The Central Coast Mariners, Melbourne Victory, Adelaide City and Bentleigh Greens are the first clubs through to the Westfield FFA Cup Quarter Finals following last night’s opening four Round of 16 matches.
Striker Besart Berisha scored a hat-trick as Melbourne Victory booked its place in the last eight, Kevin Muscat’s team breezing past a brave but ultimately outclassed Tuggeranong United 6-0 in front of a record crowd at Viking Park in the nation’s capital.
The other Hyundai A-League side in action were made to work harder to earn their passage through as the Central Coast Mariners held off a gallant Olympic FC 3-1 at the Queensland Sports and Athletic Centre, Glen Trifiro’s late goal sealing the result.
Adelaide City continued its magical Cup run with its second 1-0 victory of the competition, Anthony Costa’s strike just before half time enough to see them eliminate fellow former NSL outfit Brisbane Strikers, the Queensland club winless in all of its previous 15 matches in Adelaide.
Joining Adelaide City in the last eight is Victorian club Bentleigh Greens after they recorded a 2-1 win over Sydney Olympic. Two goals in the opening 13 minutes from Liam McCormick and Ryan De Vries set up the win before Taiga Soeda scored a last minute consolation for the hosts.
The remaining four clubs to qualify for the Quarter Finals will be decided next Tuesday night (23 September 2014) as FOX SPORTS provides LIVE and exclusive coverage of the highly anticipated all Sydney derby between Sydney United 58 FC and Sydney FC plus regular updates and crosses from the other Round of 16 matches – St Albans Saints v Perth Glory, Adelaide United v Brisbane Roar, and Palm Beach Sharks v South Springvale.
Tickets for all four matches are available now. Visit www.theffacup.com.au/tickets for details.
The draw for the Westfield FFA Cup Quarter Finals will be conducted at Fox Sports studios next Tuesday night at the conclusion of the Round of 16 matches.
Westfield FFA Cup Round of 16 – Week 1 Review
Tuesday, 16 September 2014
Tuggeranong United 0
Melbourne Victory 6 (Berisha 11’/21’/86’, Delpierre 14’, Finkler 52’, Pain 57’)
Crowd: 5,150 @ Viking Park, Wanniassa
Referee: Ben Williams
Tuggeranong United squad: 20.Rohan SHEPHERD (GK), 2.Cameron DOHERTY, 3.Jonathan REIS, 4.Jonathan TOOLE, 7.Matt MENSER (18.Sean KIDDEY 46’), 8.Tim STEWART (c) (13.Sean MURPHY 72’), 10.Muad ZED (5.Chris RUIZ 80’), 11.Zac MUNSTER, 14.Daniel COLBERTALDO, 15.Harry PETTIT, 17.Ethan MUNSTER
Substitutes not used: 1.Mitchell MCKENZIE (GK), 16.Jordan GLOVER
Yellow cards: Menser 1’, E.Munster 29’, Toole 33’, Z.Munster 40’
Red cards: Nil
Melbourne Victory squad: 1.Nathan COE (GK), 2.Jason GERIA, 5.Mark MILLIGAN (c), 7.Guilherme FINKLER, 8.Besart BERISHA, 9.Kosta BARBAROUSES (10.Archie THOMPSON 66’), 11.Connor PAIN, 17.Matthieu DELPIERRE, 18.Dylan MURNANE (24.Scott GALLOWAY 66’), 21.Carl VALERI, 23.Adrian LEIJER (6.Leigh BROXHAM 71’)
Substitutes not used: 20.Lawrence THOMAS (GK), 22.Jesse MAKAROUNAS
Yellow cards: Barbarouses 40’
