Central Coast Mariners fell to a 1-0 defeat to Adelaide United, in a close encounter at Woy Woy Oval.
The Mariners fell behind early on and despite applying pressure on the Adelaide goal until the very end, couldn’t force an equaliser.
🔢 Line-Up
Emily Husband made just one change to the starting eleven as Shadeene Evans started in place of Peta Trimis who dropped to the bench, joined by new recruit Greta Kraszula who made the squad for the first time.
Starting XI: Langman, Nash, Martin, Pennock, Galic (C), Ray, Rasmussen, Rowe, Nunn, Evans.
Substitutions:
63′ ON: Fuller, Trimis OFF: Rasmussen, Nunn
77′ ON: Kraszula, Puxty OFF: Quilligan, Evans
Unused Subs: Carmichael (GK)
📋 Our team to take on the Reds today is in!
— Central Coast Mariners (@CCMariners) January 4, 2025
🔁 Evans returns to the Starting XI
💫 Kraszula named on the bench for the first time
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First Half
Annalise Rasmussen had the game’s first shot less than a minute in, but it was the visitors who opened the scoring early on, Emily Hodgson getting in at the back post for a simple finish on eight minutes.
It was a positive response from the Mariners, who were denied an equaliser on 12 minutes as Claudia Jenkins pulled off a fantastic save to deny Brooke Nunn’s effort which destined for the top corner.
Jenkins also made strong saves to deny Shadeene Evans and Taylor Ray as the Mariners pushed for an equaliser before half time, before Sarah Langman made an excellent stop to deny Fiona Worts one-on-one.
Second half
Again the Mariners had the better chances in the second half, Nunn was denied a first Mariners goal again after testing Jenkins from range.
Sarah Rowe also came close to her first Mariners goal on just her third appearance, cutting inside after advancing forward from right back, but Jenkins got down well to save her low, left footed strike.
The biggest chance for the Mariners came on 73 minutes, some fantastic play from substitute Peta Trimis saw her deliver a cross to the back post, Annabel Martin ran onto the ball but couldn’t keep her header down from close range.
Tiana Fuller also came off the bench and posed a thread to Adelaide, on 84 minutes the Reds’ defence were forced into some desperate defending as Fuller saw two shots from inside the box blocked.
There would be a controversial end to the game as Fuller rounded Jenkins outside the box and would have been left with an open goal to equalise, if not for a clumsy foul from the Reds’ keeper.
Jenkins got away with just a yellow, much to the displeasure of the packed out crowd at Woy Woy Oval, with Fuller unable to convert the resulting free-kick with the last chance of the match.
▶️ Highlights via Central Coast Mariners on YouTube
🌴 Next Up
The Mariners return to Woy Woy Oval to host Wellington Phoenix on January 26th, after consecutive trips to Sydney as we face Wanderers and Sydney FC in the next two.
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