Hyundai A-League 2010 Finals Series Official Match Reviews

A look back at all the action from Sunday’s thrilling Hyundai A-League finals matches

Sydney FC 2 (Karol KISEL 35- (pen), Mark BRIDGE 53-)
Melbourne Victory 2 (Robbie KRUSE 15-, Archie THOMPSON 114-) (Melbourne Victory advance to the Hyundai A-League 2010 Grand Final 4-3 on aggregate)
Sunday, 7 March 2010
Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Referee: Strebre Delovski
Assistant referees: Alex Glasgow and Scott Edeling
Fourth official: Peter Green
Crowd: 23,818

Sydney FC line-up: 1. Clint BOLTON (gk), 2.Sebastian RYALL (5. Hayden FOXE 90-), 3. Stephan KELLER, 4.Simon COLOSIMO, 6. Karol KISEL, 8. Stuart MUSIALIK, 9. John ALOISI (c), 14. Alex BROSQUE (16. Chris PAYNE 112-), 15. Terry MCFLYNN (7. Brendan GAN 118-), 19. Mark BRIDGE, 22. Sung-Hwan BYUN

Substitutes not used: 13. Antony GOLEC, 20. Ivan NECEVSKI

Yellow cards: Karol KISEL 20-, Hayden FOXE 120-

Red cards: Nil

Melbourne Victory line-up: 1.Mitchell LANGERAK (gk), 2.Kevin MUSCAT (c), 5.Surat SUKHA (11.Marvin ANGULO 79-), 6.Leigh BROXHAM, 8.Grant BREBNER, 12.Rodrigo VARGAS, 15.Tom PONDELJAK, 16.Carlos HERNANDEZ, 21.Robbie KRUSE (10.Archie THOMPSON 65-), 22.Nick WARD (19. Evan BERGER 68-), 23.Adrian LEIJER

Substitutes not used: 17.Matthew FOSCHINI, 20.Glen MOSS (gk)

Yellow cards: Robbie KRUSE 60-, Surat SUKHA 64-

Red cards: Nil

Wellington Phoenix 3 (Tim Brown 33′, Paul Ifill 106+’, Eugene Dadi 125′)
Newcastle Jets 1 (Matt Thompson 20′)
Sunday, 7 March 2010
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Referee: Chris Beath
Assistant Referees: Rodney Allen & Brad Hobson
Fourth official: Gerard Parson
Crowd: 32,792

Wellington Phoenix line-up: 40.Liam REDDY (gk), 2.Manny MUSCAT, 3.Tony LOCHHEAD, 6.Tim BROWN, 7.Leo BERTOS (11.DANIEL 66′), 8.Paul IFILL, 9.Chris GREENACRE, 13.Troy HEARFIELD (15.Eugene DADI 74′), 17.Vince LIA (5.DIEGO 109′), 18.Ben SIGMUND, 22.Andrew DURANTE (c).

Substitutes not used: 20.Reece CROWTHER (gk), 23.Costa BARBAROUSES

Yellow cards: Andrew Durante 99′, Manny Muscat 122′.

Red cards: Nil

Newcastle Jets line-up: 1 Ben KENNEDY (gk), 3.Adam D-APUZZO, 4.Nikolai TOPOR-STANLEY, 5.Ljubo MILICEVIC, 6.Ben KANTAROVSKI, 7.Jin-Hyung SONG (25.Labinot HALITI 80′), 8.Matt THOMPSON (c) (9.Sasho PETROVSKI 85′), 11.Tarek ELRICH, 12.Jobe WHEELHOUSE, 15.Sean ROONEY (29.Mirjan PAVLOVIC 68′), 26.Ali ABBAS.

Substitutes not used: 30.Dion SHAW (gk), 22.Kaz PATAFTA

Yellow cards: Adam D’Apuzzo 34′, Jobe Wheelhouse 46+’, Ali Abbas 88′.

Red cards: Nil