Cavernous stadiums

 

How do you ruin the atmosphere at a Sydney derby? Play it at ANZ Stadium. 

The 83,000 seater venue is sure-fire overkill for virtually any domestic sporting match Australia can chuck at it, but for the over 20,000 passionate fans that attended, it was a shame that there were so many spare seats separating them.

That's not even to mention the question marks hanging over the New South Wales government redeveloping Allianz Stadium to become a supposedly modern, state-of-the-art venue when they've got ANZ Stadium, and the public can only fill it once or twice a year...

Hit and hopes

It's hard to remember the last time that an A-League derby had quite so many wild shots, closer representing a Sunday league who-to than a shot at goal. Let's face it, even Baumjohann's goal was little more than a 'Let's see if this works.'

Paulo Retre wins our award for most ridiculous shot at goal tonight, blazing well above Row Z (at ANZ Stadium no less) to the unbelieving chagrin of Alex Wilkinson. 

The poor skipper looked as if he might need to see a counsellor after witnessing that one.