A League
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A late equalizer from Moreno gives Auckland FC a well deserved 2-2 draw in the Melbourne heat. We struggled in the first half but really dominated the 2nd and could easily have had all 3 points. Paulsen had a shocker out there including the howler which resulted in an own goal, but he's been very good other than that. Moreno was also an inspired sub, with his free kick at the end getting us a late point.
Dropped points for the first time, but a great performance in the 2nd half.
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Good old fashioned hiding dished out to Auckland FC to suffer their first loss of the season.
Good wake up call for the boys, this day was gonna come sooner or later (maybe not as heavy as this haha).
Still, enjoying having an Auckland team back in the comp! Big test away at Central Coast next week.
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@canefan said in A League 2024/25:
It's great to have two competitive NZ teams in the comp.
Yup, enjoying watching the Nix bringing through players too! Thought I'd hate them, but I actually enjoy watching them play and enjoy seeing their youngsters.
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Good results for the NZ teams today, both walking away with victories.
Auckland FC 4 points clear!!!
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Good results for the NZ teams today, both walking away with victories.
Auckland FC 4 points clear!!!
@African-Monkey said in A League 2024/25:
Good results for the NZ teams today, both walking away with victories.
Auckland FC 4 points clear!!!
Good to see the Phoenix end their losing run. They do however look like a shadow of the team they were last year unfortunately.
Important win for Auckland to get their season back on track.
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@African-Monkey said in A League 2024/25:
Good results for the NZ teams today, both walking away with victories.
Auckland FC 4 points clear!!!
Good to see the Phoenix end their losing run. They do however look like a shadow of the team they were last year unfortunately.
Important win for Auckland to get their season back on track.
@Canes4life said in A League 2024/25:
@African-Monkey said in A League 2024/25:
Good results for the NZ teams today, both walking away with victories.
Auckland FC 4 points clear!!!
Good to see the Phoenix end their losing run. They do however look like a shadow of the team they were last year unfortunately.
Important win for Auckland to get their season back on track.
@Canes4life said in A League 2024/25:
@African-Monkey said in A League 2024/25:
Good results for the NZ teams today, both walking away with victories.
Auckland FC 4 points clear!!!
Good to see the Phoenix end their losing run. They do however look like a shadow of the team they were last year unfortunately.
Important win for Auckland to get their season back on track.
Yeah very young Phienix side running around these days. Guys like Walker, Piper, Hughes, Sheridan , Sutton and 16 year old Luke Brooke-Smith have seen a fair bit of action this season.
Like Central Coast, a bit of a rebuild going on for the Nix.
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Auckland FC share the spoils with the Melbourne Victory. Fair result, De Vries had a huge chance saved somehow by Duncan early, while Velupillay nearly snatched it at the end for the Victory. Good crowd of 15,000 especially at this time of the year. Auckland stretch the lead at the top to 5 points with Adelaide still to play.
Nix play Melbourne City on Friday.
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Auckland FC with a dramatic late equalizer in last night's top of the table clash with Adelaide. Great heart shown by them after the ref decided to chuck on an Adelaide shirt and award a goal that should never have stood. A classic case of we will not let a Kiwi side go top of the league if ever you'll see. He should be sacked for good after that. It wasn't incompetence, it was straight out corruption in the 2nd half, you'd think we were the Wahs with some of the calls we were getting. Still, great point against the odds.
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Auckland FC with a dramatic late equalizer in last night's top of the table clash with Adelaide. Great heart shown by them after the ref decided to chuck on an Adelaide shirt and award a goal that should never have stood. A classic case of we will not let a Kiwi side go top of the league if ever you'll see. He should be sacked for good after that. It wasn't incompetence, it was straight out corruption in the 2nd half, you'd think we were the Wahs with some of the calls we were getting. Still, great point against the odds.
@African-Monkey Yeah when the local commentator takes one look and says "Oh - that'll be disallowed" and then the goal still stands you know somethign isn't quite right.
Shocking miss form the defender on the cross though, but glad they snaffled a point at the end. Compelling stuff!!
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Keeping an eye on the transfer window, Bournemouth could be loaning out Mark Travers. If this happens a couple of other moves may quickly happen, like Neto may come back from Arsenal (unlikely) or potentially Paulsen gets called in as back up to Kepa. I have been enjoying watching Paulsen play for AKL FC so lets see what happens
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Well there we have it, Auckland FC win the Premiers Plate in their first season with 2 games to go.
I think they belong now.
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Well there we have it, Auckland FC win the Premiers Plate in their first season with 2 games to go.
I think they belong now.
@African-Monkey said in A League 2024/25:
Well there we have it, Auckland FC win the Premiers Plate in their first season with 2 games to go.
I think they belong now.
Very impressive. Meanwhile, Phoenix fans wait for another season
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@Machpants said in A League 2024/25:
So no play off/finals? They've won?
There are playoffs. Auckland have come 1st in the regular season, so they therefore win the Premiers plate, which is also known as the A League Premiership.
Whoever wins the playoffs are awarded the A League Championship.
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Last year's third placegetters likely non starters this season
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Is this really the first post of the current A-league season?
The Phoenix got pumped 5-0 by Auckland FC yesterday and coach Giancarlo Italiano promptly resigned. They have not been good for some time, I don't pay enough attention to know if the problem is either because of lack of spending, poor acquisitions, or poor coaching and tactics (or a combination of these things). They appear to be a mess right now
