Socceroos star Mathew Leckie says Melbourne City being denied hard-earned grand ultimate internet hosting rights was no excuse for the crew’s surprising efficiency within the A-League decider.
Having dominated the competitors for the complete season, topping desk and ending 11 factors forward of second-placed Central Coast, City was inexplicably thrashed 6-1 by the Mariners at CommBank Stadium on Saturday night time.
“I’ve been going on about it all week that you can be as good as we have been all season … but if you’re not at your best, something like this could happen,” Leckie stated.
“We knew they were dangerous on the counter (attack) and we just weren’t good enough to stop that.”
City ought to have hosted the ultimate, having been the highest-placed crew to achieve the decider.
However, the A-League’s financially pushed resolution to promote the match to the NSW authorities led to the Gosford-based Mariners having extra the double the quantity of supporters than City within the crowd of 26,523.
“They were always going to have more fans. They’re only an hour away (from the Parramatta venue),” Leckie stated.
“We knew that, and we’ve played plenty of games away this season and got a win, so it’s not an excuse, especially not for having conceded six goals.”
“Losing is one thing but losing 6-1 is really disappointing. The season’s over and we’re on the bad end of it.”
And for the primary time, with City having misplaced the grand ultimate for the previous two seasons and three of the previous 4 deciders.
“We always want to get better, and I think the past (four) years we’ve shown how good we can be,” Leckie stated.
“Unfortunately the two moments, (Saturday night) d last season, we weren’t as good as we can be, and ultimately we paid the price.
“All we can do is continue to work hard, which we always do.”
Leckie is prone to have the comfort prize of being named on Tuesday by nationwide coach Graham Arnold within the Socceroos squad for this month’s pleasant towards Argentina in China.
“If ‘Arnie’ picks me, I would love to go, If I’m on the squad list, I’ll be there,” the attacking winger stated.
Originally revealed as Mathew Leckie admits Melbourne City ‘just not good enough’ in embarrassing grand ultimate loss
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
