Sydney FC coach Steve Corica admits he was shocked by Melbourne City’s resolution to sack Rado Vidosic lower than three weeks into the A-League season because the cut-throat nature of the axing put his personal future within the highlight.
Corica’s crew will confront City on Friday night time after the powerhouse membership parted methods with Vidosic on Wednesday within the aftermath of final Sunday’s humiliating 6-0 loss to Adelaide United at Coopers Stadium.
Under Vidosic, City additionally conceded six targets in final season’s embarrassing A-League grand remaining loss to Central Coast Mariners,
While the veteran mentor held on to his job after that debacle, there was no getting back from the catastrophe in Adelaide, with City – who’re backside of the A-League ladder with no factors after two matches – transferring rapidly to interchange Vidosic with former Reds coach Aurelio Vidmar.
Corica’s Sly Blues have additionally began their A-League marketing campaign with two losses, that means Friday night time’s conflict between City and Sydney is an unlikely bottom-of-the-table battle.
“It’s going to be a tough match after what’s happened with Rado, and a new coaching coming in, so you just don’t know what’ going to happen in terms of how long he’s had to change things around, but we’ll be ready,” stated Corica, who sympathised with Vidosic, a former Sydney FC assistant coach.
“(His sacking) is a little bit early in the season for me but I don’t know what’s going on there.
However, what Corica does know is that City will be well prepared under his former Socceroos teammate Vidmar.
“`Viddy’s’ got a lot of experience in the A-League and overseas. Normally when a new coach comes in, you get that reaction that you’re looking for from the players,” he stated.
“We need to respect that and be ready for that.”
And “ready” from the opening whistle following final week’s 3-0 loss to Brisbane Roar at Suncorp Stadium, the place the Sydneysiders conceded a objective within the first minute.
The defeat continued the Sky Blues’ poor begin to their A-League marketing campaign after a 2-0 house loss to Melbourne Victory the week earlier than.
More had been anticipated of Corica’s males after they gained the Australia Cup final month.
“We’ve been way too stretched defensively,” the Sydney coach stated.
“That’s the first thing I want to change and I want to improve on.
“Whether there’s been a hangover from the Cup, I don’t know, but we haven’t been the same defensively.”
Corica stated there was no panic within the Sydney camp and dismissed any hypothesis in regards to the security of his personal job.
“It’s the start of the A-League season, we’ve just won the Cup, just won a trophy, so … yes we would have liked to off the mark by now but we’ve lost our first two games,” he stated.
“If we win our third game. things change very quickly. We know that in football. One win can change everything and make things look a lot better.”
Originally revealed as Sydney FC coach Steve Corica says it was too ‘early’ for Melbourne City to axe Rado Vidosic
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
