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  • Last Minute Loss Leaves WSW On Brink

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    By mack

    The Western Sydney Wanderers defence of the Asian Champions League rests on a knife edge after a late goal from Kashima Antlers saw the J-League side win 2-1.

     

    With FC Seoul & Guangzhou Evergrande playing out a 0-0 draw in the other Group H match, the Wanderers must defeat Guangzhou in China and hope for a draw in the Kashima vs Seoul match played at the same time.

     

    In dreadful conditions following days of torrential rain, just over 5000 supporters showed up for the clash, including a reasonable contingent of away support for Kashima. Nikita Rukavytsya opened the scoring for the reigning champions, taking advantage of a defensive mistake from the central defence of Kashima to pounce on the loose ball and fire it past the keeper.

     

    The second half was yet another capitulation that has become so typical of the Wanderers this season, and it started with another of the semi-regular Ante Covic mistakes of judgement that have plagued the veteran gloveman in the second half of this season. Covic hesitated instead of coming out strongly to collect a Kashima through ball, stopping halfway to the ball and allowing Shoma Doi kill the ball, stop, turn back on the ball and place it past the stranded keeper.

     

    Kashima had the run of the game from that moment, the home side barely managing a shot on target. That failure to control the game saw one point into zero in the 90th minute, the left side combination for Kashima breaking down that flank and delivering a pinpoint cross along the ground to the near post, where Kanazaki took advantage of stop-start tracking from Matthew Spiranovic to slide the ball past Covic at the near post.

     

    The Wanderers can still qualify for the knock-out round, but they must defeat Guangzhou Evergrande and hope the result goes their way between Seoul & Kashima.

     

    The Wanderers next game is against Perth at Parramatta Stadium on Saturday the 25th of April.

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    Alexander

    Champions of Asia

    Last  2nd last in the League,

    Last in ACL group

    just think, how bad this makes Guangzhou and Al Hilal and everyone else look? :D

     

    Fixed ;)

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    AEK

     

    Champions of Asia

    Last  2nd last in the League,

    Last in ACL group

    just think, how bad this makes Guangzhou and Al Hilal and everyone else look? :D

     

    Fixed ;)

     

     

    That was in replay to the posts above mine,

    it was a reply to if we were to come last ;)

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    Alexander

     

     

    Champions of Asia

    Last  2nd last in the League,

    Last in ACL group

    just think, how bad this makes Guangzhou and Al Hilal and everyone else look? :D

     

    Fixed ;)

     

     

    That was in replay to the posts above mine,

    it was a reply to if we were to come last ;)

     

     

    Ahhh got it ;)

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    beatsurrender

    Plenty to look forward to peeps:-

    • New players and hopefully an exciting marquee
    • Wonder what the membership uptake will be? Bandwagoners will be gone for sure. I’m saying still 13K  (inc those who buy just for the derby!)
    • Continued development of the youngsters, Aspro, Sotirio, kuza etc
    • FFA cup draw
    • Will they reconfigure the arrangements for the RBB. Seriously undersold again this year. Bring back season 1 terms.
    • 2 away derbys, 2 trips to Newy and CCM.
    • Those 4,000 additional seats.  Ha ha, I know, that’s funny...
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    Carns

    Plenty to look forward to peeps:-

    • Wonder what the membership uptake will be? Bandwagoners will be gone for sure. I’m saying still 13K  (inc those who buy just for the derby!)

    I'm guessing 10-12k.

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    Horus

    Yes this is a reality, Jets may beat the Roar, and we will have our work cut out beating Perth. 

     

    Im also cheering for Wellington this week to beat ESFC.

     

    Its still unbelievable Glory will finish above us after cheating the cap

     

     

    Most people live in their own little world and think that the way they see things is the way they are. You are not going to change the way people think. I don't go on Facebook or Twitter because you know what you get there is mostly sensationalism. Don't understand why people go on some media platform and complain about the people, only to go back there the very next day and do the same thing.

     

     

     

    I wonder how many of these 'March Violets' (look it up) who have been slamming Popa or querying why the club let Mooy go were either 100% on the bandwagon when the boys won in Riyadh, or picked up that plate after the win in Newy, or were bashing Tarek, Gibbesy, Tahj etc in days of yore? May I suggest more than a minority...

     

     

    For a moment there I thought you meant the 80's band who i actually do listen to occasionally - ( I'm a big fan of John Hughes 80's films like Some Kind of Wonderful)

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    GunnerWanderer

    Hahaha you don't have to tell me to look it up.

    Every single time I read one of your posts Manfred I have another google page open and ready to learn lol.

     

    I get smarterer and smarterer each time I read your posts.

    I ask my kids to do it then 2 of us are learning well at least they are i forget 5 mins later

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    shacols

    Hahaha but that's the beauty. In five minutes you can learn it all over again.

     

    All that learning and not a single page was scrolled. Doesn't get any easier.

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