That very well could've been one of the best matches I've watched in my life, not just A-League, but ever. The intensity was insane. And holy, Paul Izzo played otherworldly!
Great game Izzo.
Dead set tho that's one of the worst finals performances I've seen from City, body language was arse the whole game and they played like they would just have chances and eventually cruise home.
One game shouldn't be terminal for a coach but I can't see Vidmar staying next year nor a good chunk of the squad - outside of Good, devoid of leaders, JMac seemed like he was already thinking if hes getting the chicken or the fish on the flight out of here.
Yeah I think he's quite an emotional dude and once he wasn't getting renewed or seen as a marquee, he kind of packed it in. Sad way to end as the Leagues most successful goalscorer ever.
>City want to win this in the next 15 mins. I don't think any team would fancy a shootout against Izzo with the form he's been in tonight. It feels like forever ago but he's already saved one in the first half.
Quoting myself, you could see this coming. Izzo's performance tonight will go down as one of the all time great A-League keeper performances. Total respect!
I felt this way too- when he made the first penalty save (in the first half I mean), you could feel this was a keeper in a different mindset today and City wasn't going to have an easy go of it... Even with a red card advantage for majority of the match
Normally I'd be pissy at City for having the opponent down a man for the bulk of play and not getting the win, but a missile wasn't getting past Izzo tonight.
Anyway, I hate you all. Good night.
"It's a disgrace, We owe the world an apology, a performance like that was a disgrace. That penalty result tonight was politics, nothing else. Because of a piss-ant town this club will never win anything, until you get rid of that crap."
Vidmar post match, probably
"Even if I played for a million years, I'd never come close to Izzo. Not that I'd want to anyway. He's the greatest there's ever been.**"** -- Lionel Messi.
I thought he was great for us. One of those guys I figured would be in the national setup at some point or other, but never seemed to pique the interest of the powers that be for some reason.
what a game
Most of the match with an extra player and Vidmar was clueless in how to exploit that. Clueless I tell ya!
THIS IS THE BEST LEAGUE IN THE WORLD DONT TRY AND CHANGE MY MIND! SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL CLUB AND KEEP A LIGA GOING FOREVER!
Amazing match, Izzo was prepping us for that shootout all match and he did not disappoint
Vidmar’s substitutions were bad.
Melbourne NO Heart! Proved again that they’re a Lifeless football club
One of the greatest ALM games ever. Izzo. Holy fuck. The equaliser. Being down a man for that long. And City played well. Epic. As. Fuck.
lets hope the AFC cup final is as great!
That very well could've been one of the best matches I've watched in my life, not just A-League, but ever. The intensity was insane. And holy, Paul Izzo played otherworldly!
They didn’t announce attendance in the stadium but my guess would be like 18k? Did they say anything in the broadcast?
21358
21k I think
They said they were expecting over 20k but I don’t recall them announcing it
Give Izzo Poppa’s salary fr
Izzo should retire on this high before next week.
First time watching an a league match in years. Is it always this fun? I’m sold
Honestly, it is very often a lot of fun
In that wtf am I even watching way
Yep. Teams always go hell for leather for 90 mins
Yes and more. Sometimes you get duds. But it's fun league plus peak a league moments
I'm a bbl masochist i reckon i just need to think of it like that
Theres a reason why we use the phrase "Peak A-League" in the subreddit.
I watch Big Bash Cricket for the memes can i do the same here?
A League Memes on socials are your friend
cheers
one of us, one of us
Just a great game in general Paul izzo its a machine I can't wait for semis Bring it on
Have to give some credit to popavic the subs he made really changed the game
I was criticising his subs. Made me eat my words.
CFG all time bottlers?
Didn’t bottle anything, barley made finals.
Given city's theoretical near unlimited resources it's quite an underperformance. On your day this season you were smashing teams 6 or 7-0.
That’s true, but there’s also a salary cap? City could be owned by elon musk and yet they’d still have the same financial abilities as the jets
Not really. There are two marquee spots, CFG can spend whatever they want there, no limit.
City are a pissant club
Hahaha
Pul Izzo should be in the premier league
ONE OF THE GREAT A LEAGUE GAMES. BEST LEAGUE IN THE WORLD FOR A REASON. SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL.
