Ladies First: Liberty A-League 2022 2023 GrandFinal Sydney FC Western United

 

Finale

30 avril 2023

CommBank Stadium

ENG full Broadcast 7H00-10H40

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Sydney FC are 2022-23 A-League Women champions, demolishing Western United 4-0  on Sunday afternoon. Everything that came together for Western United two weeks ago when they defeated the same opponents in the Semi Final came undone in the Championship decider. In the game that mattered most they were outmuscled, outfought, and outplayed by the Premiers, the first team to complete the Premiership-Championship double since Melbourne City in 2016. There were three main factors for Sydney FC’s victory – their mastery of the physical battle, the midfield, and their finishing finally coming together at the right moment.

In the Semi Final that Western United won 1-0, Mark Torcaso’s side very much won the physical battle. They won more duels, more tackles, and you got the sense that Sydney were stifled by an organised team that were united in hunger for the win. In the Grand Final, the opposite was true. Sydney FC were the team who came ready for the fight. Both of their first half goals came from corners. The first: a straightforward outmuscling of Western’s defence at the back post from a rising Madison Haley. The second: an almost identical corner – this time Haley’s header deflected into the path of captain Nat Tobin in her 100th game, who was able to head home.

One standout in particular for Sydney FC was Charlize Rule, who was imperious at right-back. It took former Young Matildas teammate Kahli Johnson switching flanks to get away from her to begin to have an impact on the game midway through the first half. Rule was able to consistently use her height and strength, unusual for a full-back, to not allow Western United room on the wings.It’s a facile cliché to say that they “wanted it more” – it’s fair to say both teams wanted it, quite a lot – but Sydney FC clearly learned from their defeat two weeks ago. They came prepared for the physical battle and they came out on top. Both sides will be carrying bruises from the game but Sydney FC stood up to every single challenge and, in a boxing match, would’ve won with unanimous assent.