, with 15 shots (6 on goal) against their rival’s 15 shots (5 on goal).
Melbourne Victory: 3 – Melbourne City: 1
Goals:
* Melbourne Victory: N. Velupillay (5′), N. Vergos (12′), R. Teague (25′)
* Melbourne City: A. Nabbout (64′)
Substitutions melbourne city: at minute 46 Z. Schreiber came in and G. Ferreyra went out., at minute 59 A. Kuen came in and C. Talbot went out., at minute 80 H. Politidis came in and Y. Cohen went out., at minute 89 A. Sulemani came in and N. Atkinson went out.
Substitutions melbourne victory: at minute 66 J. Reec came in and N. Vergos went out., at minute 66 D. Arzani came in and R. Piscopo went out., at minute 72 Santos came in and Z. Machach went out., at minute 90 F. Monge came in and N. Velupillay went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Melbourne City
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