Sydney FC 長,率いる home as A-League 支持する/優勝者s
Sydney FC will take the A-League 選手権 トロフィー home today after their stirring 刑罰,罰則 shootout grand-final 勝利 over Perth Glory.
But it might have been oh-so easier for Steve Corica's men, who resented going the distance for their 勝利.
The Sky Blues felt they were wronged by the 審判(をする)ing team, having a perfectly reasonable goal 支配するd out for offside on the half-hour 示す.
Alex Brosque slipped in Michael Zullo, who looked to (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域 the offside 罠(にかける) before his cross was コースを変えるd by Matt Spiranovic into the 支援する of the 逮捕する.
Both the linesman and the ビデオ assistant saw the 十分な-支援する as offside; replays showed Zullo to be onside, or at the very least, worthy of advantage as the 攻撃者.
"明白に they made a bad 決定/判定勝ち(する) there. Everyone could see it was onside and should been a goal," Corica said.
"It would have been a lot easier if it was. It put us through the wringer.
"I got a little bit 失望させるd with that 決定/判定勝ち(する), of course ... but I made sure the boys remained 焦点(を合わせる)d."
For Sydney FC, the result brought 甘い 救済 after 落ちるing short of a 選手権 they were 推定する/予想するd to 勝利,勝つ last season.
Under Graham Arnold they bagged a second-straight 首相の職 but weren't able to 支援する up their 選手権 after 落ちるing to Victory in the 半分-final.
"We've done it a few times at Sydney to go to 刑罰,罰則s or a couple of times and it does make it special," Corica said.
"When it goes the distance, our boys have the mentality, the character.
"There's a lot of 圧力 when it goes to 刑罰,罰則s and, you know, the 刑罰,罰則 takers tonight did a 広大な/多数の/重要な 職業."
The result means Alex Brosque won a 選手権 in his final A-League game but the 35-year-old 主張するd it wasn't about him; more about settling a 得点する/非難する/20 from last season.
"Last year when we won the 首相の職 by as many points as we did ... we had one off night and didn't get the chance to defend it," Br osque said.
"We were written off at さまざまな sort 行う/開催する/段階s throughout (this) year.
"We always had the belief we could come and do it ... that's the 甘い feeling."
Corica said he hoped Milos Ninkovic's 指名するing as the Joe Marston Medallist brought the Serbian greater 承認.
"He's the best marquee in Australia. Not (Diego) Castro. He is," Corica said.
"Castro, he's a 最高の,を越す player 同様に but (Ninkovic) has won many トロフィーs for this club. And he will continue to do so. He's a 勝利者.
"He's brilliant. He's the best number 10 we've had at the club."
Sadly for Sydney FC, their season isn't やめる done.
The Sky Blues 直面する Kawasaki Frontale in a dead rubber Asian 支持する/優勝者s League match on Tuesday, with many grand finalists surely to get the night off.
"We might be a little bit drunk," Corica laughed.