English:
Melbourne City defeated Western United 3-0 in a thrilling A-League semi-final match at Melbourne’s AAMI Park on May 16th, 2025. The game, officiated by Adam Kersey, saw City dominate despite an even possession split (50% each). G. Ferreyra opened the scoring in the 16th minute, Y. Cohen added a second at 54 minutes, and M. Leckie sealed the victory with a third goal at 73 minutes. The match was a tense affair, with a total of eight yellow cards shown; three to Western United (Ruhs, Bozinovski, and Thurgate) and five to Melbourne City (Schreiber, Ferreyra, and Ugarkovic). Western United’s 13 shots (4 on target) were ultimately not enough to overcome City’s clinical finishing.
Substitutions melbourne city: at minute 60 M. Leckie came in and A. Lopane went out., at minute 67 S. Ugarkovic came in and A. Kuen went out., at minute 67 M. Memeti came in and M. Caputo went out., at minute 84 K. Rahmani came in and Y. Cohen went out., at minute 84 L. Wong came in and Z. Schreiber went out.
Substitutions western united: at minute 65 A. Walatee came in and M. Grimaldi went out., at minute 65 O. Lavale came in and H. Ibusuki went out., at minute 72 R. Najjarine came in and R. Danzaki went out., at minute 72 N. Botic came in and M. Ruhs went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Western United
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