MVFC Blog

Details have unfortunately been incredibly sketchy, but reports are now in that the Victory has lost 1-0 to China tonight in a match played over three 30 minute thirds. The only goal in the match has been credited to Changchun Yatai midfielder Wang Dong, who headed the ball home in the 35th minute. Kaz Patafta and Matthew Kemp both managed to get a run. Naturally we never like to see a loss, but in reality it is not a bad result for a somewhat undermanned Melbourne against a national team in the final stages of preparation for a major tournament! Now let’s see how they do against Tianjin on Saturday.

It is great that Melbourne had the chance to play this match, but it is most unfortunate that the Victory could not cobble together even the most basic form of coverage. At the very least, surely it would have been feasible to get someone to SMS in some updates? After building up significant hype, it is a disappointing outcome for the die-hard fans.