A-League Grand Final 2007

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2006-07 A-League Grand Final
Home Team Melbourne Victory
Away Team Adelaide United
Date February 17, 2007
Stadium Telstra Dome, Melbourne
TV in Australia
Network Fox Sports

The 2007 A-League Grand Final took place at Telstra Dome in Melbourne, Australia, on February 18th, 2007. The match was contested by premiers Melbourne Victory and Adelaide United. Melbourne prevailed 6-0 in the equal greatest win in A-League history, and the greatest ever deficit in any Australian soccer Grand Final, including the old NSL.

Archie Thompson scored five goals, just the sixth ever A-League hat-trick and the most goal by an individual in any A-League match. This performance earned him the Joe Marston Medal.


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[edit] Match Details

February 18, 2007
18:00 AEDT
Melbourne Victory 6 – 0 Adelaide United Telstra Dome, Melbourne
Attendance: 55,436
Referee: Mark Shield
Thompson Scored after 20', 29', 39', 56', 72 minutes 20', 29', 39', 56', 72'
Sarkies Scored after 93+ minutes 93+'
(Report)


MELBOURNE VICTORY:
GK 1 Flag of Australia Michael Theoklitos
DF 2 Flag of Australia Kevin Muscat (c)
DF 6 Flag of Australia Steve Pantelidis
MF 8 Flag of Brazil Fred Booked after 64 minutes 64'
FW 9 Flag of Australia Danny Allsopp
FW 10 Flag of Australia Archie Thompson Substituted off after 90 minutes 90'
DF 12 Flag of Australia Rodrigo Vargas
MF 14 Flag of Australia Adrian Caceres Substituted off after 62 minutes 62'
DF 15 Flag of Australia Adrian Leijer
MF 16 Flag of Australia Simon Storey
MF 17 Flag of Scotland Grant Brebner Substituted off after 59 minutes 59'
Substitutes:
GK 20 Flag of Australia Eugene Galekovic
MF 2 Flag of Australia Kristian Sarkies Substituted on after 90 minutes 90'
MF 7 Flag of Brazil Alessandro
FW 23 Flag of England James Robinson Substituted on after 62 minutes 62'
MF 24 Flag of Australia Leigh Broxham Substituted on after 59 minutes 59'
Manager:
Flag of Scotland Ernie Merrick


Joe Marston Medal: Flag of Australia Archie Thompson

Assistant Referees:
Ben Wilson
Nathan Gibson
Fourth Official:
Matthew Breeze

ADELAIDE UNITED:
GK 1 Flag of Australia Daniel Beltrame
DF 2 Flag of Australia Richie Alagich Substituted off after 70 minutes 70'
DF 4 Flag of Australia Angelo Costanzo Booked after 57 minutes 57'
DF 5 Flag of Australia Michael Valkanis Booked after 57 minutes 57'
MF 6 Flag of Australia Ross Aloisi (c) Booked after 22'Booked again after 34'Sent off after 34' 22', 34'
FW 8 Flag of Australia Carl Veart Booked after 68 minutes 68'
MF 10 Flag of Brazil Fernando Substituted off after 59 minutes 59'
DF 12 Flag of Australia Greg Owens Substituted off after 46 minutes 46'
MF 13 Flag of Australia Travis Dodd
MF 15 Flag of Australia Nathan Burns
MF 26 Flag of Brazil Diego Walsh
Substitutes:
GK 20 Flag of Australia Robert Bajic
DF 3 Flag of Australia Kristian Rees
DF 14 Flag of Australia Aaron Goulding Substituted on after 46 minutes 46'
MF 21 Flag of Australia Jason Spagnuolo Substituted on after 70 minutes 70'
FW 25 Flag of Australia Bruce Djite Substituted on after 59 minutes 59'
Manager:
Flag of Australia John Kosmina

[edit] Match Statistics

Melbourne Adelaide
Attempts at goal 22 14
Attempts on target 15 9
Attempts off target 6 5
Attempts - Woodwork 1 0
Keeper saves 5 3
Ball possession 51% 49%
Corners 5 5
Fouls committed 12 23
Offsides 4 1
Yellow cards 1 5
Red cards 0 1

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