2010 A-League Grand Final

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2010 A-League Grand Final
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Event 2009–10 A-League
Melbourne Victory Sydney FC
11
Sydney won 4–2 on penalties
Date20 March 2010
Venue Etihad Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Man of the Match Simon Colosimo, Sydney FC
Referee Strebre Delovski [1]
Attendance44,560
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The 2010 A-League Grand Final took place at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia on 20 March 2010.

Contents

It was the final match in the A-League 2009–10 season, and was played between premiers Sydney FC and runners-up Melbourne Victory. Sydney FC won the match 4–2 on penalty shootout after drawing the game 1–1 and became the winners of the 2009–10 Championship in addition to their premiership. [2]

The A-League National Youth League Grand Final was held at Etihad Stadium prior to the main game. After coming 4th in the 2009–10 season, Gold Coast United won the youth title in their inaugural season, coming from a goal down to defeat Perth Glory, 2–1. [3]

Route to the final

Elimination finalsSemifinalsPreliminary finalGrand final
1 Sydney FC 12 Melbourne Victory 1 (2)
2 Melbourne Victory 22 Sydney FC (p.s.o.)1 (4)
Sydney FC 4
3 Gold Coast United 0 (5)
Wellington Phoenix 2
6 Newcastle Jets (p.s.o.)0 (6)
Wellington Phoenix 3
Newcastle Jets 1
4 Wellington Phoenix (p.s.o.)1 (4)
5 Perth Glory 1 (2)

Match

Summary

An early knee injury forced key striker Archie Thompson, who scored 5 goals in the 2007 A-League Grand Final, off the field in the sixteenth minute. He was replaced by Costa Rican Marvin Angulo.

With both teams struggling to break the deadlock, Melbourne were left stunned when Mark Bridge scored a goal in the 63rd minute after a deflected cross. To add to Melbourne's misfortune, it was scored less than a minute after Rodrigo Vargas' headed goal was correctly disallowed by the assistant referee for offside.

Melbourne were able to find an equaliser through Adrian Leijer after Kevin Muscat delivered a set piece. Leijer's late header resulted in some frantic final minutes, but neither team were able to find the breakthrough goal in normal time. Extra time resulted in few opportunities and the game was decided by penalties for the first time in A-League history.

Details

Melbourne Victory 1–1 (a.e.t.) Sydney FC
Leijer Soccerball shade.svg81'Reports [4] Bridge Soccerball shade.svg63'
Penalties
Muscat Soccerball shade cross.svg
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Angulo Soccerball shade cross.svg
Broxham Soccerball shad check.svg		2–4Soccerball shad check.svg Colosimo
Soccerball shade cross.svg Cole
Soccerball shad check.svg Foxe
Soccerball shad check.svg Kisel
Soccerball shad check.svg Byun
Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 44,560 [5]
Referee: Strebre Delovski
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Melbourne Victory
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Sydney FC
GK1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mitchell Langerak
DF2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kevin Muscat (c)Yellow card.svg 62'
DF5 Flag of Thailand.svg Surat Sukha Sub off.svg 71'
MF6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leigh Broxham
MF8 Flag of Scotland.svg Grant Brebner
FW10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Archie Thompson Sub off.svg 16'
DF12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rodrigo Vargas
MF16 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Carlos Hernández
FW21 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robbie Kruse
MF22 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Ward Sub off.svg 76'
DF23 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adrian Leijer Soccerball shade.svg81'
Substitutes:
GK20 Flag of New Zealand.svg Glen Moss
MF11 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Marvin Angulo Sub on.svg 16'
DF17 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Foschini
DF19 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Evan Berger Yellow card.svg 100'Sub on.svg 71'
FW25 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aziz Behich Sub on.svg 76'
Manager:
Flag of Scotland.svg Ernie Merrick
GK1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Clint Bolton
DF2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sebastian Ryall Yellow card.svg 26'
DF3 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stephan Keller
DF4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Simon Colosimo Yellow card.svg 51'
MF6 Flag of Slovakia.svg Karol Kisel Yellow card.svg 84'
MF8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stuart Musialik Sub off.svg 105'
FW14 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Brosque Sub off.svg 116'
MF15 Ulster Banner.svg Terry McFlynn (c)
FW16 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Payne Sub off.svg 75'
FW19 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Bridge Soccerball shade.svg63'Yellow card.svg 31'
DF22 Flag of South Korea.svg Byun Sung-Hwan
Substitutes:
GK20 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ivan Necevski
DF5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hayden Foxe Sub on.svg 105'
MF7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brendan Gan
DF12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shannon Cole Sub on.svg 75'
FW31 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joey Gibbs Sub on.svg 116'
Manager:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vitezslav Lavicka

Joe Marston Medal:
Simon Colosimo (Sydney FC)


Assistant referees:
Ben Wilson
Matthew Cream
Fourth official:
Matthew Breeze

Match rules


A-League
2010 Champions
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Sydney FC
Second Title

Statistics

MelbourneSydney
Attempts at goal1412
Attempts on target66
Attempts off target76
Attempts - woodwork10
Keeper saves34
Ball possession51%49%
Corners85
Fouls committed1316
Offsides33
Yellow cards24
Red cards00

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  5. ↑ The stadium was configured into rectangular mode for the match
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