{"id":18473,"date":"2015-11-16T21:35:15","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T11:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=18473"},"modified":"2015-11-16T21:45:06","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T11:45:06","slug":"a-league-201516-round-6-the-slippery-fish-comes-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=18473","title":{"rendered":"A-League 2015\/16 Round 6 &#8211; The Slippery Fish Comes Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagfootball.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5928\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagfootball.jpg\" alt=\"tagfootball\" width=\"600\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagfootball.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagfootball-300x37.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/henriquehomecoming.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18475\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/henriquehomecoming.jpg\" alt=\"henriquehomecoming\" width=\"620\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/henriquehomecoming.jpg 620w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/henriquehomecoming-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>WELLINGTON PHOENIX 4 ADELAIDE UNITED 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>MELBOURNE CITY 0 WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>NEWCASTLE JETS 1 CENTRAL COAST MARINERS 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>SYDNEY FC 2 MELBOURNE VICTORY 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>BRISBANE ROAR 1 PERTH GLORY 0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1516r6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18477\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1516r6.jpg\" alt=\"1516r6\" width=\"456\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1516r6.jpg 456w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1516r6-300x295.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1516r6-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>A Fairytale Homecoming For Henrique<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s-ZLO2VVhhY\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ever since Brisbane Roar won their maiden championship in 2011\u00a0there have been plenty of important players who have come and gone during the club&#8217;s golden era &#8211; Besart Berisha, Matt Smith, Ivan Franjic and so on. \u00a0One of the most important players that has been there the entire time has been the diminutive Brazilian striker Henrique.<\/p>\n<p>Arriving at the club in 2009, Henrique has made his mark at the club and become a firm fan favourite, scoring over thirty goals, including two match winning Grand Final goals. \u00a0He is clearly one of the most beloved players of the Brisbane Roar supporters and has particularly strong appeal amongst children.<\/p>\n<p>Its clear that Henrique shares the love for Brisbane and his club too. \u00a0Earlier this year, Henrique become an Australian citizen and plans to call Brisbane home well beyond his playing career. \u00a0After an eight month stint on the sidelines due to a knee construction surgery, he finally made his return in Round 6 against Perth Glory.<\/p>\n<p>The Roar dominated the game but despite two shots from Dimi Petratos striking the woodwork, they didn&#8217;t make their territorial dominance count. \u00a0In the second half, John Aloisi brought on Henrique who received a warm reception from fans. \u00a0Fifteen minutes later, he netted the winning goal for Brisbane. \u00a0It was a goal that clearly meant a lot. \u00a0He was moved to tears during his goal celebration, as he made his trademark &#8216;heart&#8217; gesture to the fans.<\/p>\n<p>Henrique&#8217;s goal proved to be decisive and the win puts the club at the top of the table, two clear points ahead of Sydney FC and a glut of other sides a further point adrift. \u00a0It cements an unexpectedly bright start to the season for the Roar after a tumultuous off season. \u00a0The new signings shined brightly again. \u00a0Corona is already a well established outlet in the midfield and new signing Hervas provided the assist for Henrique with his first touch of the ball.<\/p>\n<p>The result leaves fans dreaming of a possible fourth championship title for Brisbane and John Aloisi with a selection headache as Matt McKay, Jamie Maclaren, James Donachie and Michael Theo all return from international duties and injury. \u00a0The Roar have kept 3 clean sheets in a row now and every position in the starting XI feels up for grabs. \u00a0It&#8217;s an exciting time to be a Brisbane Roar fan.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>News and Notes<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dpL0u5x6Bag\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Match Report | Bonevacia brilliance inspires Phoenix to 4-2 win over Adelaide <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/welvadl?src=hash\">#welvadl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9kDpsDEAGh\">https:\/\/t.co\/9kDpsDEAGh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/emuRirGin7\">pic.twitter.com\/emuRirGin7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Wellington Phoenix (@WgtnPhoenixFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WgtnPhoenixFC\/status\/665115999599882240\">November 13, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Speaking of happy homecomings, Wellington Phoenix played their first home game since it was announced that their 10 year license had been rejected. \u00a0A healthy crowd of over 13,000 fans turned up to see them put Adelaide to the sword and win 4-2 with Roly Bonevacia scoring a sensational brace. \u00a0The club couldn&#8217;t resist taking a pot shot at David Gallop and his quibbles about the Phoenix&#8217;s &#8216;metrics&#8217; when they posted the attendance figure on the score board.<\/li>\n<li>You gotta play to the whistle! \u00a0They teach children that when they first learn the game and Melbourne City were reminded of that lesson the hard way as the defenders stopped when the linesman raised his flag for an apparent offside. \u00a0Western Sydney kept playing and scored a simple tap in. \u00a0They finished 3-0 winners, heaping further pressure on embattled City coach John van&#8217;t Schip.<\/li>\n<li>Besart Berisha looks in ominous form and looks on track to have his second 20+ goal season as his brace helped Melbourne Victory come from behind to defeat Sydney FC. \u00a0It was a tough ask of French defender Jacques Faty who played mere hours after learning that friends of his had been killed in the Paris terror attacks on Saturday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a fairytale at Suncorp as the Slippery Fish scores the winner in his first game back from injury and his first game as an Australian citizen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[218,342,1229],"class_list":["post-18473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-a-league","tag-brisbane-roar","tag-perth-glory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18473"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18486,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18473\/revisions\/18486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}