wrap up of round 7(pt1)

The first match of round seven began with bitter rivals Adelaide United and Melbourne at Adelaide’s home ground at Hindmarsh stadium. Nick Ward stopped the Adelaide fans cheering early scoring a goal. From then on it was a tough match with the usual suspects Kevin Muscat and Leigh Broxham getting yellow cards. Despite a good effort put in by Adelaide they conceded another goal in the 89^th minute via striker Grant Brebner.

Melbourne Victory 2 Adelaide United 0

The second game the Central Coast Mariners battled Gold Coast United the Mariners having the best defence versus United’s best attack. The Mariners completely subdued United, Travis scoring in the 25^th minute. United failed to be a threat as they entered the sheds at half time to regroup. United attacked quickly creating a corner, one of the only chances they managed. The Mariners punished Gold Coast scoring a goal in 53^rd and 69^th minute. Any chance to come back was thwarted as leading goal scorer Shane Smelts was sent off in the 68^th minute after getting a second yellow card.

Central Coast Mariners 3 Gold Coast 0

Wellington Phoenix captain Andrew Durante describes his teams result against North Queensland Fury as gut-wrenching. The third game of the 7^th round started off well for Wellington with a 6^th minute goal from Leo Bertos, and they continued to dominate with many chances to double their money with two great shots from Daniel. Ian Ferguson coach of Fury admitted his team was lucky to be trailing by one goal at the half. With a little bit of motivation from their coach the Fury did better in the second half gaining a free kick into injury time, Fowler kicked ball in the penalty area and with a few lucky ricochets it was finally put in by Chris Grossman.

Wellington Phoenix 1 North Queensland Fury 1