Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player.
ADELAIDE United defeated Central Coast Mariners 4-0 by mixing its usual tiki-taka game plan which saw the club win just one match this season before Saturday night.
Adelaide steam rolled the reigning champion at Coopers Stadium despite emphatically losing the possession statistic for the first time.
Re-live all the action from Coopers Stadium in our match centre.
Melbourne Victory was the only other club which won the possession stakes just - 51 per cent to 49 per cent - during the round two 2-2 draw in front of a record A-League crowd at Hindmarsh (16,504) this season.
Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player.
Mariners had 55 per cent of possession on Saturday but the key to the change of style was Adelaide's use of effective long balls forward to split the Mariners defence.
Adelaide captain Eugene Galekovic was the best long ball example when he claimed an assist for a route one clearance which allowed Sergio Cirio to score Adelaide's third goal when he rounded Mariners keeper Liam Reddy before walking the ball into an empty net.
Out of Adelaide's 457 passes compared to Mariners 554 Adelaide used the long ball 17 per cent of the time while Mariners only tried the long ball six per cent of the time.
Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player.
But when Mariners' Mitch Duke got behind the Reds defence's high line after just 45 seconds before his opportunity was lost with a heavy touch Adelaide seemingly defended smarter.
And with the Reds defence seemingly dropping deeper than coach Josep Gombau's previous high line Adelaide took command of the clash.
With Reds forwards also dropping off rather than pressing the Mariners four man defence when the away side had the ball deep, the Reds midfield appeared to be much more compact than its previous nine encounters.
Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player.
In essence Mariners had fewer holes to exploit which was symptomatic of Adelaide's previous results barring the opening round 3-1 win over Perth Glory.
"The style we played over the last weeks also we played very well but we didn't get theses results,'' Gombau said.
"We have the style we are playing (Saturday) we don't make mistakes but this is football.
"We know the way that we play and we know what we are doing and we are believing in what we are doing and this is important.
"We have this style and we are playing.
"We are playing the way we want to play and we are creating chances every week more and more."
Re-live all the action from Coopers Stadium in our match centre.
Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang
Adelaide thumps Mariners 4-0
Dengan url
http://sportfoxer.blogspot.com/2013/12/adelaide-thumps-mariners-4-0.html
Anda boleh menyebar luaskannya atau mengcopy paste-nya
Adelaide thumps Mariners 4-0
namun jangan lupa untuk meletakkan link
sebagai sumbernya
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar