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Sydney FC’s imposing assault has put Melbourne Victory to the sword, with Princess Ibini scoring a hat-trick in a 6-Three thumping of the reigning A-League Girls champions.
Matildas winger Cortnee Vine was electrical, scoring one objective, aiding two others and taking Victory left again Natalie Tathem to the cleaners.
Fellow Matilda Ibini (three targets), Mackenzie Hawkesby (one objective, one help) and Madison Haley (one objective, one help) all fired at AAMI Park as Sydney noticed off a Victory fightback to say a complete win.
Sydney sits third, three factors forward of fourth-placed Victory, which it has two video games in hand on.
Victory was with out goalkeeper Casey Dumont (sickness) and began harm alternative and 2020-21 championship winner Gaby Garton.
Sydney opened the scoring within the 24th minute.
Charlize Rule headed a Hawkesby nook on track and Garton misjudged the flight of the ball and missed it totally, with Ibini available to bundle it over the road.
Six minutes later, Vine burst away from Kayla Morrison and despatched a tantalizing ball into the trail of Hawkesby, who nipped it away from Garton and into the again of the online.
Hawkesby’s trailing knee caught Garton within the head, forcing her concussion substitution by Miranda Templeman.
Within the 36th minute, Sydney earned a penalty when Tathem needlessly clipped Sarah Hunter contained in the field.
Templeman made a robust diving save from Ibini, however parried it straight again to the winger, who scored Sydney’s third.
Victory hit again within the 42nd minute when Rikke Madsen charged down Sydney goalkeeper Tahlia Franco to attain.
They added a second three minutes into harm time when Beattie Goad’s cross was brilliantly met on the again put up by a sliding Lia Privitelli.
Two minutes later, Hawkesby whipped in a nook and Haley rose over Jessika Nash to go house on the again put up and provides Sydney a 4-2 lead on the break.
Three minutes into the second half, Haley brilliantly performed by Vine and, with Templeman caught off her line, the Matildas winger coolly completed into the underside nook.
Within the 60th minute, Vine acquired previous Tathem and in the reduction of for Ibini to finish her hat-trick with Sydney’s sixth.
Sydney acquired one other likelihood from the spot within the 67th minute when Claudia Bunge was penalized for a handball, however Haley shot straight at Templeman.
Victory’s Maja Markovski added a comfort objective from the spot within the 89th after a Sydney handball.
-AAP
