Polytec Stadium, Australia – Na Saturday, 29 November, Central Coast Mariners carry their revenge matter come play as dem face reigning champions, Melbourne City. But wetin we go talk? The match end for 0-0 na wah!
First half no dey sweet as City come dey shine like star, dey force plenty chances. But na Andrews Redmayne, di Mariners goalkeeper, wey stand gidigba like soldier, dey block all di shots wey City dey fire. Na so we dey enter halftime, no goals wey dem fit score. E be like say dem wan chop for small break.
Second half don come, and as dem emerge from dressing room, e be like say fire don catch both teams. Dem change tactics, dey press each other and dey attempt to break di deadlock. Mariners substitute, Nico Duarte, come show sey him sabi play. E header nearly carry di day, but Patrick Beach, di City keeper, show say he no dey slack too, with one strong save!
As di match dey waka towards end, Melbourne City tink say dem don carry di points when Andrew Nabbout net one for last minutes. But as di assistant referee raise di flag like sey na carnival, everybody sabi say na offside. E mean say match finish with no goals, but plenty action happen.
After di match, coach Warren Moon no dey vex at all. Him talk sey, ‘We no lose di game, we keep clean sheet, and we respect say we dey play reigning champions of Australia. We dey optimistic sey we go carry all di 3 points – but we go take di one point.’
As di Mariners gather dem mind, dem go focus on Sydney FC wey dey come visit next Saturday, December 6 by 7:35pm, after di women team run dem own match against Newcastle Jets at 5:00pm. Na double header we dey look forward to – hope sey e go make sense!
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