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Anyone know if there's any intended coverage?
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soccersensei said:
Nothing on fox or free to air
This country really f**king shits me sometimes. Sydney play a bunch of f**king nobodys + david and it gets on tv, yet QLD play one of the best Brazilian teams going and it dont get a snif of tv coverage. Really f**king shits me
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Thanks for letting me know.
But yeah, talk absolute shite, and what a missed window of opportunity.
Beckham mania aside, you just won't get many more match ups for an A league team which can garner the interest of all the neutrals than playing a squad of Brazilian's ffs. The amount of shit that gets coverage... yet no ones interested in covering this???
Foster would have been in bloody heaven wouldn't he?
Piss poor effort all round Fox and FTA. These are the hangovers of the dark ol days that I hope will soon finally come to an end once and for all.
But yeah, talk absolute shite, and what a missed window of opportunity.
Beckham mania aside, you just won't get many more match ups for an A league team which can garner the interest of all the neutrals than playing a squad of Brazilian's ffs. The amount of shit that gets coverage... yet no ones interested in covering this???
Foster would have been in bloody heaven wouldn't he?
Piss poor effort all round Fox and FTA. These are the hangovers of the dark ol days that I hope will soon finally come to an end once and for all.
Arabmariner
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I think pay tv's on holidays as far as footballs concerned.....even Setanta at the moment ???Jesus said:
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3-1 Queensland.
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serious14 said:
Sometimes I really hate the truth.
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by Jake Pratley
Roar retain TransLink Cup
Saturday, 12 July 2008
Queensland Roar rose to the challenge in their first big pre-season test, retaining the TransLink Cup by beating Brazilian giants Palmeiras 3-1 at Suncorp Stadium.
Tim Smits, Matt McKay and Massimo Murdocca were the heroes for the Roar as they out-scored their Queensland Roars Against Racism adversaries, who found the net through Portela.
The game got off to an exciting start when a dangerous ball into the box by Michael Zullo fell to the feet of McKay, whose shot was cleared off the line.
On 13 minutes Serginho van Dijk gave the Roar crowd a glimpse of his quality, turning his man and rifling a 20 metre strike towards the top corner and forcing an acrobatic save from Palmeiras keeper Fabio.
New signing Tim Smits opened the scoring in the 35th minute when he outjumped Fabio to meet Hyuk-Su Seos cross and send the ball into an unguarded net.
Palmeiras thought they had equalized three minutes from the break but Valdivia was ruled to be offside as he turned home an inswinging free kick from Portela.
The Roar responded a minute later with a goal through McKay, who swept the ball into the post and in from the top of the box and send the Roar into the break with a two-goal cushion.
The Palmeiras youngsters grew in stature after the break and were rewarded on 57 minutes when Portelas free kick from 35 metres eluded everyone to find the bottom corner of Liam Reddys goal.
Roar coach Frank Farina rang the changes after the goal, bringing on attacking weapons Robbie Kruse and Scottish trialist Charlie Miller, who soon showed his intentions with a left footed volley which whistled just past the post.
Five minutes before full time Miller came closer when he latched onto a defensive clearance and sent a 20 metre volley crashing into the crossbar.
In the end, though, the former Scottish international showed his ability as a provider, cheekily beating two Palmeiras defenders before allowing Murdocca to smash home the final goal in injury time.
Farina said he was happy with his teams performance but sympathised with his opponents.
Its hard for teams to come halfway around the world and play a team thats well into their pre-season training, he said. Our boys did well, there wasnt anyone that disappointed me.
Queensland Roar: Liam Reddy, Andrew Packer (Robbie Kruse 57), Luke DeVere, Craig Moore (Ben Griffin 72), Michael Zullo, Massimo Murdocca, Serginho van Dijk (Charlie Miller 57), Matt McKay, Hyuk-Su Seo, Danny Tiatto, Tim Smits.
Palmeiras: Fabio (Carlos 45), Magalhaes (Mariucci 72), Pedro, Valdivia, Reinaldo, Igor, Beto (Junior 72), Anderson Ataide (Chicao 45), Portela, Gabriel, Marcio (Anderson 45).
Goals: Smits 35, McKay 43, Portela 57, Murdocca 90+2.
Referee: Peter Green.
Roar retain TransLink Cup
Saturday, 12 July 2008
Queensland Roar rose to the challenge in their first big pre-season test, retaining the TransLink Cup by beating Brazilian giants Palmeiras 3-1 at Suncorp Stadium.
Tim Smits, Matt McKay and Massimo Murdocca were the heroes for the Roar as they out-scored their Queensland Roars Against Racism adversaries, who found the net through Portela.
The game got off to an exciting start when a dangerous ball into the box by Michael Zullo fell to the feet of McKay, whose shot was cleared off the line.
On 13 minutes Serginho van Dijk gave the Roar crowd a glimpse of his quality, turning his man and rifling a 20 metre strike towards the top corner and forcing an acrobatic save from Palmeiras keeper Fabio.
New signing Tim Smits opened the scoring in the 35th minute when he outjumped Fabio to meet Hyuk-Su Seos cross and send the ball into an unguarded net.
Palmeiras thought they had equalized three minutes from the break but Valdivia was ruled to be offside as he turned home an inswinging free kick from Portela.
The Roar responded a minute later with a goal through McKay, who swept the ball into the post and in from the top of the box and send the Roar into the break with a two-goal cushion.
The Palmeiras youngsters grew in stature after the break and were rewarded on 57 minutes when Portelas free kick from 35 metres eluded everyone to find the bottom corner of Liam Reddys goal.
Roar coach Frank Farina rang the changes after the goal, bringing on attacking weapons Robbie Kruse and Scottish trialist Charlie Miller, who soon showed his intentions with a left footed volley which whistled just past the post.
Five minutes before full time Miller came closer when he latched onto a defensive clearance and sent a 20 metre volley crashing into the crossbar.
In the end, though, the former Scottish international showed his ability as a provider, cheekily beating two Palmeiras defenders before allowing Murdocca to smash home the final goal in injury time.
Farina said he was happy with his teams performance but sympathised with his opponents.
Its hard for teams to come halfway around the world and play a team thats well into their pre-season training, he said. Our boys did well, there wasnt anyone that disappointed me.
Queensland Roar: Liam Reddy, Andrew Packer (Robbie Kruse 57), Luke DeVere, Craig Moore (Ben Griffin 72), Michael Zullo, Massimo Murdocca, Serginho van Dijk (Charlie Miller 57), Matt McKay, Hyuk-Su Seo, Danny Tiatto, Tim Smits.
Palmeiras: Fabio (Carlos 45), Magalhaes (Mariucci 72), Pedro, Valdivia, Reinaldo, Igor, Beto (Junior 72), Anderson Ataide (Chicao 45), Portela, Gabriel, Marcio (Anderson 45).
Goals: Smits 35, McKay 43, Portela 57, Murdocca 90+2.
Referee: Peter Green.
FFC Mariner
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was a youth team though wasnt it??
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I'm not sure whether it was an "official" youth team, haven't read that specifically anywhere, but for all intent and purposes it's certainly a reserve squad comprised of young players that they obviously wanted to give experience to and who were quoted as saying things like "they wanted to show their worth so they'd get selected back home." Think Reinaldo was their eldest player at 25.
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