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As it happened: Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne Heart

Published: 4:54PM Sunday October 14, 2012 Source: ONE Sport

Follow the action as an under-strength Phoenix visit the Melbourne Heart.

FULLTIME

Melbourne Heart 1 (Matt Thompson) Wellington Phoenix 1 (Paul Ifill); HT: 1-0

 

SECOND HALF

93rd minute: Melbourne 1-1 Wellington

And that's fultime - a great result for the Phoenix, given the changes they were forced to make to their line-up and the first-half assault they had to survive from the home side.

90th minute: Melbourne 1-1 Wellington

Three minutes of injury time.

82nd minute: Melbourne 1-1 Wellington

Muscat is yellow-carded for a late tackle on Dugandzic, presenting Mebourne with an opportunity just outside the area. Dugandzic's free kick is well off target.

82nd minute: Melbourne 1-1 Wellington

Tyler Boyd (17) is subbed on for the Phoenix, replacing Biss, who has been struggling with cramp for the last few minutes.

77th minute: Melbourne 1-1 Wellington

Fred leads a breakout and his shot is blocked by Spoonley. The deflection falls for MacAllister, but Boxall clears off the line for a corner. Spoonley has the cross covered.

72nd minute: Melbourne 1-1 Wellington

Lia puts a high ball into the area, but Bolton rises high to grab it. Fenton is left writhing on the ground ad the ball is put out, but quickly recovers.

70th minute: Melbourne 1-1 Wellington

Smith earns a yellow card for a hard challenge.

69th minute: Melbourne 1-1 Wellington

Lia draws a foul on Behich, who gives the linesman a spray for his efforts. Lia's free kick ends up at the feet of Biss, but Bolton has his shot covered.

67th minute: Melbourne 1-1 Wellington

MacAllister is carded for a challenge on Boxall - hardly anything in that, but it allows Phoenix to clear.

66th minute: Melbourne 1-1 Wellington

Moroney has three players in front of goal, but chooses to shoot himself, skying it high.

64th minute: Melbourne 1-1 Wellington

Yet another corner for the Phoenix - Rowe's cross is tipped away by Bolton for another. Heart eventually clear.

62nd minute: Melbourne 1-1 Wellington

Ifill, with just the goalie to beat, puts the ball high over the bar.

61st minute: Melbourne 1-1 Wellington

Heart counterattack and Behich makes ground deep into the area, but finds only the side netting.

60th minute: Melbourne 1-1 Wellington

Fenton again beats his defender and crosses low, but Ifill's header is blocked by a defender.

59th minute: Melbourne 1-1 Wellington

Biss has a shot deflected away for a corner. Durante is whistled for pushing in the back, while jostling for position under the cross.

58th minute: Melbourne 1-1 Wellington

Huysegems spots Bolton out of his ground and tries to chip him, but the Heart keeper recovers quickly to field the lob.

57th minute: Melbourne 1-1 Wellington

Fenton crosses from the right, across the face of goal, but it's again deflected for a corner. The worm has officially turned.

55th minute: Melbourne 1-1 Wellington

Lia crosses towards Huysegems on the left post, but it's deflected out for a corner. Heart clear the threat.

53rd minute: Melbourne 1-1 Wellington

Wellington are now laying seige on the Melbourne box - Ifill lays the ball off for Smith's shot, but it slices wide.

52nd minute: Melbourne 1-1 Wellington

The Phoenix can't seem to get the ball into the area, despite about three attempts and eventually Dugandzic threatens to break out, but is closed down.

50th minute: Melbourne 1-1 Wellington

Now a man short, Heart immediately substitute Vrakovic on for Tadic.

48th minute: Melbourne 1-1 Wellington

GOAL! Ifill sends the ball into the bottom left corner and Bolton goes the wrong way. There's life yet for the upstarts.

46th minute: Melbourne 1-0 Wellington

Spoonley is still on and puts in a long free kick that's knocked out for a corner. Rowe's corner goes to the back post and when it's headed into the goalmouth, defender Colosimo handles Smith's shot over the bar. Penalty and Colosimo is sent off.

 

Melbourne have created eight shots on goal so far, compared to three from Wellington - three of those have been on target. They've also had three corners, agaisnt one.

Surprisingly, the Phoenix have an edge in possession (52%), but the Heart have shown themselves to be lightning quick in transiton, catching their opponents on the hop several times so far.

You just get the feeling that the floodgates are about to open here.

 

FIRST HALF

49th minute: Melbourne 1-0 Wellington

The corner is headed away and halftime is called.

48th minute: Melbourne 1-0 Wellington

Dugandzic crosses hard towards goal, but it's deflected away for a corner. Meanwhile, Spoonley has gone down holding his shoulder - he's been great during the first half and would be a big loss if he can't continue.

46th minute: Melbourne 1-0 Wellington

Fred is booked for a rough challenge on Durante.

45th minute: Melbourne 1-0 Wellington

The corner goes to the far post, but Garcia's header - incredibly - bounces straight into the ground and over the bar.

