Welcome to the Newcastle Jets Westfield W-League live blog.
The Jets host Melbourne Victory on Saturday from 4.05pm at No.2 Sportsground.
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SCORE: Jets 0-2 Victory
90+ Mini gets a second yellow and has been shown the red card
90′ Four minutes of extra time
88′ SUB: Eliadis on for Jackson.
86′ SUB: Petratos on for Andrews.
SUB: De Vanna and Privitelli on. Zimmerman off and Markovski on.
80′ CARD: Pollicina cops a yellow for a late tackle.
79′ SUBSTITUTE: Chronis on for Franco
77′ Our girls are digging deep. Brewer made a magical run to spark the attack. We just can’t convert.
68′ CHANCE: Franco with a lovely run but the opportunity goes begging.
SUB: Longo on for Barbieri
65′ CARD: Amy Jackson is given a yellow for a foul on Tara Andrews at halfway
59′ CARD: King sees the yellow for pulling the arm of the Victory attacker
SUBSTITUTION: Harding on for House. O’Brien on for Bass.
HT: We trail by two at the break.
45′ Simon with a beautiful cross to Andrews. Hits the head of Andrews but the keeper makes the save.
45′ Official signals there will be two minutes of added time
44′ SHOT: Andrews one on one with the keeper but Victory make the save.
38′ Great defensive play from King. Dominated as last line of defence and shut down a genuine attacking opportunity for Victory.
34′ SAVE: Victory with a shot from outside the box but it’s smothered by Coelho
29′ GOAL: Catherine Zimmerman slips one past the keeper to extend the lead 2-0.
26′ Drinks break
19′ CARD: Tara Andrews gets a yellow for delaying play
14′ CHANCE: Rhianna Pollicina pushes a shot wide.
9′ SAVE: Claire Coelho with a great stop from close range. Corner kick, finds the head of an attacker but the ball goes over the crossbar.
8′ GOAL: Following the foul, Victory cross the ball into the box and find the head of Kayla Ann Morrison who puts it in the net.
7′ SHOT: Victory from long range push the ball wide of goal.
4′ CHANCE: Franco into space, has a shot but it sails over the top of the goal.
2′ CHANCE: Lovely passage of play from the Jets early. Mini and Sunny linking up.
0′ We kick off at No.2 Sportsground
3.50pm: Referee has said there will be a drinks break taken today.
3pm: The starting side has been named:
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Newcastle Jets squad: 20.Claire COELHO (gk), 2.Hannah BREWER, 3.Jemma HOUSE, 5.Alisha BASS, 6.Cassidy DAVIS, 7.Gema SIMON (c), 9.Tara ANDREWS, 11.Rhianna POLLICINA, 12.Tessa TAMPLIN, 16.Sunny FRANCO, 18.Taren KING. Substitutes: 4.Chloe O’BRIEN, 8.Evelyn CHRONIS, 10.Pana PETRATOS, 15.Sophie HARDING, 30.Nicole SIMONSEN (gk)
12pm: Coach Ash Wilson spoke to the media on Friday and here’s what she had to say:
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