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But we got things going in the sec- Coveny, right back Ben Sigmund and goalkeeper be a case of assessing everything a little closer to Wellinhton Phoenix 1 ond half and were dominant. It was true of the Mark Paston all getting valuable minutes under the time.” cliché of ‘a game of two halves’ – it was all them their belts. The Phoenix now head Group B on THE injection of replacement striker Adam in the first and all us in the second. “That’s what this competition is all four points, one point ahead of the Mariners and Kwasnik proved a masterstroke for the “I think we were a little lethargic early about, providing players with time on the pitch Sydney FC after the big city boys were thumped Wellington Phoenix tonight, the former and slow to get going. They didn’t have a tonne of and testing combinations,” Herbert said. “The 3-0 in Gosford today.. Central Coast Mariners marksman scor- chances but we just couldn’t get the ball.” best thing to come out of this match was to see ing on debut for his new club to earn the Several canny substitutions by Herbert how we could come out in the second half, get 2008 Pre-Season Cup – Round two Phoenix a 1-1 draw with the Queensland swung the momentum for the visitors and the in- control and show what we’re capable of. Queensland Roar v Wellington Phoenix Roar in a 2008 Pre-Season Cup match. troduction of Kwasnik in the 65th minute made “There are now only a few players in Sunday 27 July 2008 Kwasnik scored in the 74th minute at the crucial difference. Kwasnik latched on to the squad who haven’t had time on the park and Stockland Park, Sunshine Coast Stockland Park on the Sunshine Coast to cancel a cross from fellow replacement Shane Smeltz, next weekend [against Sydney FC] will offer us Crowd: 3832 out Sergio van Dijk’s 18th minute goal for the the Aussie striker making no mistake to notch his another opportunity to give them a run.” home side and earn the Phoenix the draw, the re- first goal for the Phoenix. The Phoenix’s revamped defence was Queensland Roar 1 (Sergio van Dijk 18’) sult putting the Wellington club on top of Group “Good on him,” said Herbert. “I wanted again tidy and midfield showed plenty of creative Wellington Phoenix 1 (Adam Kwasnik 74’) B in the warm-up competition ahead of the Hyun- to use Adam for 20-25 minutes and we weren’t potential. dai A-League 2008/09 season. too far wrong. He was blowing a wee bit at the Coming into Herbert’s thinking for Sat- three points, one point behind first-placed Ad- Lopez combined effectively through the middle Pre-Season Cup campaign. GLORY FOR elaide after the Reds and Newcastle (third two with Fabiano threatening on the right. points) drew 0-0 earlier in the night, with Perth in The Victory also finished the half bet- Perth Glory, 0 - Melbourne Victory, 1 (Thwaite VICTORY IN fourth on one point. ter as Berger saw a shot collected by Juric before 12’) PERTH There were bad signs for the Glory Nick Ward shot wide in the final minute before Crowd: 3,020 at Members Equity Stadium, from the beginning, though, as Frank Juric, in his the break. Perth first game in Australia for 11 years, saw a clear- Melbourne picked up where it left off Referee: Craig Zetter Perth Glory 0 ance ricochet off Victory forward Fabiano, with after the break as Fabiano slipped a shot wide Melbourne Victory 1 the dipping ball falling wide of the post. under pressure from David Tarka before Juric, Perth Glory: 20.Frank JURIC (gk), 3.David The Victory on the other hand, looked looking more composed as the game went on, de- TARKA, 4.Jamie COYNE, 6.Dino DJUL- Michael Thwaite The Melbourne Victory have composed in possession, knocking the ball around flected Allsopp’s 64th minute effort wide. BIC, 8.James ROBINSON, 9.Adrian TRINI- edged out Perth Glory 1-0 in a solid Hyundai with authority during the early stages as Danny In the 58th minute, Victory coach Ernie DAD, 14.Eugene DADI (15.Hayden DOYLE A-League Pre-Season Cup hit-out at Mem- Allsopp shot wide in the seventh minute. Merrick had brought off an underdone Hernan- 68’), 16.Adriano PELLEGRINO, 17.James bers Equity Stadium on Saturday night. But the visitors didn’t have long to dez, bringing on Tom Pondlejak, while compa- DOWNEY, 18.Hayden FOXE, 21.Mark LEE Michael Thwaite scored the only goal wait, as the Victory found the back of the net in triot Lopez came off in the 71st minute for Steve (7.Nick RIZZO 46’). of the game, taking advantage of some static the 11th minute. Evan Berger picked out an un- Pantelidis after collecting a yellow card. Substitutes: 1.Jason PETKOVIC (gk), 19.Naum Perth defence to nod the ball home during the marked Thwaite in the box with an inch-perfect Without its first-choice midfield, Mel- SEKULOVSKI. 11th minute as Melbourne dominated play during free kick, allowing the forward to nod past an ex- bourne dropped its intensity in the final 19 min- Yellow cards: Foxe 71’, Djulbic 73’ the opening half. posed Juric. utes as the Glory increased its possessions, creat- The Victory continued to press for a It took the Glory 16 minutes to really ing more meaningful shots on goal. Melbourne Victory: 1.Michael THEOKLI- second after the re-start as Danny Allsopp and move into attack with any fluency as the pacy The hosts created their best chance in TOS (gk) (20.Mitchell LANGERAK (gk) 58’), Michael Thwaite forced good saves from Glory James Downey fired in two crosses within a min- the 76th minute as Dino Djulbic and substitute 3.Michael THWAITE, 5.Sebastian RYALL, , stopper Frank Juric. ute. But there was no one on the end of the first Nick Rizzo combined effectively to move the ball 7.Matthew KEMP, 9.Danny ALLSOPP, 11.NEY But the visitors dropped their guard in one and the second was misdirected, allowing smoothly down the left before Djulbic picked out FABIANO, 12.Rodrigo VARGAS, 16.Carlos the last 15 minutes, allowing the Glory to domi- Melbourne to clear. Downey with a cross. But Downey’s shot lacked HERNANDEZ (15.Tom PONDELJAK 58’), nate possession and set up several chances, with Perth’s Mark Lee then drove power and was easily saved by Melbourne re- 17.Jose Luis LOPEZ (4.Steven PACE 70’), James Downey hitting a wonderful opportunity a shot straight at Theoklitos in the 35th minute serve stopper Langerak, who replaced Theoklitos 19.Evan BERGER(6.Steve PANTELIDIS 66’), too softly, allowing Mitchell Langerak an easy but despite these efforts, the Glory still looked in the 58th minute.