Full time at Allianz Stadium, and after a scoreless first half, the 6th Sydney Derby exploded to life in what could be one of the most memorable second halves in the short history of this rivalry, and it was the blue side of Sydney FC that prevailed 3-1 over Western Sydney Wanderers. The red and black struck first when Shinji Ono fired home from close range, and then were awarded a penalty which could of possibly put the Wanderers out of sight, but Mark Bridges shot was saved by Vedran Janjetovic. The saved penalty would be the catalyst for the Sky Blues, as they equalised just before the hour mark when Matt Jurman headed in from a cross, in which actually came off his shoulder. The hosts would then hit the front with 15 minutes to play when Richard Garcia capitalised from a defensive blunder from Michael Beauchamp to shoot into virtually an empty net, before a late penalty that was scored by Ali Abbas gave Sydney FC their first Derby win at home, and their first win in four against the Wanderers. A fantastic spectacle, as well as a fantastic advertisement for the A-League on NRL Opening Weekend as over 40,000 supporters filled Allianz Stadium with noise and colour for the whole contest. But, it seems that Sydney Is Sky Blue for the moment. Plenty of drama in the NRL match up at Brookvale Oval, with Cameron Smith kicking the winning field goal in golden point extra time to cap off a 23-22 win for the Melbourne Storm over Manly Sea Eagles to kick off their season. The hosts lead 20-0 just before half time, before the Storm lead 22-20 inside the last 10 minutes of regulation time, before Jamie Lyon kicked a penalty to level the match. It was the second time in three matches that the Storm and Sea Eagles have been level at full time in what has been one of the NRLs non-local rivalries of the modern era. Meanwhile at 1300 Smiles Stadium in Townsville, the Canberra Raiders lead North Queensland Cowboys 16-14 after 55 minutes. And finally, Brisbane Roar youth team have made their debut in the NPL this evening in the unusual surroundings of Barlow Park in Cairns against the Far North Queensland Heat, and approaching full-time, it is 8-1 to the boys in Orange. Be back in under an hour as for a colossal FA Cup Sixth Round tie as Arsenal host Everton from Emirates Stadium, in what could be the Toffees defining match of their campaign. Will have final scores from Cowboys-Raiders in the NRL, Heat-Roar in NPLQ as well as team news for Arsenal-Everton.
Posted on: Sat, 08 Mar 2014 11:30:54 +0000
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