{"id":3231,"date":"2010-10-31T21:48:28","date_gmt":"2010-10-31T11:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=3231"},"modified":"2010-10-31T21:50:31","modified_gmt":"2010-10-31T11:50:31","slug":"a-league-round-12-brisbane-roar-vs-sydney-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=3231","title":{"rendered":"A-League Round 12: Brisbane Roar vs Sydney FC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brisbane Roar vs Sydney FC<\/p><\/div>\n

Football can be a funny game.\u00a0 Last week’s villain can be this week’s hero.\u00a0 That was the case if you were a Brisbane Roar fan and you went from being angered last week by Melbourne Victory’s Robbie Kruse who scored against us to this week praising his name when he scored again to help sink Adelaide United to their first defeat of the season.\u00a0 Kruse’s goal and Adelaide’s defeat gave the Brisbane Roar a golden opportunity to climb to the top of the ladder.\u00a0 We had an away game against the defending champions and bottom club in the competition Sydney FC.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, I appeared to have spoken too soon about my man Reinaldo.\u00a0 After praising his improved performance only a matter of days ago, this weekend he turned in one of his most lackluster performances of the season.\u00a0 He looked weary and listless, he got dispossessed time and again and he played selfishly, looking to draw the foul and hitting the deck far too easily.\u00a0 This isn’t the Serie A and the ref doesn’t blow the whistle for the theatrical stuff.<\/p>\n

Happily, we scored the opening goal in a matter of minutes.\u00a0 A deflection from an early corner lead to an opportunistic header from defender Luke Devire to put us in front.\u00a0 From there, the Roar put on a commanding performance in the middle of the pitch, at times getting close to 70% of the possession.\u00a0 Sydney looked all at sea and we clearly had the ascendancy.<\/p>\n

Only Reinaldo kept flubbing chance after chance up front.\u00a0 And sure enough, on the half hour mark, completely against the run of play, Sydney made us pay with a goal from Alex Brosque.\u00a0 Sydney clawed their way back into the game after that and we looked rattled for the rest of the half.\u00a0 That friggin’ Reinaldo!<\/p>\n

The second half saw an improved performance from the Roar but that second goal never came.\u00a0 Reinaldo eventually got subbed for Jean Carlo Solorzano.\u00a0 Solorzano was the top goal scorer in the Costa Rican league last season and is tipped to become our new frontman once he finds his fitness.\u00a0 After this round, you feel it can’t come soon enough.\u00a0 The game ended 1-1, despite the Roar clearly being the better side.<\/p>\n

An opportunity missed, Adelaide remain on top of the table, albeit their lead has been reduced to two points.<\/p>\n

Brisbane Roar 1 – Sydney FC 1<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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