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Eric and Cheryl take you through all the bricks and bouquets of the week in football.

 

Hot Topics

  • Goals – loads of them
  • Crowds – in a season of records, the two semi finals delivered great crowds
    • 2044 fans turned up to see Sydney FC v Canberra United 
    • 1985 fans braved the rainy weather for the Brisbane Roar v Melbourne Victory match
  • The Matildas head into training camp ahead of their first match in 396 days

Semi-Final Results

  • Brisbane Roar v Melbourne Victory

    • Missing Clare Polkinghorne and Emily Gielnik 
    • How did the Sunny Franco signing work?
    • Referees under attack
    • Ageless Lisa De Vanna

      “I just wanted to make an impact and I’ve been preaching to the girls – it’s these games that matter,” De Vanna said.

  • Sydney FC v Canberra United

    • Late withdrawal of Michelle Heyman – can CBR score without her?
    • CBR dominated possession (39-61)
    • Turnovers costly for CBR (SYD 31 interceptions to 16)
    • Corners 6-1 in favour of CBR, but the set-piece evades them

Plus

  • Player of the round
  • Goal of the round – did one of them have a touch of this?
  • Save of the round
  • Pass of the round
  • Tackle of the round

The Road Home – Finals Fever

  • Record eighth Grand Final appearance for Sydney FC (and fourth in a row), and third for Melbourne Victory.
  • Sydney FC have won three Grand Finals to date and are aiming to equal Melbourne City FC’s all-time record of four Championships. 
  • Melbourne Victory won one Grand Final, in 2014, over Brisbane Roar FC. 
  • Head to Head
    • Played 22 times
    • Sydney FC won 13
    • Melbourne Victory won 4
    • 5 draws

Around the World

FAWSL

It’s getting close to the end for arguably the best women’s competition around, with just three rounds remaining. The competition resumes after the FIFA international break.

  • Joe Montemurro is leaving Arsenal
  • (3) Arsenal (Caitlin Foord, Lydia Williams) continued their winning streak, defeating (11) Bristol (Ella Mastrantonio) 4-0
  • Sam Kerr scored a hattrick for (1) Chelsea against (9) Birmingham City 6-0, putting Kerr equal top of the goalscoring table with Vivianne Miedema on 17 goals
  • Hayley Raso’s (5) Everton defeated (12) Aston Villa (3-1)
  • (7) Reading lost 5-0 to (10) West Ham (Emily van Egmond)
  • (8) Tottenham (Alanna Kennedy) lost 3-0 to (2) Man City
  • Keep an eye on Matchday 20 of 22 (25/4 11pm AEST) which sees (2) Man City v (1) Chelsea battle for top spot

UEFA Women’s Champions League

Quarter-finals: 23/24 March & 31 March/1 April

  • Wolfsburg v Chelsea
    • 0-3 (aggregate 1-5)
    • Kerr scored in the 31’
  • Lyon (Carpenter) v PSG
    • Aggregate 1-0
    • Match rescheduled to Sunday April 18th 10pm

Semi-finals: 24/25 April & 1/2 May

  • Bayern v Chelsea (24/4 and 1/5)
  • Barcelona v Lyon/PSG

Final: 16 May (Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg)

D1F

  • Lyon (Ellie Carpenter) v EA Guingamp postponed as Lyon report 15 COVID-19 cases in the team
  • Montpellier (Mary Fowler) lost 4-0 to Stade de Reims

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