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Melbourne Victory and Adelaide United have played their fourth friendly, ending in a 0-0 draw. That’s three draws in a row, with Melbourne winning the first friendly back in February.
Steve Pantelidis was given a straight red card in the second half after a challenge on Matthew Mullen.
Judging by the report on Goal.com, Adelaide were the […]

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Melbourne Victory and Adelaide United fought out a 2-2 draw yesterday in Hindmarsh Stadium. With both teams missing a key striker (Adelaide are without Bruce Djite due to injury), the scoreline will provide encouragement for both coaches.
Adrian Caceres, who moved into a striker’s role alongside Danny Allsopp, opened the scoring in the 5th minute. A […]

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Melbourne Victory drew its second friendly with Adelaide United yesterday, after beating the South Australians last week with a 2-1 win. 
A goal for Danny Allsopp and a penalty converted by Adelaide’s Cassio left the teams at 1-1. 
With Leigh Broxham away with the Olyroos, and Nick Ward and Carlos Hernandez injured, Ernie Merrick opted for a […]

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The Melbourne Victory and Adelaide United will be playing each other twice before the Asian Champions League begins, and then two more times during the group stage.
Hardly surprising news, but it is disappointing to hear that the matches will be behind closed doors, much like the Socceroos practice match on the weekend. I have no […]

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So it happened. The Newcastle Jets beat the Central Coast Mariners on Saturday, meaning that the faint dream of Melbourne reaching the finals is now over.
I published an article on Newsvine last week, called The Problem with the Asian Champions League (which has also been published on Pitch Invasion). As I pointed out in that […]

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Talk of the town is that Lucas Pantelis has been discussing his options with the Melbourne Victory recently.
The 25-year old midfielder, who has been with Adelaide United since the start of the A-League, may be after a change of scenery when his contract runs out with Adelaide in January.
If he is signed, Pantelis would be […]

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The Melbourne Victory has been drawn in Group G, along with Chonburi FC (Thailand), Gamba Osaka (Japan) and the Chunnam Dragons (South Korea).
Adelaide United, meanwhile, have been drawn in Group E with Changchun Yatai (China), Pohang Steelers (South Korea) and Binh Duong (Vietnam).
Here’s who we’re up against, and how they made it to the Champions […]

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Melbourne Victory vs. Adelaide United 2 - 2 (match report)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVU_cOk_WUI

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Another “must win” match, ending in another seemingly inevitable draw. Although, after being behind most of the match, the draw ended up seeming like another lucky escape. How many draws have we had like that this season? If only a few of those could have been wins, we’d be in a much better situation.
Sweeping changes […]

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The Melbourne Victory hosts Adelaide United at the Telstra Dome on Saturday for the first time since last year’s Grand Final.
Adelaide have the perfect chance for revenge: if they beat the Victory on Saturday night, the defending champions can kiss their season goodbye.
Victory players met with club psychologist Patrick Farrell yesterday - a good move, […]

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