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WEEKLY FRIDAY 21ST NOVEMBER 2014 CONTENTS 04 Besart Berisha 33 V-League 07 Scoreboard 37 BFTP Publisher: Alimental Enterprises Pty Ltd 08 Rd 6 Match Reports 38 Ask The Experts PO Box 142 Port Melb VIC 3207 Ph: (03) 9551 7538 20 Football Almanac 39 NYL 21 Rd 7 Match Previews 40 W-League Advertising: 03 9551 7538 Email: [email protected] 29 TV Guide 41 Overseas Letters: [email protected] Web: www.goalweekly.com SHORT PASSES Distribution: Cup Tix Run Hot All Day Distribution (VIC) FIFA Club World Cup Over 8,000 tickets have al- Tel: (03) 9482 1145 Welcome Tour visits Oz ready been snapped up on the first day of ticket sales Wrapaway (NSW & QLD) On 19 and 20 November 2014 the FIFA Club World for the inaugural Westfield Tel: (02) 9550 1622 Cup Welcome Tour presented by TOYOTA is set to FFA Cup Final between visit Sydney, home of AFC Champions League winner Adelaide United and Perth Adelaide News (SA) Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Glory at Coopers Stadium Tel: (08) 8231 4121 The global tour is visiting the home cities of all on Tuesday16 December seven of the Club World Cup’s participating teams to 2014. Printer: Spotpress Pty Ltd promote the event which will be played in Morocco between 10 and 20 December 2014. The Reds ousted Wel- lington Phoenix, Brisbane Goal! Weekly endeavours to be as accurate During the Welcome Tour, the spotlight will be on the Roar, Sydney FC and the as possible with everything it publishes. FIFA Club World Cup Trophy, which will be displayed Central Coast Mariners on The Fair Trading Act 1999 requires Goal! in every city offering fans a glimpse of the coveted their way to the Westfield Weekly to disclaim any belief in the truth prize that will be awarded to the event winners in Mar- FFA Cup Final, while or falsity of information which is supplied rakech. The trophy will be on display in the shopping Perth Glory overcame the to it and which is published in other than centre Westfield Parramatta on 19 and 20 November Newcastle Jets, St Albans editorial content. as well as during the Western Sydney Wanderers home match against Central Coast Mariners. Saints, Melbourne Victory “The Welcome Tour is a fantastic opportunity to bring and Bentleigh Greens to Contributors: Nick Amies, Pablo the FIFA Club World Cup to the thousands of passion- book their place in the Bateson, Andrew Bishara, Adrian Deans, ate fans of all the qualified teams. Last year, football decider. Shaun Dyas, Jarrod Ellis, Bryson Ferreira, fans showed great interest all over the world and this The Westfield FFA Cup Joe Gallagher, Russ Gibbs, Roy Hay, Chris is the second time that this ambitious project has been began with over 600 Hearn, Joshua Hercus, Adrian Houghton, undertaken. I would like to thank each of the partici- semi professional and Damir Kulas, Matt Mays, Simon Maher, pating clubs for their tremendous support in helping grassroots clubs from Kareem Mohamed, Shaun Moran, Alexan- FIFA realise this initiative,” said FIFA President Blatter. around Australia and also der Porter, Peter Simcox, Roger Sleeman, Wanderers Chief Executive Officer John Tsatsimas comprised of all ten Hyun- Andre van der Zwan. said: “We are absolutely delighted that the Welcome dai A-League clubs before Tour and the FIFA Club World Cup Trophy is visiting the competition was even- Designer: Jose Pezo Western Sydney. There is immense passion and pride tually whittled down to josepezo.com.au for football amongst the Western Sydney Wanderers leave just Adelaide United community and we thank FIFA for giving our fans this and Perth Glory vying to Photographers: Romel Amerikhas, opportunity to see the Club World Cup trophy.” be crowned the first ever Adam Butler, Karen Douglas, Ali Erhan, Welcome Tour route and schedule: winners of the Westfield Adrian Gaglione, Keith Eigeland, Daniel Buenos Aires, Argentina 19-20 October FFA Cup. Flis, Geoff Jones, Peter McDonald, George Mexico City, Mexico 25-26 October Westfield FFA Cup Final Marin, Anita Milas, Ben Neville, Pete Neville, Auckland, New Zealand 1-2 November Adelaide Utd v John Punshon, Greg Seaton, Edin Telarev- Madrid, Spain November 9-10 Perth Glory ic, Andrew Turner., Matthew Wetherill. Western Sydney, Australia November 19-20 Algiers and Sétif, Algeria November 22-23 Tue, 16 Dec 2014 Tétouan, Morocco November 29-30 Coopers Stadium, Hind- Follow the Welcome Tour marsh KO 7.00pm local 02 www.goalweekly.com Visit www.FIFA.com/Morocco2014 for photo galleries (7.30pm AEDT) and up-to-date