Starting the semi-finals for the title in Australia, the party that will open the round will be the one to measure the leader of the regular season, the great Perth Glory of Popovic and the executioner of Melbourne City in the previous round, the Adelaide United led by Craig Goodwin.
Season to frame the one that has starred in Perth Glory, led by the character and role of captain of the Galician Diego Castro, coupled with the scoring sensibility that has developed the Irishman Andy Keogh, has allowed the Perth team to rise for the first time since there is A-League with the title of champion, is a very well designed team by the great coach Tony Popovic, who also knows very well what they play and knows how to handle the situation depending on the moment, in the regular season he has been leader practically since home and has stood up to the 2 largest teams in the country such as Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory, after “skipping” the quarterfinals comes to this fresh semifinals and wanting to continue making history.
Opposite will be an Adelaide United that will try to wake him from sleep as soon as possible, Adelaide finished 4th place and if he had to play the quarterfinals to access this penultimate step before lifting the trophy, he reaches this semi-final after beating Melbourne City in a very close match and had to be resolved beyond the 90 minutes, when everything seemed to be on the way to penalties, Ben Halloran’s goal allowed Adelaide to avoid the 11-meter lottery.
The Perth Glory has been by far the best team in the A-League, thanks to it they are the clear favorites to contest the final, it has been shown throughout the course and I do not think that at the moment of truth I am afraid of a rival who will also come with greater wear after having to play 120 minutes and which has won in 2 of the 3 clashes between both this year, the week that Perth Glory has had rest also I think will be a key factor in this shock.
PREDICTION: Perth Glory to win @ 1,63
