Borrello Brace For Late Leveller

[mack]

Macarthur Bulls hosted the Western Sydney Wanderers in Campbelltown tonight, a late flurry of goals seeing the match level at 2-2 as Brandon Borrelo's brace pulled back a draw deep into stoppage time.

Both teams came into the Saturday night contest on the back off a loss. Macarthur succumbed 2-1 away to Perth Glory and the Wanderers 3-2 to Adelaide in a fiery home clash. The Wanderers were missing Captain Marcelo following his expulsion late in the Adelaide game and with Gabriel Cleur still out injured, Aidan Simmons retained his position at right fullback after he kept Craig Goodwin quiet and Tom Beadling took Marcelo's place in central defence.

17 minutes into the game Brandon Borrello had the best chance of the opening stages, Simmons played a pass into Romain Amalfitano, he flicked a neat first time pass into the middle where Borrello fired off the back of a Macarthur defender for a corner. Simmons should have earned the Wanderers a penalty when he was unceremoniously shoved over in the box by former Wanderer Jonathan Aspro, but inexplicably neither the central office or the VAR spotted it. Borrello had another change on the half-hour after Layouni found him after just keeping the ball in play, the shot went sky high over the bar when a shot on target was the least expected from the situation.

Borrello had been threatening all night and he made Macarthur pay for a weak clearance 3 minutes from the break. Macarthur gave away a free kick that ended on the other side of the field with an Amalfitano cross into the area. A stack of bodies were there for the scraps, one of the Bulls defenders got a head but not enough of one to hit it beyond Borrello on the edge of the area who bought it down expertly with a half jump and struck a wonderful half-volley down into the bottom corner past the despairing dive of goalkeeper Filip Kurto.

Macarthur were deflated by the goal, and the remainder of the half was all the Wanderers and they were unlucky not to double their lead before half-time. In the 65th minute Macarthur smacked a header off the crossbar & cleared away by the Wanderers defence. Seconds later they were level. Al Hassan Toure slid a forward ball past the misjudged interception attempt from Traore, Jake McGing sent the ball across the 6 yard box and it was either going to be a goal or an own goal and Lachie Rose got the final touch to make it 1-1.

Nicolas Milanovic and Oli Bozanic entered the fray in the 78th minute with Ninkovic & Amalfitano exiting. Milanovic was into the action quickly, getting down the right flank and being dragged down by Jerry Skotadis but for no reward from the official. As stoppage time loomed Milanovic found himself in space on the left if he could find Borrello the striker would have had a tap-in but he was closed down just 

Kusini Yengi should have won it for the Wanderers after a brilliant back-heel through ball, Yengi ran onto it, rounded the keeper and with an open net waiting and invitingly, Yengi lost his composure and slammed it into the side netting. Borrelo had his own chance to win it but he was blocked after shooting.

Instead it was Macarthur who took the lead, going down the right with the winger cutting it back into the box where Toure's unerring finish beat Lawrence Thomas at the near post to give the hosts a 2-1 lead.

Western Sydney threw everyone forward late and won a last second free kick when Craig Noone scythed down Simmons with awful tackle that sent the youngest flying in the air. It was shades of the Kevin Muscat assault on Adrian Zahra from 2011 but unlike Muscat, Noone was handed a yellow card. Yeni Ngbakoto stepped up to take the free kick out wide, delivered it to the near post where that man Borrello was on the spot, flicking it on past Kurto to level the scoring with the last action of the match.

Macarthur would be devastated at throwing away the three points to leave them stuck in 11th, the Wanderers were clearly the better team overall and would be angry at letting Macarthur back into the match having taken the lead. The one point doesn't help the Wanderers chase down the top 2 and leaves them 2 behind the Mariners, but does keep them ahead of the Phoenix in 5th place even if the Nix pull off an upset over the league leading Melbourne City on Easter Monday.

The Wanderers next match is against Melbourne Victory in Parramatta on Saturday the 15th with kick-off at 7:45pm.

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[Sithslayer1991]

2 points dropped. Look I know we will be blaming Traore for those 2 goals but the mistake was Mrcela, Hoff and the big one Schneiderlin. They slowed the game down and when Layouni went off didn't adjust because De Silva for 4-5 minutes was running free and stretched us to concede that goal.

Ninkovic had a so so game. He was constantly looking for a runner and there was no one and he would lose the ball or play it safe and urging the team to make the runs for him. Don't know why we sometimes played long balls to him because duh he won't sprint for it.

Then Yengi with that chance... Frustrating result "we are our own worst enemy"

[sonar]

When we stop playing attacking football we are ordinary.  I felt we should of pressed forward more trying to score instead of the silly stuffing around that we did. We just invited them back in. There were times I thought Robinson was back in charge.  Big game against Victory at home next week. Win and we're in the finals.

