If you ever needed to prove football’s place in Australia, show ’em this game.
Adelaide United have won the 2015-2016 A-League Grand Final, toppling Western Sydney Wanderers in a cracking 3 – 1 victory at Adelaide Oval.
Adelaide young gun Bruce Kamau opened scoring in the 22nd minute, searing past Wanderers’ defence to connect with a cross from Marcelo Carrusca.
WE LOVE FINALS FOOTBALL! 1st half done & @AdelaideUnited
lead 2-0. Watch Kamau deliver this beauty ! #ALeagueGF
https://t.co/UB4DBIItZP— Hyundai A-League (@ALeague) May 1, 2016
Kamau was brought down on the edge of the box soon after by WSW captain Nikolai Topor-Stanley; Isaias stepped up and buried an absolute curler into the top left, giving them a 2-0 lead just after the half-hour mark.
After sustaining a thorough hammering through the second half, Wanderers’ Scott Neville absolutely leathered his first ever goal for the club across the face of goal, pulling a vital goal back for the visiting squad.
One back for the Wanderers!
Scott Neville finds he back of the net.#ALeagueGF pic.twitter.com/7NX5rwIpU8— William Hill Aus (@WillHillAus) May 1, 2016
After waves of Wanderer attacks, a scrambling goal for the Reds was ruled offside, before the visitors dominated possession.
Then, super-sub Pablo Sanchez happened for Adelaide. 3 – 1. And that’s all she wrote.
Oh, the Red Army and their opposing Red & Black Bloc both had a bit of a parade too, bringing some terrifying hooliganism/actual atmosphere to the game.
In the words of Sir Alex Ferguson:
“Football. Bloody hell.”
Photo: Morne de Klerk / Getty.
