2 weeks Ago By Roy Ward
The Victory have left some firepower on the bench with Australian internationals Daniel Arzani and Bruno Fornaroli starting on the pine. Melbourne City have named their side for tonight. They say the first one through the wall always gets bloody.
Patrick Kisnorbo knows a bit about that. The new Melbourne Victory boss became the first Australian to coach in a top-five European men’s league when he was appointed to lead French club Troyes in November 2022, about six-months before Ange Postecoglou became Tottenham Hotspur manager. New Melbourne Victory coach Patrick Kisnorbo.
Credit: Getty Images While Postecoglou brought his attacking, pressing style to Spurs and won plenty of acclaim and fanfare , Kisnorbo’s experience, at a smaller, embattled club – a struggling side with a remit to promote youth players – was almost the polar opposite. The club faced a furious backlash from their fans who despised the City Group’s management of their side and took out a good portion of that anger on the former Socceroos defender. They were relegated from France’s Ligue 1 to Ligue 2 in mid-2023 and continued to struggle in the lower competition before Kisnorbo was fired last December, just over a year since leaving Australia.
Click here to read the story. G’day everyone and welcome to our live blog from the Melbourne Derby as the Victory take on City at AAMI Park. Kickoff is set for 7.
35pm AEDT and we will take you through all the major moments and reactions as former City boss Patrick Kisnorbo leads the Victory against his old side. He said this week he expects boisterous reception from City’s supporters and I think that is a fair expectation. It should be a brilliant night of football to come with a crowd of more than 20,000 expected.
Enjoy the night to come..