[WSWJACK]

Since Yeni was pulled in the away match at Perth, his form has dipped I feel, added nothing tonight when he came on, the only redeemer was he put that final ball on Borello's head, but he needs to be more destructive and consistent, because the annoying thing he can be.

[TwoLeftFoots]

Yeni came on out wide and offered nothing.

Milanovic then came on out wide pushing yeni centrally, and offered nothing. Milanovic and borello then swapped and we looked so , but in stretching the game we conceded a **** goal. From my angle at the ground looked like it took a toe deflection. Good spirit to fight back, but an embarrassing result. Heads should be hung in shame. Such a disappointing game plan and a poor execution. Hopefully this is our low point.

Edited April 8, 2023 by TwoLeftFoots

[pseudonym]

[SNS100]

Without being an expert on body language, I get a feeling that some of the players do not want to be there. 

Bozanic is cooked... probably told his services are not required next season. 

N'Gbakoto... just going through the motions. 

Both delivered a free kick that went 700 metres too deep. (Yeni delivered a peach for the equaliser, but offered nothing when he came on).  

For all the skill Schneiderlin, Ninković and co. possess... they want to play the game at walking pace at times. 

Kusini Yengi has had a few impressive moments this season, but that dominant display against Victory early on in the year seems like a distant memory. 

Adama Traore... let's be brutally honest, he is a liability. 

Start Milanović next week. At least he has Borello-like energy levels. 

[Midfielder]

Fergie time goal.... 4 minutes time scored almost 6 minutes in... 

[mack]

The extra time came from McGing lying on the pitch for 2 minutes after a collision with Yengi, Kurto wasting 30 seconds at a goal kick and the minute and a half they wasted after the goal. And that was all additional time wasted in stoppage time, so really it should have been more like 8 minutes not 6.

[matty]

2 hours ago, Midfielder said:

Fergie time goal.... 4 minutes time scored almost 6 minutes in... 

Free kick was given around 93:50. Goal came directly from free kick. 

**** off troll

[HillsPanther]

When the team plays positive football, moving the ball forward they win. When they play negative, sending it back all the time, they lose or draw. Why is it so difficult for the players and coach to see that?

[Potkorok]

Ugh almost losing to Macarthur - how even?

But just watched highlights - Rose offside for their first goal for mine

[StringerBellend]

Marcello makes a huge difference to us, and not just defensively. He carries the ball from the back and plays forward, Beading is a decent player but he doesn't have that. 

[GE942150]

Just now, StringerBellend said:

Marcello makes a huge difference to us, and not just defensively. He carries the ball from the back and plays forward, Beading is a decent player but he doesn't have that. 

We can't be using Marcelo as an excuse for this match. Macarthur are rubbish and don't even have Davilla. 

 

[StringerBellend]

4 minutes ago, Potkorok said:

Ugh almost losing to Macarthur - how even?

But just watched highlights - Rose offside for their first goal for mine

How? We came out after half time asleep (as we did against Adelaide)

We then went into our negative football mode where we fart around with ball at the back forever, it's as if we try to hold on to the lead by passing the other team into submission.

They are crap but second half they put in the effort (none more so than Rose a park footballer but at least he was having a go).

After Yengi missing that sitter, their second goal was the more predictable than a Adam Sandler movie.

 

[StringerBellend]

16 minutes ago, GE942150 said:

We can't be using Marcelo as an excuse for this match. Macarthur are rubbish and don't even have Davilla. 

 

Not looking for an excuse we should have belted them they are a NPL team at best. Just pointing out it's not just the defensive work he does he starts a lot of our attacks. Schneiderlin needs to be asking for the ball and playing that role 

[TwoLeftFoots]

1 hour ago, Potkorok said:

Ugh almost losing to Macarthur - how even?

But just watched highlights - Rose offside for their first goal for mine

I'm rather confident he was clearly a few metres behind the ball.

[GE942150]

Press conference.

https://keepup.com.au/videos/id/press-conference-marko-rudan/6324193516112/

No one asked how long Marcelo is out.

[VedranRozic]

2 hours ago, StringerBellend said:

Schneiderlin needs to be asking for the ball and playing that role 

This. Exactly.

[WanderingToqui]

1 hour ago, VedranRozic said:

This. Exactly.

Maybe that's one of the reasons he no longer plays in Europe.

[GunnerWanderer]

I missed the game on holidays, does anyone know you cannot access Paramount outside Australia? For a global company another downer on it. Got a msg due to license restrictions blah blah blah stuff you, you can't watch. Couldn't be arsed trying to get a VPN on my phone. 

