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November 21st 2009 @ 2:11am
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Late Leckie strike rescues Adelaide
An injury-time strike from Matthew Leckie earned Adelaide United a 1-1 draw with 10-man Gold Coast United in Friday’s A-League clash at Hindmarsh Stadium.
Leckie’s low drive from 20 metres in the 93rd minute saved Adelaide’s blushes after dominating for most of the match but trailing to a 64th-minute goal from Gold Coast midfielder Steve Fitzsimmons [...]
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whiskeymac said | November 21st 2009 @ 12:25pm | Report comment
good goal too but should Aurelio get the chop?
JR said | November 21st 2009 @ 4:31pm | Report comment
Aurelio – on balance I would say no, the club has no owner and this is his first bad season – and all is not lost yet anyway. I do hope he learns how to pull his bloody head in, and concentrates on learning to become a better coach. And sign some decent bloody attacking players, the Owusu (sp?) had disaster written all over it from the start.
Highlights can be deceiving but Leckie looks exciting, eh? Very good goal and some good runs.