Central Coast Mariners’ extraordinary pursuit of a treble is total after they declared a 2nd succeeding A-League Men champion with a significant 3-1 extra-time win over Melbourne Victory. The Mariners’ mission for the title looked dead and buried with Victory leading thanks to a Jason Geria strike as the 90th minute ticked by at Gosford’s Industree Group Stadium on Saturday. VIEW THE VIDEO ABOVE: Incredible minute fans commemorate Mariners’ A-League champion. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today But alternative Ryan Edmondson turned up in the 91st minute to square things up and send out the grand last into extra-time. Teen Miguel Di Pizio scored 7 minutes into extra-time before Edmondson included his 2nd in the passing away minutes to clinch another title under first-year coach Mark Jackson, having currently won the premiership and the AFC Cup. “This entire season we’ve had a never-say-die mindset, we never ever stopped thinking,” stated Edmondson, who won the Joe Marston Medal as gamer of the match. An overjoyed pitch intrusion followed the last whistle, with gamers surrounded and the similarity Alou Kuol and Harrison Steele even raised into the air by overjoyed advocates. The Central Coast’s win was their very first at their home arena, with 21,379 fans going to, after formerly being required to play grand finals in Sydney. Alou Kuol was selected for unique treatment from the fans. Credit: 10 Harrison Steele climbs up high to commemorate with fans and his colleagues. Credit: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images “You guys got us over the line tonight,” captain Danny Vukovic stated. “This is a night that’s going to be kept in mind for a long time– let’s delight in tonight.” Josh Nisbet topped off the group success by declaring the Johnny Warren Medal as gamer of the season, revealed on the dais after the grand last. He surveyed 36 votes to complete ahead of Victory striker Bruno Fornaroli (29) and Wellington Phoenix’s Kosta Barbarouses (28 ). Central Coast are the 3rd group to win back-to-back champions in the competitors’s history, after beating Melbourne City 6-1 to win the title last season. Sydney FC (2019, 2020) and Brisbane Roar (2011, 2012) are the other groups to have actually accomplished the task. The Mariners’ accomplishment will go down as perhaps the finest after they lost their coach and a number of star gamers in the off-season. Defeat condemned Victory manager Tony Popovic to his 5th defeat in 5 efforts as a coach in a grand last. The Mariners raise the champion prize for the 3rd time. Credit: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images After a tense very first half, at the end of which Kuol was subbed off for Edmondson following a head clash, Victory took the lead through Geria quickly after the break. Daniel Arzani slipped through a difficulty on the edge of the Mariners’ box to discover Jordi Valadon. Geria remained in area and Valadon snapped on for the right-back, who thumped the ball beyond Danny Vukovic’s reach and into the leading corner. Triumph’s legion of advocates freaked out and the Mariners started to open as they pressed forward for an equaliser. Each time they did, Victory were prepared to counter and Popovic’s guys might have had a 2nd when Arzani separated field, just to overcook his lay-off to an on-rushing Bruno Fornaroli. The Mariners looked bereft of concepts as the 90th minute ticked by– up until Edmondson burst into package. Getting a lay-off from Nisbet, the striker fired previous Victory goalkeeper Paul Izzo to send out the video game to extra-time. Unexpectedly the Mariners had all the running and Victory were sinking without a trace as Fornaroli and Arzani saw on from the bench. Nisbet started to come into his own, and he showed his class again when he slipped a ball down the left flank for Ronaldo Barcellos. The Brazilian drew the ball back from the byline where he had the ability to choose 18-year-old Di Pizio, who calmly ended up past Izzo. Triumph invested the whole 2nd half of extra-time camped in the Mariners’ half however they stopped working to discover an equaliser. The Mariners made one last burst upfield and Edmondson included his 2nd to send out the crowd wild. – with 7NEWS
Amazing minute Central Coast fans commemorate Mariners’ A-League champion
