Victory stir Seoul with much needed win
Melbourne Victory 3 – 0 FC Seoul AFC Champions League Two Matchday 2 Melbourne Rectangular Stadium Melbourne Victory vanquished Saturday evening’s bitter disappointment of Australian Cup final defeat by seeing off K-League table toppers, FC Seoul, in resounding fashion. Chalking up a first win in this season’s AFC Champions League 2 proved to be the perfect antidote to losing on penalties a game in which they were heavily fancied to win against local semi-professional outfit South Melbourne FC four days ago. With that fresh in the mind – and with an eye on a weekend trip to New Zealand’s capital to face Wellington Phoenix in their A-League opener - as many as six changes were made for this encounter against the Koreans. One of those changes, Denis Genreau, took his chance by laying on two second half assists as just rewards for the goalscorer from Saturday’s final. Guillermo May was the initial beneficiary as he broke the deadlock just after the hour mark. Having thumped the po...