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Melbourne Victory Rout Perth Glory in Dominant Display
Melbourne, Australia – Melbourne Victory secured a convincing 2-0 victory over Perth Glory at AAMI Park on Sunday. The home side dominated possession (69%) and created numerous chances, registering 25 shots (8 on target). Perth Glory struggled to create opportunities, managing only 2 shots, both on target.
Z. Machach opened the scoring in the 7th minute, assisted by J. Valadon. A. Traore added a second goal in the 59th minute, assisted by N. Vergos. Perth Glory struggled throughout, receiving three yellow cards (J. Risdon, L. Canga, and J. Carluccio) and conceding 12 fouls. Melbourne Victory committed only 4 fouls. The disparity in possession and chances was evident, with Melbourne Victory earning 9 corners to Perth Glory’s zero. The referee for the match was Shane Skinner.
Substitutions perth glory: at minute 58 D. Williams came in and J. Carluccio went out., at minute 58 N. Blair came in and K. Ngo went out., at minute 84 B. O’Neill came in and N. Pennington went out., at minute 90 J. Anasmo came in and A. Bugarija went out., at minute 90 Z. Lisolajski came in and R. Warland went out.
Substitutions melbourne victory: at minute 62 R. Piscopo came in and Santos went out., at minute 78 J. Reec came in and D. Arzani went out., at minute 78 B. Fornaroli came in and N. Vergos went out., at minute 86 J. Rawlins came in and A. Traore went out., at minute 86 F. Monge came in and Z. Machach went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Melbourne Victory
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