Melbourne Victory

Western United recovered from a first leg semi-final loss to see off Melbourne Victory 4-1 on the night, 4-2 on aggregate, to advance to the A-League grand ...

“He competed, he held up the ball well, he’s a good finisher. “We showed where we could hurt them and the opportunities we could create. Dylan Wenzel-Halls made it 4-1 seconds from time with a goal on the break as Victory threw everyone forward in desperate search of the goal that would take this tie into extra time. “We wanted to come out fast and put them on the back foot. We knew we were still in the tie after the first leg,” he said. They knew it wasn’t their night when, with three minutes remaining, substitute Francesco Margiotta’s shot beat Western keeper Jamie Young only to cannon back into play off the post.

MELBOURNE : Western United scored two late goals to charge into their first A-League championship final in only their season of existence with a 4-1 win ...

With the tie all square at 2-2 on aggregate, both teams poured forward looking for the winner. The 4-2 aggregate victory sent United into next week's "Grand Final" against reigning champions Melbourne City or Adelaide United, who drew 0-0 in the first leg of their semi-final and meet in the second at the same stadium on Sunday. MELBOURNE : Western United scored two late goals to charge into their first A-League championship final in only their season of existence with a 4-1 win over Melbourne Victory in the second leg of their semi-final on Saturday.

Two goals from striker Aleksandar Prijovic set up Western United's 4-1 semi-final second leg win over Melbourne Victory and booked their ALM grand final ...

A Jake Brimmer free kick in the 82nd minute forced a good fingertip save from Jamie Young and Victory twice came close to scoring in the 88th and again in added time, with all three efforts coming from substitutes. Prior to the final goal of the game, Victory had a number of chances to level the tie and also had an unsuccessful penalty shout. The excellent Dylan Wenzel-Halls added the icing with a fourth in the ninth minute of added time.

Two goals from striker Aleksandar Prijovic set up Western United's 4-1 semi-final second leg win over Melbourne Victory and booked their ALM grand final ...

Prijovic set up the decisive third goal in the 78th minute, as his delightful layoff fell to Lachie Wales, whose shot deflected off a Victory player into the net. Western briefly thought they were ahead again when Wenzel-Halls’s header hit the net just after half-time, only to be correctly ruled out for offside. The excellent Dylan Wenzel-Halls added the icing with a fourth in the ninth minute of added time.