Melbourne Victory 2 (Thompson 50′, 73′) def. Steve Corica and Mark Milligan both succumb to hamstring injuries near half-time.
Over 20,000 spectators on a rainy night see Sydney go 1-0 up early during a dominant first half, before an Archie Thompson double steals the win for Melbourne. ¤ 21 October 2006: Sydney FC vs Melbourne Victory FC, Aussie Stadium, 7:00pm (A-League – Rd 9) He returns to Italy three days later, saying that he is “desperately sad to be leaving like this.” Fox Sports News reports that Carbone is ‘furious’ over his pay, as the club apparently quoted figures in gross terms whilst Carbone expected the sums after tax. ¤ 17 October 2006: Benito Carbone‘s guest stint at Sydney FC comes to an end after three matches, with the Italian unable to agree to terms for an extension with Sydney FC. Sydney FC: 1 Clint Bolton (gk), 2 Iain Fyfe, 3 Alvin Ceccoli, 4 Mark Rudan (c), 6 Ufuk Talay (9 David Zdrilic 80′), 10 Steve Corica, 11 Sasho Petrovski, 14 Alex Brosque, 15 Terry McFlynn, 22 Matthew Bingley, 23 Benito Carbone (8 Ruben Zadkovich 57′)Ĭentral Coast Mariners: 20 Danny Vukovic (gk), 3 Paul O’Grady, 4 Noel Spencer (c), 7 John Hutchinson (19 Adam Kwasnik 90+2′), 8 Jamie McMaster, 10 Tom Pondeljak (2 Wayne O’Sullivan 77′), 12 Stewart Petrie, 13 Tony Vidmar (17 Matthew Osman 67′), 15 Andrew Clark, 18 Alex Wilkinson, 25 Damian Mori Ĭentral Coast Mariners 3 (O’Grady 40′, Mori 52′, 90′) def. Carbone limps off injured early in the second stanza, by which stage Sydney are already two behind before Damian Mori completes the 1-3 loss with his second goal. “I think we’ll be sore in the morning but we’re looking forward to the next round and hopefully we can do just as well in the next round as we did tonight.¤ 13 October 2006: Sydney FC vs Central Coast Mariners FC, Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium, 8:00pm (A-League – Rd 8)īenito Carbone scores a curling free kick to put Sydney in front, but Central Coast dominate from then on, with Matthew Bingley especially having a horror day at the back. We tried our best and thankfully we came out on top at the end of the day. “We stuck to the game plan, everything that Damien told us to do before the game we stuck to it. “The boys played spectacularly,” he said. Love said the key to the win was following coach Mori’s instructions to the tee. I was planning to pass it off for Costa but I saw the opportunity so I thought I might as well take it.”Īfter disposing of one of the Cup favourites, City will be confident of going deep into the inaugural Westfield FFA Cup. “Basically I just saw the space and ran for it.
“It’s one of the happiest moments of my life,” an ecstatic Love told “I was stoked, absolutely stoked. Love’s sublime solo goal produced the first major shock of the Cup as Damien Mori’s NPL boys dumped out the Hyundai A-League heavyweights.Īn end-to-end match was settled 15 minutes from time when Love beat five Wanderers defenders on a blistering run before finishing past Ante Covic.Ĭity held on over the closing stages to pull off the upset and spark emotional scenes at Marden Sports Complex. Adelaide City hero Thomas Love has described scoring the goal which knocked Western Sydney Wanderers FC out of the Westfield FFA Cup as one of the happiest moments of his life.
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