Wanderers come from behind for big ALM victory

Yahoo

15-03-2025

Western Sydney will enter the international break as the A-League Men's undisputed form team after coming from behind to break Melbourne Victory's hearts with a 4-2 win in Parramatta.
With only three minutes to play in regulation time on Saturday night, substitute Nicolas Milanovic put the Wanderers on course for their comeback win with a left-foot strike from the edge of the box.
It was the 23-year-old's ninth goal of a great season, with CommBank Stadium erupting as the hosts took an unlikely 3-2 lead.
Swedish veteran Marcus Antonsson iced the result loping into the box on a counterattack to seal an emphatic win in added time.
Nicolas Milanovic is just a different breed 🔴😮‍💨The 23-year-old notches his ninth goal of the season and was sure to make a statement with his celebration 👕 pic.twitter.com/C7LXCKmsBc
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Western Sydney had trailed 2-0 just before halftime but will now finish the weekend in third place on the ladder and are undefeated in their past six games.
The Wanderers faithful had fallen silent when Socceroos duo Daniel Arzani and Nishan Velupillay helped put the visitors up 2-0.
Velupillay weaved past Gabe Cleur for a shot from the left side of the area, before Arzani's masterly cross to Reno Piscopo seven minutes later had the Victory well on top.
But after hitting back through Bozhidar Kraev minutes later, the Wanderers looked poised to cash in after weathering a storm just after the break.
Anthony Pantozopoulos and Alex Bonetig each came to goalkeeper Lawrence Thomas' rescue to parry away would-be Victory goals at point-blank range just after the half.
With 15 minutes to play in regulation time, Brandon Borrello celebrated his call-up to Tony Popovic's Socceroos squad for the upcoming round of World Cup qualifiers.
Borrello breaks his goal drought ✨Brandon Borrello have got @wswanderersfc flippin' back into the game 💨Watch #WSWvMVC LIVE on Paramount+ 📺 pic.twitter.com/nVgmNTbScV
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The 29-year-old forward had curled a shot above the woodwork minutes earlier but made no mistake with his header after substitute Alex Gersbach crossed into the area.
It broke a 10-game scoring drought for Borrello that had stretched back to December.
Victory never again had the wealth of chances they enjoyed early in the second half as the Wanderers went into party mode late.