44th minute: Melbourne 1-0 Wellington

Muscat loses the ball, Tadic finds Garcia, whose shot is tipped over the bar by Spoonley.

42nd minute: Melbourne 1-0 Wellington

Smith is robbed of the ball on halfway and Fred has another chance, just chipping the ball wide and right. The one-named one is causing mayhem.

39th minute: Melbourne 1-0 Wellington

How did Spoonley stop that? A long ball finds Fred alone with just the goalie ahead - he seems to be around Spoonley, but the young keeper dives from behind to snatch the ball off Fred's boot.

38th minute: Melbourne 1-0 Wellington

Muscat dispossesses Fred in midfield and finds Ifill on the left side. He fires at goal, but is high and wide.

36th minute: Melbourne 1-0 Wellington

Dugandzic puts a free kick into the area, but the ball is put over the bar for a goal kick.

33rd minute: Melbourne 1-0 Wellington

Smith's free kick into the box is partially cleared, but Fred fouls Fenton on the edge of the area. From the mark, Rowe tries to bend a left foot into the net, but Bolton is well behind it.

30th minute: Melbourne 1-0 Wellington

Lia puts in a cross from the right corner and Muscat's left foot slices a shot wide.

29th minute: Melbourne 1-0 Wellington

MacAllister is alone in front of goal with only the goalie to beat, but he sprays his shot wide - and is adjudged offside anyway.

23rd minute: Melbourne 1-0 Wellington

Boxall is shown a yellow card for a foul on Fred. From the free kick, Spoonley is safe at the far post. Heart gather the clearance and have another wild shot, which is well wide.

20th minute: Melbourne 1-0 Wellington

GOAL! Heat get the opening score, running the ball from deep in their own territory. Fred deflects the cross to the feet of Thompson and he places it past the diving Spoonley, into the top right corner.

Phoenix had been pressuring at the other end before that goal, so it really was end-to-end stuff.

19th minute: Melbourne 0-0 Wellington

Dugandzic gets a touch on a high ball in the Phoenix area, but Boxall nods it back to Spoonley.

18th minute: Melbourne 0-0 Wellington

Tadic lets fly from outside the area, but Spoonley gets down on it and keeps it out.

15th minute: Melbourne 0-0 Wellington

The Heart defenders get in a tangle and Biss has a chance, but it's smothered by an advancing Bolton. 

14th minute: Melbourne 0-0 Wellington

Rowe throws long into the Melbourne area, where it's trapped by Biss and he draws a corner. Bolton punches the kick away.

11th minute: Melbourne 0-0 Wellington

The ball is squared into the Phoenix area for MacAllister's run, but it's cut out by the defence and scrambled away.

Ninth minute: Melbourne 0-0 Wellington

Gotta love a dude with only one name - Fred!

Seventh minute: Melbourne 0-0 Wellington

Tadic makes a run towards the area, but Spoonley is out to smother the threat on the very edge of his territory.

Third minute: Melbourne 0-0 Wellington

Alex Smith puts a nice ball to the far post from a free kick and its headed into the box, but Durante pushes it wide.

Second minute: Melbourne 0-0 Wellington

Lia gives away a free kick on the edge of the penalty area after climbing up the back of Tadic, but Garcia puts the kick high over the crossbar. 

First minute: Melbourne 0-0 Wellington

The Phoenix kick off.

 

PRE-GAME

If there's ever a game the Phoenix are expected to lose, this is it. They've lost more than half their team to All Whites commitments and are putting four debutants on the park tonight.

But if the club has shown one thing in this young season, it's that there are some talented youngsters on their books this season, so it'll be fascinating to see how they go.

Both teams began their seasons with wins last week and one of those youngsters - Louis Fenton - emerged as a hero of the 2-0 Phoenix win over Sydney FC. 

The Heart are riding a six-game winning streak at home, dating back to last season, so they've made AAMI Park a fortress.

 

 

Melbourne Heart: 1 - Clint Bolton, 2 - Michael Marrone, 4 - Simon Colosimo, 5 - Fred, 6 - Patrick Gerhart, 8 - Matt Thompson, 9 - Dylan MacAllister, 10 - Josip Tadic, 11 - Richard Garcia, 16 - Aziz Behich, 23 - Mate Dugandzic

Subs: 20 - Andrew Redmayne, 17 - Jason Hoffman, 18 - David Vrankovic, 2 - Nick Kalmar

 

Wellington Phoenix: 39 - Jacob Spoonley, 2 - Manny Muscat, 5 - Michael Boxall, 6 - Alex Smith, 8 - Paul Ifill, 10 - Stein Huysegems, 16 - Louis Fenton, 17 - Vince Lia, 22 - Andrew Durante, 29 - Luke Rowe, 31 - Tom Biss

Subs: 30 - Scott Basalaj, 12 - Tyler Boyd, 28 - Richardo Clarke, 32 - James Downey

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