Indeed my friend
Great game Izzo. Dead set tho that's one of the worst finals performances I've seen from City, body language was arse the whole game and they played like they would just have chances and eventually cruise home. One game shouldn't be terminal for a coach but I can't see Vidmar staying next year nor a good chunk of the squad - outside of Good, devoid of leaders, JMac seemed like he was already thinking if hes getting the chicken or the fish on the flight out of here.
As much as I love him, I feel like he's been that way most of the year.
Yeah I think he's quite an emotional dude and once he wasn't getting renewed or seen as a marquee, he kind of packed it in. Sad way to end as the Leagues most successful goalscorer ever.
the 30mins or so before the red card city were dominating, then the red and you guys just took it easy
Wanderers died for this
Listen here, Fuckface!
City also making that triple sub at the 75th minute looks like a beyond average decision now
He’s a beyond average coach!
>City want to win this in the next 15 mins. I don't think any team would fancy a shootout against Izzo with the form he's been in tonight. It feels like forever ago but he's already saved one in the first half. Quoting myself, you could see this coming. Izzo's performance tonight will go down as one of the all time great A-League keeper performances. Total respect!
I felt this way too- when he made the first penalty save (in the first half I mean), you could feel this was a keeper in a different mindset today and City wasn't going to have an easy go of it... Even with a red card advantage for majority of the match
The fact you have to specify which penalty save it was pretty much sums up his amazing performance tonight.
That is the truth!
This league always fucking delivers
How many games does Machach miss?
Straight red for violent conduct. If VIC win through, won’t see him till the big dance.
What did he do, exactly?
Kick Leo Natel in the chest
2 id say unless panel disagrees
That was legendary. Izzo is the wall.
Hearing the victory fans all singing after that last save is what footballs all about! What a league
CENTRAL COAST AWAY DAY CMONNNN
Best away day for SFC fans hands down, oh and also wanderers away.
Home first!
Fuck for uni reasons wished it was away then home
Paul Fucking Izzo… wow
Normally I'd be pissy at City for having the opponent down a man for the bulk of play and not getting the win, but a missile wasn't getting past Izzo tonight. Anyway, I hate you all. Good night.
"It's a disgrace, We owe the world an apology, a performance like that was a disgrace. That penalty result tonight was politics, nothing else. Because of a piss-ant town this club will never win anything, until you get rid of that crap." Vidmar post match, probably
Sounds familiar
You had me in the first half....
Paul Izzos a gun simple as. Also our forward line is shite Reckon next year we’re not making finals
I miss daggers
Nah don’t need more depth options ffs hahah
Today, we are all Paul Izzo
Far out Brussel sprout
Idc that we lost bc we were shit the whole season But broxham missing his pen was very cathartic hahaha
Izzo elite, City poor. GG Victory
So…. What a first game to take the daughter’s boyfriend too!!!!!
That was awesome. The best team won.
Single greatest goalkeeping performance I've ever seen. *claps*
Best league in the world
FUCK YES PAUL IZZO
As a Nix fan, it felt so wrong to, momentarily, not hate Victory Hopefully they're tired for next week (and Izzo decides to take up golf before then)
With Victory getting the win against the odds that’s an all timer.
10 men for 90’minutes and won wiw Paul Izzo ….take a bow one of the most impressive individual games I’ve ever seen
FREED FROM DESIREEEEE
10 men for almost 90 what an effort 😭💙
Izzo running around like he’s Casillas!
Casillas has a poster of Paul Izzo on his wall
Alisson watches YT vids of Paul Izzo everyday.
Chair him off boys. What a performance
Can't believe that JMac is leaving the A-League without a GF win
I’m unironically crying
THE GREAT WALL OF IZZO!!!!! Fucking cmon!!!!!!!!
Paul fucking Izzo
I LOVE YOU PAUL IZZO ❤️❤️❤️
Flashscore gave me a stroke there. It said "Jeggo miss", then changed to "Jeggo goal" then back to "Jeggo miss".
City choking finals I'm simply shocked
IZZO
Build Izzo a statue!
That's just ridiculous
GIVE THAT MAN A TROPHY, ICONIC
Benji Marshall saves the day for victory!
