2018 A-League Grand Final

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2018 A-League Grand Final
Event2017–18 A-League
Newcastle Jets Melbourne Victory
0 1
Date5 May 2018
VenueMcDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle
Man of the MatchLawrence Thomas
RefereeJarred Gillett
Attendance29,410
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The 2018 A-League Grand Final was the thirteenth A-League Grand Final, played on 5 May 2018. The match took place at McDonald Jones Stadium, with Newcastle Jets hosting Melbourne Victory, the first A-League grand final held outside a metropolitan city.[1]

Kosta Barbarouses scored the only goal of the game, in the 9th minute. It was a controversial goal, as replays showed that there was an offside offence in the lead up to the goal, but the Video Assistant Referee system had gone down for technical reasons and the goal was allowed to stand.

Teams[]

In the following table, finals until 2004 were in the National Soccer League era, since 2006 were in the A-League era.

Team Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners)
Newcastle Jets 1 (2008)
Melbourne Victory 5 (2007, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2017)

Records[]

Kosta Barbarouses's 9th-minute goal was the fastest ever goal scored in an A-League Grand Final.[2]

Kosta Barbarouses's 9th-minute goal was the equal 3rd fastest goal ever scored in any previous National Soccer League Grand Final & A-League Grand Final history behind John Anastasiadis in 1998 for South Melbourne against Carlton at Olympic Park, Mile Sterjovski in 1999 for Sydney United against South Melbourne at Olympic Park, and Mark Koussas in 1984 for Sydney Olympic against South Melbourne at Olympic Park.

Melbourne Victory became the first ever team to qualify for the A-League Grand Final from outside the top 3. With their win, the Victory became the first team in A-League history to win 4 championships, and the first team in A-League history to win the Championship from outside the top 2.[3]

Melbourne Victory also became the first team to win the championship from outside the top 2 positions after regular season since Adelaide City won the 1994 NSL Grand Final from 5th spot on the ladder and Melbourne Victory are only just the 9th team in history to win an away from home Grand Final in 34-year history of season deciders in NSL & A-League history and were just only the 7th team in history to win the NSL Grand Final & A-League Grand Final from outside the top 2 positions after regular season.

Melbourne Victory equal the record for most NSL & A-League championships on four titles along with Hakoah Sydney City (1977, 1980, 1981, 1982), Marconi Stallions (1979, 1988, 1989, 1993), and South Melbourne (1984, 1991, 1998, 1999).

The crowd of 29,410 was Newcastle's biggest ever home attendance.

Video assistant referee (VAR) controversy[]

Kosta Barbarouses's goal in the 9th minute of the game came about via a header from James Donachie, however Donachie was offside when Leroy George took the free kick which Donachie passed to Barbarouses. The game's video assistant referee (VAR) system failed to detect Donachie's offside position as its video feed had failed in the thirty seconds leading up to the goal. By the time the system was restored, the game had resumed, meaning the decision to allow the goal stood. The Football Federation Australia later acknowledged the technical issues, but offered no real apology to the Newcastle team or fans.[4]

Route to the final[]

Pos Team Pts
1 Sydney FC 64
2 Newcastle Jets 50
3 Melbourne City 43
4 Melbourne Victory 41
5 Adelaide United 39
6 Brisbane Roar 35
See also: 2017–18 A-League
Elimination-finals   Semi-finals   Grand Final
                   
      Sydney FC 2  
Melbourne Victory 2     Melbourne Victory 3  
Adelaide United 1       Newcastle Jets 0
    Melbourne Victory 1
      Newcastle Jets 2
Melbourne City 2     Melbourne City 1  
Brisbane Roar 0  


Match[]

Details[]

Newcastle Jets0–1Melbourne Victory
Report
  • Barbarouses Goal 9'
Attendance: 29,410
Newcastle Jets
Melbourne Victory
GK 20 New Zealand Glen Moss
RB 17 North Macedonia Daniel Georgievski Substituted off 74' Yellow card 51'
CB 4 Australia Nigel Boogaard
CB 44 Australia Nikolai Topor-Stanley
LB 18 Australia John Koutroumbis
CM 27 Australia Riley McGree
CM 6 Australia Steven Ugarkovic
CM 8 Venezuela Ronald Vargas Substituted off 65'
RW 3 Australia Jason Hoffman Yellow card 90+1'
CF 9 Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan Red card 90+3'
LW 7 Australia Dimitri Petratos
Substitutes:
GK 30 Australia Ivan Necevski
DF 22 Australia Lachlan Jackson
DF 16 Australia Nick Cowburn
FW 11 Argentina Patito Rodríguez Substituted in 74'
FW 24 Australia Joe Champness Substituted in 65'
Manager: Scotland Ernie Merrick
GK 20 Australia Lawrence Thomas
RB 22 Australia Stefan Nigro Substituted off 77'
CB 17 Australia James Donachie
CB 14 Australia Thomas Deng
LB 6 Australia Leigh Broxham
DM 21 Australia Carl Valeri (c)
DM 24 Australia Terry Antonis
RM 9 New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses Goal 9'
AM 10 Australia James Troisi
LM 41 Netherlands Leroy George
CF 8 Kosovo Besart Berisha
Substitutes:
GK 1 Australia Matt Acton
DF 16 Australia Joshua Hope
MF 23 New Zealand Jai Ingham
MF 18 Argentina Matías Sánchez Substituted in 77' Yellow card 90+2'
FW 7 Australia Kenny Athiu
Manager: Australia Kevin Muscat

Joe Marston Medal: Australia Lawrence Thomas

Assistant referees:
Australia Matthew Cream
Australia Paul Cetrangolo
Fourth official:
Australia Kurt Ams

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Five named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.


A-League
2018 Champions
Australia
Melbourne Victory
Fourth Title

Statistics[]

Overall statistics[5]
Newcastle Jets Melbourne Victory
Goals scored 0 1
Total shots 14 7
Shots on target 4 2
Ball possession 58.3% 41.7%
Corner kicks 4 5
Fouls Conceded 12 17
Offsides 1 2
Yellow cards 2 1
Red cards 1 0

Broadcasting[]

The Grand Final was broadcast live throughout Australia on Fox Sports and Network Ten.[6]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Gardiner, James (29 April 2018). "Newcastle Jets to host A-League grand final after Victory stun Sydney FC". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  2. ^ "A-League grand final: Melbourne Victory beat Newcastle Jets 1-0 to win fourth championship". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  3. ^ Rosengarten, Jake. "Melbourne Victory's grand final win sees Melbourne City without an Asian Champions League spot". Fox Sports Australia. News Corp. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Major VAR glitch behind offside goal standing in A-League decider". ABC News. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Newcastle Jets v Melbourne Victory". A-League. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  6. ^ "New TV deal for Football". Hyundai A-League. Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

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