Adrian Segecic scored his first-ever hat-trick as Sydney FC returned to successful methods and climbed to fifth on the A-League ladder after defeating Central Coast Mariners 4-1 at Allianz Stadium on Saturday.
Substitute Segecic changed Anas Ouahim after 55 minutes and obtained his first purpose with a powerful right-footed end earlier than doubling his tally on the other foot to finish any hopes of a Mariners comeback.
The 20-year-old then despatched an unstoppable strike previous Dylan Peraić-Cullen to finish his first three-goal haul.
Patryk Klimala scored for Sydney however then turned Harrison Steele’s shot into his personal web to go away the competition degree on the break.
Nonetheless lacking marquee import Douglas Costa, it’s now 5 video games unbeaten for the Sky Blues.
Mark Jackson’s facet stay in ninth after registering only one victory in six matches, ten factors adrift of ladder leaders Melbourne Metropolis as their premiership defence turns into more and more unlikely.
Towards the run of play, it took simply 11 minutes for the Sky Blues to open the scoring by means of Klimala, the Polish striker netting his fifth A-League purpose after lacking out within the 3-0 win over Perth on Wednesday.
Joel King saved his composure within the penalty space, squaring for Klimala who completed into an open purpose.
Klimala and in-form Joe Lolley have been trying ominous and a second Sydney purpose appeared inevitable however Central Coast struck subsequent, with Steele capitalising on some shambolic defending.
Ufuk Talay’s facet didn’t clear a set piece however Harrison Devenish-Meares would have handled Steele’s effort if not for Klimala’s header that looped over the keeper’s head.
With the sport firmly within the stability Segecic latched onto Anthony Caceres’ high quality by means of ball and saved his cool with a very good end throughout Dylan Peraić-Cullen.
Not a group to sit down again on a lead, Sydney saved pushing and Segecic doubled his cash with one other good strike, this time on his left boot, to sink the Mariners.
The rising star then sealed his hat-trick with a bullet from exterior the penalty space.
Segecic steals present with stupendous hat-trick
Experiencing a breakout marketing campaign again within the sky blue jersey after spending 2023-24 on mortgage in Holland, Segecic scored Sydney’s second hat-trick in three days after Joe Lolley’s glorious show towards Perth.
There’s a logjam within the Sky Blues’ attacking spots, with the likes of Jaiden Kucharski, Patrick Wooden, Ouahim and Nathan Amanatidis all additionally vying for minutes within the ahead line. However with extra performances like this one, Segecic will rocket up the pecking order.
“Adrian’s been improbable since day one,” Talay mentioned.
“His mentality, his angle, has been sensational for us, for me as a coach to have these kinds of gamers inside the squad. There’s been instances he might have been annoyed when he wasn’t taking part in. He had moments of when he’s finished properly, then we decided to not play him on this sport and produce him on later and he undoubtedly made an influence.
“We don’t discuss ‘go on the market and rating three targets’, which he did, however simply play in the appropriate areas and I believed he did very properly when he got here on.”
Undermanned Metropolis go prime, Reds down Wellington
Melbourne Metropolis are prime of the A-League after a 1-0 win towards Brisbane at AAMI Park, albeit solely on purpose distinction and with their nearest challengers Adelaide United and Auckland boasting video games in hand. Regardless of their appreciable damage toll – with Socceroos Marco Tilio, Andrew Nabbout and Mat Leckie all nonetheless lacking – Aurelio Vidmar’s facet are within the midst of a three-game successful streak and 7 video games unbeaten.
Children Medin Memeti and Harry Politidis have gotten their likelihood within the veterans’ absence and each have grasped it with each fingers, deputising impressively as Metropolis climb to the highest of the standings. Twenty-one-year-old Patrick Seashore has appeared good at instances however has additionally made some expensive errors with the gloves.
Conversely, Brisbane’s report worsened to 0-2-10 as Ruben Zadkovich continues to wrestle in probably the hardest prime job within the league. Zadkovich doesn’t have a lot to work with, however even then at most different golf equipment it’s unlikely a head coach might survive such a report. It’s clear the Bakrie Group are apathetic at greatest regarding the well being of the membership at this stage.
Earlier, Adelaide put collectively back-to-back wins with a 2-1 victory over Wellington at Sky Stadium. The Reds would have been smarting after disappointingly throwing away factors in consecutive house video games after a really encouraging begin to their 2024-25 marketing campaign, however they’ve now stabilised to sit down second within the league, defying many pre-season expectations that they might wrestle to even be within the finals image after the numerous departures of Joe Gauci and Nestory Irankunda.