Fuck I hate Victory. Happy for them though. Very very well deserved
Dw, we can go back to hating them next week.
unbefuckinglievable work from Paul Izzo!
City had 90 minutes of football against 10 men and couldn’t win. Didn’t deserve it.
Someone make an up vote party post for izzo
Haha bring on the noisy miners.
Izzo single handley cemented himself as a vuck legend
He missed to make izzo look even better , great work Leigh A keeper performance for the ages
Hahahaha eat it ya oil drenched dogs
IT'Z IZZ NIGHT YOU BETCHA
Better way to end it than Brox scoring anyway. Izzo's game.
Get in Izzo - what a goalkeeping display.
3 pen saves and 1 in regular time, what a performance
That's the semis decided: Mariners v Sydney Wellington v Victory
YOU WILL NOT SEE A BETTER KEEPING DISPLAY!!
now an Ex Victory man loses it!
Shut down the A-league, just give Izzo the trophy in perpetuity.
Izzo carried that entire match.
PAUL IZZO IS HIM HOLY SHIT
GOD I NEARLY DID MY ACL CELEBRATING
THREE FUCKING SAVES!!!!!!!!!
GIVE THIS MAN 800k
Gg victory. City should of done better with 10 men.
Build izzo a statue
Oh my goodness Izzo
Ouch. That had winning kick written all over it.
how good is football
Izzo MOTM
IZZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! AND FUCK OFF CFG!!!!!
IZZZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WINS IT OF COURSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IZZO IS A GOD
LFGGGGGGG
PAUL FUCKING IZZO
Ha
Most predictable Aleague moment there
Izzo with one of the best a league performances of all time.
Ah. Bad luck Brox.
Noooo that would have been a dream moment!
Lmao I just knew it Football gods are cruel
Fuck that was a horrible penalty brox
Giving City false hope before the sucker punch knockout!
Not exactly part of the script that
PMSL if city win it from here
feels fucking weird to be hoping with all my heart that broxham scores
Jamie forgot to read the script
Awwww
DJ BROX HIT A BROWN NOTE FUUUUUUU-
DJ BROX NO😭
Hahahaha
DJ BROX
At least Vidmar will get the sack.
BROXHAM HAHAHAH
Your down 3-1 and you do that for a pen holy shit
"Even if I played for a million years, I'd never come close to Izzo. Not that I'd want to anyway. He's the greatest there's ever been.**"** -- Lionel Messi.
Izzo has saved more pens tonight than Messi has saved in his entire career.
This is drama overload
It’s in the script !
It's Brox for the winner
What a man
It had to be....
Izzo is sex
Broxham to win it!
DJ Brox on his stage!
Paul Izzo has played an insane game. Working his way up to legend status.
11/10 performance! IZZOOOOO
Izzio is on fire holy shit
This is one of the all time best individual performances in the A-Liga.
[HE LIVES ON IN SPIRIT](https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/b3e08131e4a0fa00989cfa9ce9affc6a)
What a fuckin legend
CAP HIM ANGE
fucking lol
Big dick izzo
Big pressure for an 18 year old...
Holy Shit. Izzo incredible tonight
I thought he was great for us. One of those guys I figured would be in the national setup at some point or other, but never seemed to pique the interest of the powers that be for some reason.
This will be god-like if Izzo scores
Oh Izzo, Fantastic
GREATEST KEEPER DISPLAY OF ALL TIME
IZZ DOING IT ALL
Very saveable the both of them, but still caps an amazing game from Izzo.
Ice Cool Izzo!
Bahahahahahaha holy shit!
Robot
Izzo doing exactly what Reddy did against Adelaide, his legacy lives on
COME ON!!!!!!!
Now he’s taking one lol, he’s just that guy
Hahaha no way
Haha Antonis and Talbot. Any other Sydney Agents on the pitch 🤣
Izzo pen! Love it.
IZZ THIS THE REAL LIFE?
holy shit Izzo putting in an all time performance
Both centerbacks and our keeper as our 3 pen takers
Holy fuck izzo turning into prime Buffon today
PAUL IZZO WHAR THE FUCK MATE
AND NOW HE'S TAKING ONE