Arzani had his ankle stomped on in first 5 minutes and should have been yellow card. Ref wrongfully ignored it and that’s one reason King doesn’t ref in European league 

That was the one - he gave three pained shouts which I think actually counted against him. I am sure it hurt - but his reaction told the ref he was after his attention and punishment more than making genuine sounds of pain. I know pain is subjective but you don't hear people in the game going 'Ahh Ahhh Ahhhhh' unless they are doing it for attention. Same as the tosser who got kicked in the arm/chest by Machach rolled on the ground holding his face in two hands. Exaggerating the impact/injury to get your opponent an upgraded foul is a blight.

I felt him being stomped was a yellow card too. No question of that. My problem is theatrics and always has been so if it results in a missed foul/card then tough.

I don’t think they use Australian referees in UEFA 😏😏

They've already been named but could Gillet have been a chance for the Euros under the England flag? 

Ever heard of ex A league ref Gillet being moved/promoted to Epl?! 

Ha bang! 

Talbot was just shocking there. Fresh as a sub so his mind should be fine and he's kept his back to Velupillay and is way off. 

Great touch to dribble and set that goal up.

VAR doing its job.

City lost their heads a bit after the equaliser. I expect them to get their heads back on straight for extra time.

Tired legs and a man down offset by home game elimination final and pride.

Anyone's game.

Bos goes alright. 

I swear Talbot is Marc Warren 2.0. How do these blokes get into national teams? 

How's Izzo's relationship with Crawley? 

Wow - Izzo! What a huge game from him keeping Victory in it all night then winning it for them in pens.

Really hard game for Victory and they fought through it.

Another bottle job from MCFC.

Oh I thought you were talking about King.

Paul Izzo was unbelievable, I think he made 10 saves in regular time plus the 3 in the penalty shootout one of the best GK displays ive seen in Oz football in quite a long time!

Victory go on and Melb City go out, to think they had 10 players for most of the game and didnt make the most of it probably shows Aurelio Vidmar's inability to see it out.

To think the Olyroos had both Vidmar's coaching the teams over the years, surely the national set up could better than them as they underperformed that age group.

Melb City should run it back with Kisnorbo unless if he wants a new challenge but he would be the right choice if they want a chance to go back to the top again.

Another thing whats it with teams struggling to play with 10 men in this league? Sydney last night was the exception but it see it alot in this league when teams are forced to have the ball with one extra player they struggled to create meaningful chances and put them away it's almost easier to play a team thats 11v11.

JMac missing in another big game. Why didn't he take the pen in the first half?

Sydney really struggled between the send off and half time. Talay's input at the break seemed to have got them lifting another gear.
 

He had his moment mid second half where he actually got in front of his marker, but headed over from the six yard box. Did the hard work getting there, but bottled the shot. Should have killed off the game with the goal at his mercy. But, yes, other than that one chance he wasn't there all game.

Not sure what was said at HT but it helped that Lolley hit that screamer and settled the nerves they had playing with 10 men.

I think the loss of a player these day is relatively insignificant.

A team just drops from two forwards to one and plays the same as they always did in structure and system - but because they are a man down they play with more intensity and desperation. They don't even have to fall back and park the bus - because they are only one attacker down and that player would rarely have gone back into the defensive line anyway. And yet they often do play more defensively making it that much harder to break them down than they may have been playing the full field with a full team.

The team with the man extra often holds a player back - thinking they are only really vulnerable to the fast break because their opponents are an attacker down - but they are just balancing the numbers in the rest of the field.

With 5 subs available, the team a man down can afford to run hard and half the team gets refreshed.

So Mariners play in about 4 hours time, then travel half way across the globe, land back Wednesday, then play an away final on Friday night?

Surely this gets changed? I understand venue availability but thats beyond unfair for them. And they finished on top!

Play both matches on Sunday, or switch Mariners to the home team for the first leg and play next Monday night. 

That was a good game even though we bottled it. 

Roosters on Sunday at Allianz but I think a switch might be the best thing. Makes perfect sense as it's Magic Round up at Suncorp for the NRL.

Have to switch it.

Play it Sunday night at Gosford after the Victory/Nix game. Put both games on 10 Bold to open up the potential viewership numbers.

I genuinely think even Sydney FC would agree to it. 

APLs up to their old tricks with this scheduling. 

I'm really impressed with the turn out we got tonight active really made a lot of noise.

Valadon was great when he came on. 

Why is it taking them 3 days to get back ?