Melbourne Heart FC have released a 17-man squad to face Western Sydney Wanderers at AAMI Park on Saturday afternoon.
Melbourne Heart FC have released a 17-man squad to face Western Sydney Wanderers at AAMI Park on Saturday afternoon.
Head Coach John van’t Schip has a full squad to pick from for Melbourne Heart’s last game of the 2013-14 A-League season.
Harry Kewell returns from injury and will play in his last ever professional football match following his announcement to retire a few weeks ago.
Youssouf Hersi and Dean Heffernan are promoted by Wanderers coach Tony Popovic, with two of their 18-man preliminary squad to be omitted.
Match Details
Saturday, 12 April 2014
Melbourne Heart v Western Sydney Wanderers
AAMI Park, Melbourne
Kick-off: 5:30pm local (5:30pm AEST)
Referee: Jarred Gillett
Assistant Referee 1: George Lakrindis
Assistant Referee 2: Jonathan Barreiro
Fourth Official: Shaun Evans
TV broadcast: 7.30pm (AEST) Live coverage on Fox Sports 3HD and on Sky Sport 3 (New Zealand).
Radio Broadcast: ABC Grandstand Online/Mobile phone app
Join the conversation on Twitter using the hash-tag #MHTvWSW #ThankYouHarry
To purchase tickets visit www.aleague.com.au/tickets
Melbourne Heart FC squad: 1.Andrew REDMAYNE (GK), 3.Robbie WIELAERT, 4.Orlando ENGELAAR, 6.Patrick GERHARDT, 7.Iain RAMSAY, 8.Massimo MURDOCCA, 10.Harry KEWELL (C), 13.Jonatan GERMANO, 15.David WILLIAMS, 16. Aziz BEHICH, 17.Jason HOFFMAN, 19.Benjamin GARUCCIO, 20.Tando VELAPHI (GK), 21.Stefan MAUK, 22.Nicholas KALMAR, 23.Mate DUGANDZIC, 24.Patrick KISNORBO
**One to be omitted**
Ins: 10. Harry KEWELL (returns from injury)
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: Nil
Western Sydney Wanderers squad: 1.Ante COVIC (GK), 2.Shannon COLE, 3.Adam D-APUZZO, 4.Nikolai TOPOR-STANLEY, 6.Jerome POLENZ, 7.Labinot HALITI, 8.Mateo POLJAK, 9.Tomi JURIC, 10.Aaron MOOY, 11.Brendon SANTALAB, 13.Matthew SPIRANOVIC, 14.Kwabena APPIAH, 17.Youssouf HERSI, 18.Iacopo LA ROCCA, 19.Mark BRIDGE, 20.Jerrad TYSON (GK), 21.Shinji ONO, 22. Dean HEFFERNAN
**Two to be omitted**
Ins: 17.Youssouf HERSI, 22. Dean HEFFERNAN (both promoted)
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: 12.Tahj MINNIECON (hip – indefinite), 34.Golgol MEBRAHTU (knee – indefinite)
