Melbourne Victory vs. Melbourne City 0:2 (0:2)

Football in Australia is slower than in Europe, less precise, and the game depends on coincidence more often than on plan and skill. I took the photo below just seconds before the second goal. Valon Berisha (#14) manages to curl the ball onto the far post from that position. The ball bounces back into play, and a Victory defender can’t help himself but put the ball into his own goal. I miss the Premier League.

Despite the run of play, the home crowd was surprisingly raucous. However, I missed that one guy that you’ll find in any football stadium, the guy who loses his composure throughout the game, constantly commenting on everything happening on the pitch, convinced it wouldn’t happen if he’d played himself.

And yes, it’s “football,” not “soccer.” I’ll die on that hill.