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  • Guangzh-Ouch As Wanderers Run Riot In China

    mack

    By mack

    The Western Sydney Wanderers have demolished Chinese Super League team Guangzhou R&F 5-0 in the second match of their Asian pre-season tour.

     

    In hot conditions the Wanderers took 32 minutes to open the scoring, wunderkind midfielder Martin Lo carved out a chance that was finished by Brendon Santalab. There was no further scoring in the first half.

     

    The second half team was Ante Covic, Shannon Cole, Dean Heffernan, Iacopo La Rocca, Jerome Polenz, Jake McGing, Jason Trifiro, Aaron Mooy, Nick Olsen, Labinot Haliti and Kwabena Appiah.

     

    The new line-up saw immediate rewards when Labinot Haliti was put through on goal by Aaron Mooy, the wing-forward making the score 2-0. 7 minutes later it was three, Haliti again, this time on a through ball by Dean Heffernan.

     

    On the hour a raft of changes were made, as Mark Bridge, Michael Beauchamp, Tomi Juric and Hersi were substituted on in place of Cole, Appiah, McGing & Haliti.

     

    The last 20 minutes belong to Hersi, who scored from just inside the penalty box to make it 4-0 with strong work by Juric to hold and then lay-off a pass to the winger. Aaron Mooy delivered a killer ball to Hersi who slammed it home to make it 5-0 and a thumping victory.

     

    With Hersi, Santalab and Haliti in good form, the midfield working well to create chances and build the play, and the defence keeping a clean sheet, this looks like the epitome of a pre-season match and one that I'm sure the squad and coaching staff will be extremely please with. So far this pre-season the biggest problem being faced by Tony Popovic is who out of all the impressive performers he's going to start. Which is always the best problem a manager can have.

     

    The Wanderers next match is against Tokyo Verde on Thursday the 12th of September.

     

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    AEK

    AEK

    Posted

    Nice!

    wanderersfanatic

    wanderersfanatic

    Posted

    Nice recap mack!

     

    Were you watching the game? How are you able to get precise details of the game?

    Burgerman

    Burgerman

    Posted

    Have we signed Martin Lo at all,pen him in for under 20's for at least a couple of years and maybe Popa can use him for a couple of A-league games during the ACL period

     

    Great result bring on ACL and A-league already

    Themumf

    Themumf

    Posted

    Ain't this the mob that forked out 1.3m for Griffiths, then got Sven in as coach? 5-0 is a proper lacing.

    xposedPatricK

    xposedPatricK

    Posted

    Have we signed Martin Lo at all,pen him in for under 20's for at least a couple of years and maybe Popa can use him for a couple of A-league games during the ACL period

     

    Great result bring on ACL and A-league already

    His big bro told me hes contracted to the youth side

    Carns

    Carns

    Posted

    Have we signed Martin Lo at all,pen him in for under 20's for at least a couple of years and maybe Popa can use him for a couple of A-league games during the ACL period

    I work with a woman, her son plays indoor with Martin and apparently he has been signed to a youth contract. Nothing official though AFAIK.

     

    Ain't this the mob that forked out 1.3m for Griffiths, then got Sven in as coach? 5-0 is a proper lacing.

    Yes, they are currently 5th in the CSL. Unsure of what sort of squad they put out though? Did CSL have a week off for FIFA dates? It could have been close to full strength.

    heyitsrobbie

    heyitsrobbie

    Posted

    who was in the first half team?

    mack

    mack

    Posted

    Don't know.

     

    This is from twitter and facebook.

    Ain't this the mob that forked out 1.3m for Griffiths, then got Sven in as coach? 5-0 is a proper lacing.

    No. None of the Griffiths brothers have played for this club.

    Burgerman

    Burgerman

    Posted

     

    Have we signed Martin Lo at all,pen him in for under 20's for at least a couple of years and maybe Popa can use him for a couple of A-league games during the ACL period

     

    Great result bring on ACL and A-league already

    His big bro told me hes contracted to the youth side

     

    Sweet potato! :xbop: one for the future

    West13

    West13

    Posted

    Don't know.

     

    This is from twitter and facebook.

     

    Ain't this the mob that forked out 1.3m for Griffiths, then got Sven in as coach? 5-0 is a proper lacing.

    No. None of the Griffiths brothers have played for this club.

    Rostyn Griffiths you may mean?..

    Not one of the brothers.

    mack

    mack

    Posted

    Ah.

     

    Then yes. Rostyn Griffiths plays for them.

    Themumf

    Themumf

    Posted

    Yeah, not the ESFC / Jets variety. The kid that used to play for CCM.

    waggafletcher

    waggafletcher

    Posted

    Mr Hersi has become the first ever Australian Prime Minister to score a goal during a football game.

    Congratulations, Prime Minister Hersi.

    WSW2150

    WSW2150

    Posted

    The future of western sydney

     

     

    Have we signed Martin Lo at all,pen him in for under 20's for at least a couple of years and maybe Popa can use him for a couple of A-league games during the ACL period

     

    Great result bring on ACL and A-league already

    His big bro told me hes contracted to the youth side
    bombagol

    bombagol

    Posted

     

    Don't know.

     

    This is from twitter and facebook.

     

    Ain't this the mob that forked out 1.3m for Griffiths, then got Sven in as coach? 5-0 is a proper lacing.

    No. None of the Griffiths brothers have played for this club.
    Rostyn Griffiths you may mean?..

    Not one of the brothers.

    Yes, this is the team coached by Sven. According to Wikipedia, Aussie Eddy Bosnar plays for them.

     

    If we beat their first team 5-0, then it's a very good result.

    GD07

    GD07

    Posted

    Santalab continuing to play well is good news. Plenty of pressure on bridge/juric to perform to keep their spot.

    WanderingEel

    WanderingEel

    Posted

    Wow, what a result! Go Wanderers!

    wswnick

    wswnick

    Posted

    who was in the first half team?

     

    Tyson, Haliti, Santalab, Cole, Minniecon, Appiah Kubi, Topor-Stanley, D'Apuzzo, Poljak, Lo, McGing

    AEK

    AEK

    Posted

    3 seconds? I don't want to wait that long!

    Spotbrock

    Spotbrock

    Posted

    Good to see the team scoring goals. Positive signs.

    AnthonyM

    AnthonyM

    Posted

    I can feel a big year ahead for Santa and Juric......................especially if they are supplied ball by the wanderkid Marty LO!!

    Can anyone say Goal Fest!!! :xbop:  :woah:

    Unlimited

    Unlimited

    Posted

    I've heard good things about this Lo character...

     

    Where does he play?

     

    The Shinji role? The Aaron Mooy role? The Hersi role? The Mark Bridge role? etc.

    mack

    mack

    Posted

    Defensive midfield playmaker is what he's been used at, although he looks good enough to be able to play anywhere in the midfield.

    PAL81

    PAL81

    Posted

    Someone has suggested on SST Facebook page that the Chinese team were made up of 18yr olds. Can anyone confirm this?

    Whitey

    Whitey

    Posted

    I can feel a big year ahead for Santa and Juric......................especially if they are supplied ball by the wanderkid Marty LO!!

    Can anyone say Goal Fest!!! :xbop:  :woah:

    cream-feast-o.gif

     

    Oh Yeah!!!



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