A Thomas Broich-less
Brisbane Roar outfit has convincingly defeated Perth Glory 3-0 at nib Stadium
on Saturday night with a brace from Besart Berisha.
Both sides had early efforts with Henrique and Bill Mehmet
but both efforts were hit wide.
Henrique made up for the miss on 21 minutes by scoring the
opener. After Berisha played the Brazilian in, Henrique rounded Danny Vukovic before
slotting into an empty net.
In the opening 30 minutes Glory’s best chances came from
distance through Adam Hughes, who was in for the injured Liam Miller, and Dean
Heffernan but the Brisbane defence did well to block those efforts.
Hughes looked lively for the hosts and went on a mazey run
on the right wing before cutting back onto his left foot but skied his effort
into the stands.
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| Besart Berisha with a brace Photo: Getty Images |
Just before the break Mohamed Adnan rose up to a Berisha
corner but the former Bahrain International headed well wide.
With the last kick of the first-half Dean Heffernan was
found on the left and fired a ball across the face of goal but Michael
Theoklitos did well to parry.
Seven minutes into the second-half Mile Sterjovski could have
equalised but his effort was saved by Theoklitos.
On the hour mark Berisha doubled the lead by scoring his 16th
goal of the season. Henrique’s low cross to Berisha was touched, turned and
finished brilliantly into the net by the Albanian.
Four minutes later Berisha scored his second after a great
team move. Mitch Nicholas played through Nick Fitzgerald who passed to an
unmarked Berisha to tap home.
But two minutes after the third goal Henrique, the first
goal scorer was given a straight red card for an off the ball slap in
retaliation on Jacob Burns.
Perth’s defeat and Wellington’s earlier win means Wellington
jump Glory into third on the ladder with Brisbane cutting Central Coast Mariners’
lead.
Piece also here
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