HARBOURSPORT |
SYDNEY FC v MELBOURNE VICTORY Sydney Football Stadium, Sunday 20th January 2008. |
Photos by Michael Shillito |
Worst Title Defence Ever |
The players walk on |
Kick off |
Corica wrong-foots Kevin Muscat |
GOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLL |
The players celebrate as Sydney FC goes 1-0 ahead |
Victory set the wall |
Juninho corner |
Brosque goes down |
A great crowd of over 33,000 was in attendance |
Bolton goal kick |
Jump Up in The Cove |
O When Sydney Goes Marching In |
A chance to go 2-0 ahead is too high |
Victory corner |
It's fun to stay at the YMCA |
The Cove - Sydney Till I Die |
A nasty storm is brewing overhead |
The SCC banners |
Into the second half |
Victory immediately equalise |
Talay prepares to take a free |
But his shot goes into the wall |
Sydney take a corner |
We're singing in the rain, just singing in the rain |
For a fleeting moment the Victory think they have gone ahead |
But the offside flag puts an end to that idea |
Sydney score and go 2-1 ahead |
The players celebrate |
The Victory keeper is beaten, but a defender's boot stops another FC goal |
Corica steers Sydney forward |
The Cove does the chop |
Corica off, Biddle on |
After the rain, the sunshine |
But Sydney's dream of a top-2 finish is shattered when Melbourne score |
Archie Thompson celebrates |
Popovic holds up play, looking for an attacking option |
Zadkovich from half way |
Terry McFlynn looks for a winner |
Sydney corner |
The Cove try to lift Sydney |
Bolton makes a save |
Archie Thompson tries to pull a penalty |
But 2-2 was how it finished, forcing Sydney into an elimination series against Queensland |