Head Coach John Aloisi has named an 18-man squad for this Saturday’s round 10 Hyundai A-League match against Perth Glory.
Head Coach John Aloisi has named an 18-man squad for this Saturday’s round 10 Hyundai A-League match against Perth Glory.
With 17-year-old Benjamin Garuccio suffering ligament damage in his right ankle against Sydney FC on Sunday, Aloisi has promoted National Youth League player Stefan Mauk into the preliminary squad of 18 players.
Saturday, 8 December 2012
Melbourne Heart v Perth Glory
Venue: AAMI Park
Kick off: 5:30 PM
Referee: Peter Green
Assistant referee 1: Luke Brennan
Assistant referee 2: Patrick Chaplin
Fourth official: Brenton Hayward
Live and exclusive broadcast on FOX Sports 1HD and Sky Sports 3.
ABC Radio Coverage – 774 & ABC Local Radio Victoria, 720 & ABC Local Radio Western Australia, Online, Grandstand Digital Melbourne & Perth.
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Melbourne Heart squad: 1. Clint Bolton (GK), 4. Simon Colosimo, 5. Fred (C), 6. Patrick Gerhardt, 8. Matthew Thompson, 9. Dylan Macallister, 10. Josip Tadic, 14. GolGol Mebrahtu, 15. David Williams, 17. Jason Hoffman, 18. David Vrankovic, 20. Andrew Redmayne (GK), 21. Steven Gray, 22. Nick Kalmar, 24. Sam Mitchinson, 25. Jeremy Walker, [No. TBC] Stefan Mauk
*Three to be omitted
Ins: Stefan Mauk (promoted – National Youth League)
Outs: 19. Ben Garuccio (ankle – 3-4 weeks) 23. Mate Dugandzic (broken foot 8-12 weeks)
Unavailable: 13. Jonatan Germano, 2. Michael Marrone (international duty – Qantas Socceroos), 11. Richard Garcia (international duty – Qantas Socceroos), 16. Aziz Behich (Qantas Socceroos international duty), 31. Vince Grella (fitness – undisclosed)
Perth Glory Squad: 1.Danny Vukovic (gk), 3.Bas van den Brink, 4.Billy Mehmet, 5.Steve Pantelidis, 6.Nick Ward, 7.Jacob Burns (c), 8.Dean Heffernan 9.Shane Smeltz, 10.Liam Miller, 11.Adrian Zahra, 13.Travis Dodd, 14.Steven McGarry, 15.Brandon O-Neill, 17.Chris Harold, 18.Jesse Makarounas, 19.Josh Risdon, 30 Lewis Italiano (gk)
*Two to be omitted
Ins: 7.Jacob Burns (returns from suspension), 10.Liam Miller (returns from injury)
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: 12.Ryo Nagai (Bone bruising knee 2-4 weeks), 16.Evan Berger (hamstring – indefinite), 21.Scott Jamieson (International duty – Qantas Socceroos), 23.Michael Thwaite (International duty – Qantas Socceroos)