Red cards: Nil
Tuesday, 16 September 2014
Adelaide City 1 (Costa 43’)
Brisbane Strikers 0
Crowd: 2,024 @ Marden Sports Complex, Marden
Referee: Rick Schneider
Adelaide City squad: 1.Ryan VEITCH (GK), 4.Shane TOBIAS, 5.Matthew HALLIDAY (c), 6.Matthew MULLEN, 7.Joel ALLWRIGHT, 8.Paul BLEFARI, 9.Anthony COSTA, 12.Alex RIDEOUT (3.Alex SUNASKY 79’), 15.Shannon DAY, 16.Thomas LOVE, 23. Nicholas BUDIN (11.Nicholas BUCCO 66’)
Substitutes not used: 10.Marco MITTIGA, 14.Josh MORI, 21.Jackson O’DONNELL (GK)
Yellow cards: Costa 88’, Love 90+3’
Red cards: Nil
Brisbane Strikers squad: 1.Michael TURNBULL (GK), 2.Christopher MAHER (3.Alexander SCHIAVO 59’), 4.David SALIN, 5.Scot COULSON (16.Joshua TAYLOR 86’), 6.Daniel PARTRIDGE, 7.Keenan DUIMPIES, 8.Michael ANGUS, 12.Greg KING (c), 17.Jackson HALL (11.Jonathan RICHTER 68’), 18.Matthew THURTELL, 19.Jheison MACUACE
Substitutes not used: 10.Kalen FISHER-SMITH, 20.Jacob JARRATT (GK)
Yellow cards: Salin 53’/83’
Red cards: Salin 83’
Tuesday, 16 September 2014
Sydney Olympic 1 (Soeda 90+3’)
Bentleigh Greens 2 (McCormick 8’, De Vries 13’)
Crowd: 827 @ Lambert Park, Leichhardt
Referee: Strebre Delovski
Sydney Olympic squad: 1.Paul HENDERSON (GK), 2.Brayden SORGE, 3.Troy DANASKOS, 4.Brendan HOOPER, 6.Ryan KEIR (15.Yianni SPYRAKIS 46’), 7.William ANGEL (39.Michael GAITATZIS 69’), 9.Dimitri HATZIMOURATIS, 10.Harris GAITATZIS (33.Christos TOMARAS 59’), 14.Peter MARKOVIC (c), 18.Taiga SOEDA, 19.Go SHIRAI
Substitutes not used: 5.Bradley TRELOAR, 25.Nicholas SORRAS (GK)
Yellow cards: Hooper 67’, Markovic 75’, Danaskos 85’, Soeda 89’
Red cards: Nil
Bentleigh Greens squad: 21.Alistair BRAY (GK), 2.Thomas MATTHEWS, 3.James CUMMING, 5.Jack WEBSTER, 8.Wayne WALLACE (c), 12.Luke GALLO (7.Jamie DeABREU 69’), 14.Ryan DE VRIES, 15.Christian CAVALLO, 19.Liam McCORMICK, 24.Luke PILKINGTON, 25.Andre McNAMARA
Substitutes not used: 1.Christopher VAN CORLER (GK), 4.Patrick AVICE, 11.Christopher DROUTSAS, 13.Ryan LOSTY, 16.Nick TEICHMAN
Yellow cards: Pilkington 75’, Matthews 85’
Red cards: Nil
Tuesday, 16 September 2014
Olympic FC 1 (McLean 57’)
Central Coast Mariners 3 (Fitzgerald 2’, Sim 37’, Trifiro 86’)
Crowd: 1,374 @ Queensland Sports and Athletic Centre, Nathan
Referee: Chris Beath
Olympic FC squad: 20.Shannon LANCINI (GK), 4.Matthew BYRNE (3.James CUMINAO 16’), 5.Kazuya ITO, 6.Matthew MUNDY, 7.Daniel CRACK, 9.Tim SMITS (16.Mustafa JAFARI 87’), 10.Daniel BYRNE (c), 11.Reuben WAY, 13.Darren GRAY (17.Luke HOWELL 36’), 15.Mark FISK, 18.Jacob MCLEAN
Substitutes not used: 1.Brandon CUMINAO (GK), 19.Nicholas EFSTATHIS
Yellow cards: Fisk 64’, McLean 69’
Red cards: Nil
Central Coast Mariners squad: 12.Liam REDDY (Gk), 2.Storm ROUX, 3.Joshua ROSE, 5.Zachary ANDERSON, 7.John HUTCHINSON (c), 9.Mitchell DUKE, 11.Nick FITZGERALD (28.Glen TRIFIRO 63’), 17.Anthony CACERES, 25.Eddy BOSNAR, 27.Isaka CERNAK, 29.Matthew SIM (33.Josh BINGHAM 88’)
Substitutes not used: 1.Beyhan IRMAKO (Gk), 10.Nic PETRILLO, 16.Liam ROSE
Yellow cards: Nil
Red cards: Nil
