{"id":19675,"date":"2016-04-18T22:58:49","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T12:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=19675"},"modified":"2016-04-18T22:59:38","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T12:59:38","slug":"a-league-201516-finals-redemption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=19675","title":{"rendered":"A-League 2015\/16 &#8211; Finals &#8211; Redemption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?attachment_id=5928\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5928\"><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\/?attachment_id=19676\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19676\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19676\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/postgamecelebrations.jpg\" alt=\"postgamecelebrations\" width=\"596\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/postgamecelebrations.jpg 596w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/postgamecelebrations-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>FINALS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>BRISBANE ROAR 2 MELBOURNE VICTORY 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>MELBOURNE CITY 2 PERTH GLORY 0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Brisbane Defeat Melbourne Victory With Last Minute Comeback<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wkxanJGz_Fg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">85\u2019 BRI 0 &#8211; 0 MVC<br \/>\n86\u2019 BRI 0 &#8211; 1 MVC<br \/>\n88\u2019 BRI 1 &#8211; 1 MVC<br \/>\n90+3\u2019 BRI 2 &#8211; 1 MVC<\/p>\n<p>That escalated quickly. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ALFinals?src=hash\">#ALFinals<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HbmbGJnZ8l\">pic.twitter.com\/HbmbGJnZ8l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hyundai A-League (@ALeague) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ALeague\/status\/721138865910738946\">April 16, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ve done it again!<\/p>\n<p>The match, the moments, the goal scorers. \u00a0You couldn&#8217;t have scripted it any better. \u00a0Brisbane Roar played at home in the first round of the finals against Melbourne Victory, the very team that denied them of the Premier&#8217;s Plate a week earlier.<\/p>\n<p>The Victory were bolstered by the return of Besart Berisha from suspension. \u00a0The ace striker who had lead Brisbane Roar to two championships was back for a homecoming where he hoped to eliminate his former club and help Victory defend their championship title. \u00a0Knowing how Berisha always rose for the big occasions, I was convinced he would score against us.<\/p>\n<p>The game was frustrating to watch as Melbourne starved the Roar of possession and dominated the game. \u00a0The usually unflappable Matt McKay and Corona were unable to get any sort of cohesion and were constantly turning the ball over. \u00a0But for all their territorial domination, Victory couldn&#8217;t make it count on the score board. \u00a00-0 at half time.<\/p>\n<p>The spark for the game&#8217;s dramatic finish was a challenge by Victory defender Jason Geria on Thomas Broich. \u00a0It earned Geria his second yellow card and reduced Victory to ten men. \u00a0They responded by going on the attack and just minutes later they scored from a corner thanks to &#8211; who else? &#8211; Besart Berisha. \u00a0Berisha had previously scored against the Roar and celebrated in muted fashion as a mark of respect for his former club. \u00a0Not this night. \u00a0Berisha jumped the railing and threw himself at the Victory fans as he slapped his club&#8217;s emblem on his chest. \u00a01-0 down with four minutes to play. \u00a0A miserable end to what had been a fantastic season.<\/p>\n<p>The Roar had other ideas.<\/p>\n<p>They scored less than a minute after the kick off. \u00a0Petratros found captain Matt McKay who made amends for his miss last week by coolly slotting the ball past Lawrence Thomas. \u00a0In the 3rd minute of stoppage time, Thomas Broich rose above the other defenders and rocketed home the winning goal. \u00a0They had done it. \u00a0Another last minute miracle at Suncorp.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BRIvMVC?src=hash\">#BRIvMVC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VXcwrF7X17\">pic.twitter.com\/VXcwrF7X17<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Spencer Carl (@rubberlegs_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rubberlegs_\/status\/720942598139973632\">April 15, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>Mariners, Glory, Wanderers, Victory. Almost half the league have lost finals at Suncorp in dying moments after taking the lead <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BRIvMVC?src=hash\">#BRIvMVC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sebastian Hassett (@sebth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sebth\/status\/720940588678270981\">April 15, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nBroich. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BRivMVC?src=hash\">#BRivMVC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G2s8hvV8dT\">pic.twitter.com\/G2s8hvV8dT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FourFourTwo Oz (@FourFourTwoOz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FourFourTwoOz\/status\/720939187575238656\">April 15, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The win means that Brisbane Roar stay alive and advance to the semi finals. \u00a0They&#8217;ll face the formidable Western Sydney Wanderers who will be playing their last game at Pirtek Stadium before it undergoes renovation. \u00a0It should be a fantastic contest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>News and Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For all the incredible form they showed in second half of the season, Perth Glory appeared to run out of steam. \u00a0First they lost 4-0 to Sydney FC in the final round of the competition. \u00a0Then they looked utterly flat in their 2-0 defeat at the hands of Melbourne City.<\/li>\n<li>Bruno Fornaroli was a star in City&#8217;s first ever finals win. \u00a0First he scored with a bicycle kick. \u00a0Then he cemented his Man of the Match performance by curling in a free kick from distance.<\/li>\n<li>The lack of supporters for Melbourne City remains a disappointment. \u00a0Just 12k for their home final.<\/li>\n<li>Justifiably, Wellington Phoenix are\u00a0asking for a &#8216;please explain&#8217; from the FFA for their inexplicable decision to overturn Besart Berisha&#8217;s two match ban for kicking Phoenix skipper Andrew Durante.<\/li>\n<li>In a season where the FFA managed to get almost nothing right, they continued to find new ways to earn the ire of fans. \u00a0This week? \u00a0Doing a trophy presentation for Adelaide United without any fans present. \u00a0Good job guys!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>Adelaide United lift the Premiers&#8217; Plate, and the entire Coopers Stadium cleaning staff go wild.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Richard Bayliss (@RichBaylissFOX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RichBaylissFOX\/status\/721927756397678592\">April 18, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brisbane Roar get their revenge on Melbourne Victory with a late comeback that has become their trademark<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[218,342,2489,1389],"class_list":["post-19675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-a-league","tag-brisbane-roar","tag-finals","tag-melbourne-victory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19675","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=19675"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19681,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19675\/revisions\/19681"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}