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Melbourne City Edges Out Melbourne Victory in Thrilling Derby
Melbourne, Australia – A thrilling A-League encounter between Melbourne City and Melbourne Victory at AAMI Park ended with a 3-2 victory for Melbourne City in matchday 20. The game was a back-and-forth affair, full of goals and intensity.
Melbourne City took the early lead through M. Tilio in the 5th minute, assisted by M. Caputo. However, Melbourne Victory responded before halftime, equalizing with a penalty converted by Z. Machach in the 45th minute. The second half continued at the same pace. Clarismario put his team ahead in the 48th minute, assisted by J. Valadon. Melbourne City fought back and equalized with a penalty from K. Trewin in the 70th minute. Ultimately, Melbourne City secured the win.
Despite the final scoreline, both teams displayed impressive attacking football. Melbourne Victory controlled possession (55%), while Melbourne City registered more shots on target (7 vs 6). The statistics highlight the evenness of the match, with both sides creating goal-scoring opportunities. The referee for the match was Jonathan Barreiro.
Substitutions melbourne city: at minute 61 H. Politidis came in and K. Rahmani went out., at minute 61 Z. Schreiber came in and M. Caputo went out., at minute 76 L. Wong came in and A. Kuen went out., at minute 86 C. Talbot came in and M. Tilio went out.
Substitutions melbourne victory: at minute 66 B. Fornaroli came in and N. Vergos went out., at minute 66 D. Arzani came in and R. Piscopo went out., at minute 80 F. Monge came in and J. Valadon went out., at minute 86 A. Traore came in and K. Bos went out., at minute 86 N. Velupillay came in and Clarismario went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Melbourne Victory
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