I followed via the forum looks as though a little disappointing but at least we showed we can get a late goal if needed that was nice. 

Rudan seemed a bit down, he is still pretty open and honest. Liked the comment about Borello and his passion and the team need to show the same. 

Edited April 9, 2023 by GunnerWanderer

[BoyFromTheWest]

3 hours ago, GE942150 said:

Press conference.

https://keepup.com.au/videos/id/press-conference-marko-rudan/6324193516112/

No one asked how long Marcelo is out.

Answered in the pre-match stuff. Before the tribunal (or whatever) later this week. Will know then. None of the commentators thought it should be longer than the usual 2-3 weeks but suspect it will be - included Brosque.

[matty]

3 hours ago, GunnerWanderer said:

I missed the game on holidays, does anyone know you cannot access Paramount outside Australia? For a global company another downer on it. Got a msg due to license restrictions blah blah blah stuff you, you can't watch. Couldn't be arsed trying to get a VPN on my phone. 

I followed via the forum looks as though a little disappointing but at least we showed we can get a late goal if needed that was nice. 

Rudan seemed a bit down, he is still pretty open and honest. Liked the comment about Borello and his passion and the team need to show the same. 

I think most streaming services have similar restrictions

[ZachMercer]

19 minutes ago, matty said:

does anyone know you cannot access Paramount outside Australia? For a global company another downer on it. Got a msg due to license restrictions blah blah blah stuff you, you can't watch.

I have Paramount on our Android TV at home and it's a sh*tshow of an app and streaming servce. I was getting "you can't watch this program in your country" errors last week. Perhaps the above was a technical error?

[StringerBellend]

52 minutes ago, ZachMercer said:

I have Paramount on our Android TV at home and it's a sh*tshow of an app and streaming servce. I was getting "you can't watch this program in your country" errors last week. Perhaps the above was a technical error?

I've had that you have to close the app and open it again to get rid of it. Weird.

 

[mack]

If you're outside Australia then you're not located/covered by the streaming rights the APL sold Paramount. The name might be the same but P+ Australia isn't the same as P+ America or Europe. Each region/country has different broadcast rights for everything. P+ isn't restricting access because it feels like it, it's because the rights holders aren't selling global rights, only broadcast rights for individiual XYZ countries/regions.

I personally think restricting an account made & bought in a country from accessing the service if it happens to leave the country is bullshit and should be legislated again by our Government, but it's what the rights owners want in place, basically started with rights holders, netflix etc being shitty about people in America & Europe accessing their content via accounts made in cheap regions/countries. Similar to Gerry Harvey getting pissed off that people were importing books, dvds, electronics into Australia from Asia and bribing the Abbott Liberal Government to reduce the GST threshold, making imported products more expensive.

If you're in the country and getting that error then it'll be a bug that might be because it's seeing the IP address given by your ISP as non-Australian. If it's that issue then it can be a problem because it's the lists not being updated by the groups that run the allocations instead of P+. Or it might be an issue where the program/app is glitched and not accurately reading them. Suggestions in that case would be restarting the device, and then restarting the modem and hoping that clears it.

[GunnerWanderer]

Thanks Mack kindly for that detailed information 👍

[SBW]

Speaking of Paramount, absolute crapolla to use on the weekend to watch the game, my hotel didn’t have 10 Bold so I had to use VPN to stream the game on YouTube and the coverage was much better. 

As for the game, Borello was the best player on the field, rest of the team looked lethargic and had no motivation. I like Yengi, I think he brings energy but he’s become the younger version of Bernie Ibini, I probably won’t miss him if he is going to Newcastle, cannot get a consistent performance out of him. Mrcela just looks lost without Marcelo next to him. Aidan Simmons run as a RWB is over, he is a very good young player but he is not a defensive type player, I hope to see him play on the wing and Milanovic needs to start against the Vucks this Saturday, he is wasted on the bench his short stint had more impact.

On 9/4/2023 at 2:15 PM, GunnerWanderer said:

I missed the game on holidays, does anyone know you cannot access Paramount outside Australia? For a global company another downer on it. Got a msg due to license restrictions blah blah blah stuff you, you can't watch. Couldn't be arsed trying to get a VPN on my phone. 

I followed via the forum looks as though a little disappointing but at least we showed we can get a late goal if needed that was nice. 

Rudan seemed a bit down, he is still pretty open and honest. Liked the comment about Borello and his passion and the team need to show the same. 

If your overseas and want to watch an A-League match, watch it on YouTube.

[WSWJACK]

Paramount was shite on Saturday, each time tried to log on it recognised me and kept prompting me to join and take out a subscription wtf, just too hard watched it on bold instead.