Australia Cup: Heidelberg beat Wanderers
Heidelberg led 2-0 at half-time at Olympic Village on Tuesday night thanks to an own goal from Wanderers defender Alex Bonetig and a penalty from Bul Juach, before Anthony Lesiotis supplied the icing on the cake with the hosts' third goal in stoppage-time.
A star-studded Wanderers side that included former Melbourne Victory trio Kosta Barbarouses, Josh Brillante and Lawrence Thomas went into the match as hot favourites but were never in the hunt against the hungry Heidelberg outfit.
Heidelberg United players and staff celebrate reaching the Australia Cup quarter-finals. Picture:'It means a lot to the club and we really deserved it, so well done to the boys,' Juach told Paramount Plus.
'We've really got quality all over the pitch.'
Another A-League club, Wellington Phoenix, awaits Heidelberg in the quarter-finals, with the Victorian outfit to again host the match on a yet-to-be-confirmed date.
In Tuesday night's other round-of-16 clash, NPL Queensland club Brisbane City defeated NPL Western Australia outfit Olympic Kingsway 4-3 in a penalty shootout after scores were locked at 1-1 at the end of normal time and extra-time.
City goalkeeper Josh Langdon was the hero at Imperial Corp Stadium, saving two penalties in the shootout to secure his team a quarter-final berth.
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Marco Monteverde is a Brisbane-based sports reporter for NCA Newswire. He worked in a similar role for The Courier-Mail from 2007 to 2020. During a journalism career of more than 25 years, he has also worked for The Queensland Times, The Sunshine Coast Daily, The Fraser Coast Chronicle and The North West Star. He has covered three FIFA World Cups and the 2000 Sydney Olympics, as well as a host of other major sporting events in Australia and around the world.
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