A-League review – Round 26

The penultimate round of A-League action was completed last night with the postponed match between Central Coast Mariners and Newcastle Jets.

The Mariners denied the Jets the chance to finish fourth and set up a home final by recording a 3-0 victory which ended their season at home on a high.

In other matches, Melbourne Victory accounted for North Queensland Fury 2-0 at home on Friday night, Adelaide United got a rare win by the same margin over Brisbane Roar at Hindmarsh, Sydney FC moved into second on the table with a 3-2 win over Perth Glory and Wellington Phoenix upset Gold Coast United 1-0 with a controversial penalty.

Melbourne Victory: 2 (Carlos HERNANDEZ 35’/66’)
North Queensland Fury: 0
Date: Friday 5 February 2010
Venue: Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Crowd: 22,726
Yellow cards: MV - Nil
NQF - Robbie MIDDLEBY 76’

Adelaide United: 2 (Fabian BARBIERO 7’, Lucas PANTELIS 51’)
Brisbane Roar: 0
Date: Saturday 6 February 2010
Venue: Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Crowd: 8,244
Yellow cards: AU - Mathew LECKIE 36’, Iain FYFE 53’
BR - Matt McKAY 63’/82’
Red cards: BR - Matt McKAY 82’

Sydney FC: 3 (Steve CORICA 24’ (pen), John ALOISI 50’/82’)
Perth Glory: 2 (Wayne SRHOJ 45’+1, Daniel MCBREEN 76’)
Date: Sunday 7 February 2010
Venue: Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta
Crowd: 8,359
Yellow Cards: SYD - Nil
PG - Steven MCGARRY 40’, Aleks VRTESKI 50’, Daniel MCBREEN 65’

Gold Coast United: 0
Wellington Phoenix: 1 (Paul IFILL 45’+2 (pen))
Date: Sunday 7 February 2010
Venue: Skilled Park, Robina
Crowd: 4,202
Yellow cards: GCU - Charlie MILLER 20’, Zenon CARAVELLA 41’, ANDERSON 44’
WP - Manny MUSCAT 21’, Andrew DURANTE 42’

Central Coast Mariners: 3 (Nigel BOOGAARD 17’, Adam KWASNIK 67’, Matt SIMON 72’)
Newcastle Jets: 0
Date: Monday 8 February 2010
Venue: Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Crowd: 5,842
Yellow cards: CCM - Pedj BOJIC 79’/88’
NJ - Labinot HALITI 49’/57’, Ljubo MILICEVIC 85’
Red cards: CCM - Pedj BOJIC 88’
NJ - Labinot HALITI 57’