Victory in Melbourne 

A few weeks ago I asked the question “So Mr Vargas, who will you be supporting?” when Melbourne Victory took on Green Gully in a practice match. Well I needn’t have bothered as neither Rodrigo or Andy Vargas played in the match held last night, which Green Gully won convincingly 3-1 at an extremely cold and wet underfoot Green Gully Reserve.

Overall a pretty average performance from Melbourne last night against a team that was fielding most of its reserves and Under 21s players. Good debut from new signing Michael Thwaite, who looked very comfortable on the ball, but would have liked to see him play more in the centre of defence and not at right back. Other new signing, Ney Fabiano look good in patches with some neat touches but looked sadly short of match fitness.

The crowd also got to see some players that could quite possibly make up our youth team with Fabio Dilizia looking like a good prospect apart from giving away a penalty and picking up a rather harsh red card for his efforts. It wasn’t the only red card for the night with Berger picking up two yellows and Green Gully’s very own Muscat, Emanuel, picking up two yellows in very quick session to find himself having an early shower.

It was good to see Melbourne back in action, but I’m not sure if the frozen hands and feet were worth it at this early stage in the season. As I’ve said before I’ll give the next practice match in Epping a miss - too far away and probably even colder than it was last night.

Tags: emanuel muscat, fabio dilizia, green gully, melbourne victory, michael thwaite, ney fabiano

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