information about the FIFA Club GOAL! WEEKLY FRIDAY 21ST NOVEMBER 2014 03 www.goalweekly.com GOAL! WEEKLY FRIDAY 21ST NOVEMBER 04 www.goalweekly.com FRIDAY 21ST NOVEMBER 2014 GOAL! WEEKLY Inside Football The Wonderful World of Berisha This weekend, the shoe’s on the other foot for colourful striker By Damir Kulas Besart Berisha, as he lines up to face some familiar faces. hey are the types of players who divide opinion. goalscoring exploits seeing him top the national youth Adored by their own, despised by their oppo- league goalscoring charts ahead the likes of Gomez nents. Melbourne Victory’s star striker Besart and Podolski. After just four first team appearances for TBerisha is one of those players. Once universally loved at the senior side, Berisha was snapped up by Bundesliga the Brisbane Roar, the Albanian will step out onto Eti- giants Hamburg. had Stadium on Friday night in an unfamiliar position, He struggled to break into the first team in his first two coming up against the team where he made his name in seasons at the club, being sent out on loan to Danish the competition for. outfits Aalborg and Horsens. His form at the latter - Two A-League Championships, a Premiership, the 11 goals in 32 games - impressed Hamburg manager competition’s Golden Boot as well as 48 goals in 76 Thomas Doll who recalled Berisha into the first team for games saw Berisha become the toast of Brisbane with his the 2006/07 Bundesliga campaign. memorable displays in the orange destined to live on in Featuring in the first team alongside the likes of Rafael Roar folklore. van der Vaart, Nigel de Jong and Vincent Kompany, However in that time, the former Hamburg striker was Berisha would primarily be used off the bench in the no stranger to controversy with a series of infamous first half of the season. By December he had notched up bust-ups between teammates and opponents alike seeing his first Bundesliga goal while also becoming the first his persona questioned with this most evident late last Albanian to score in the UEFA Champions League. season where he was sent off three times in the space of However the arrival of new manager Huub Stevens nine games. and the signing of Ivica Olic saw Berisha’s game time Despite this, most would acknowledge and applaud the restricted. His impressive performance for Albania Albanian international’s passionate demeanour with against England B at Turf Moor saw home town club his never say die attitude being the catalyst of many Burnley snap up the services of the striker. His time at Roar comebacks over the years - most notably his late the Championship side was marred by a serious cruciate and controversial double against the Glory in the 2012 ligament injury which kept him out of action for a year. Grand Final. Loan spells at Norwegian giants Rosenborg and back With all this quality, it is sometimes easy to forget that again at Horsens saw Berisha rediscover some of his had it not been for a spate of bad luck with serious inju- goalscoring form as Burnley released the Albanian upon ries, Berisha would probably be calling one of Europe’s promotion to the Premier League. His next stint with top leagues home. He was once held in the same regard Bundesliga 2. side Arminia Bielefeld saw his appearanc- as the likes of Mario Gomez and Lukas Podolski. So es restricted to those mainly off the bench. The silver what led to the Kosovo born forward coming to Austra- lining of that spell came in the form of teammate Dario lia and calling it home? Vidosic. Berisha’s story begins in Kosovo’s capital Pristina in Dario’s father Rado was the assistant coach under Ange 1985. While Albanian nationalist sentiment was rising at Postecoglou at the Brisbane Roar who were in the hunt the time, it coincided with a golden period for the city’s for a striker to replace the goals of the departed Kosta football side FK Pristina. A golden generation of foot- Barbarouses and Jean Carlos Solorzano. Berisha duly ballers led the unfashionable side to several respectful signed on board and the rest is history. The Albanian mid-table finishes in the Yugoslav First League. It did striker, with the help of his German sidekick Thomas not take Berisha too long to develop an interest in the Broich, has left his imprint on the Roar. round ball game. The Roar were perhaps victims of their own success However the political instability and economic turmoil with the Champions unable to keep hold onto both that was Yugoslavia at the turn of the 1990s led the Ber- players due to salary cap restrictions.