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YET to taste a win over Brisbane Roar since deserting them last year, Ange Postecoglou has one last chance to inflict defeat on the club he coached to back-to-back A-League championships.
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The new Australian coach ends his tenure at Melbourne Victory Friday night at Etihad Stadium, and fittingly it's against the Roar, where he forged the reputation that resulted in him being this week named the new Socceroos boss.
Despite his standing, Postecoglou has been unable to get the better of the Roar since defecting to the Victory in April last year.
The Roar and the Victory have met four times since then, including a recent trial, with Brisbane winning two of the matches and the other two finishing in draws.
Of the four matches, Brisbane fans will most fondly remember the 5-0 thrashing the Victory copped at Suncorp Stadium last October.
The Roar could do no wrong that night against a woeful Victory, with Postecoglou having been angered before the match with suggestions his former assistant Rado Vidosic had been the brains behind Brisbane's successive title wins.
"There was already plenty of spice surrounding that match," Brisbane skipper Matt Smith said Thursday.
"None of us wanted him to leave us. But that was 18 months ago and we've definitely moved on."
Smith said regardless of Postecoglou's involvement, the Roar always lifted when they played the Victory, the club regarded as the A-League's biggest.
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However, the central defender said he would like nothing more than to end Postecoglou's Victory reign with defeat Friday night.
"There's nothing more sure of us wanting to beat the Victory, and there's nothing more sure that Ange would finally like to beat us, particularly as it's his last game before the takes charge of the Socceroos," Smith said.
Both teams are unbeaten this season going into Friday night's clash, but the Roar are far healthier with two wins from as many matches and the Victory having to settle for draws in the opening two weeks of the season.
Brisbane coach Mike Mulvey couldn't resist having a dig at the Melbourne club, particularly at the way the Victory and Postecoglou celebrated their 2-2 draw with Adelaide United last Friday night.
"I'll tell you why it's big for them - they haven't got a win on the board yet," said Mulvey in dismissing the significance of Friday night being Postecoglou's last game in charge of the Victory.
"They've played two games and they've drawn two games. There were scenes of delirium last week when they got one point."
Mulvey said he was shocked that Postecoglou would be in charge of the Victory tonight after being officially appointed Socceroos coach on Wednesday.
"I'm quite amazed that he's actually coaching this game against us, because I thought he's already got another job," Mulvey said ahead of the clash at Etihad Stadium.
"If you're holding one job, I find it difficult to understand that you can do two jobs at once.
"From outside it appears there's a degree of uncertainly (at the Victory) at the moment.
"(But) as far as Melbourne Victory is concerned, it doesn't bother me in the least because I've got a job to do here."
Mulvey said Friday night's clash was "just another game" and claimed he and his players had divorced themselves from any of the hype surrounding Postecoglou.
"They (the Roar players) also recognise that the past is the past, and you've got to go and write history, you don't go and read about it," he said.
"I don't really care about the opposition."
Brazilian speedster Henrique, who scored after coming on as a substitute in last Saturday's 4-0 thrashing of Sydney FC, is set to start in the absence of injured striker Besart Berisha.
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