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Langerak, 21, came in for his first game of the 2009/10 A-League season last weekend after Moss was dropped, and promptly played a major role in the reigning champions keeping their first clean sheet in eight matches.

Victory moved to the top of the table with the 1-0 win over Brisbane Roar, only the third time in 15 matches Melbourne have kept a clean sheet.

Now Victory's defence is preparing for one of its toughest tests of the season when new A-League glamour club Gold Coast United visit Etihad Stadium for the first time on Saturday night.

But Leijer says the team's defence has full confidence in the inexperienced Langerak, despite having made just five appearances for Melbourne.

"Mitch was great last week," Leijer said. "He is a great keeper and we knew he was ready. He is 21 now and has had his time on the sidelines and he showed he has got the maturity to go with it and have a great career."

Leijer sent a scare through the Victory camp at training today when he went down with a knee injury only to quickly recover and see out the session.

As for Langerak himself, well the young keeper is not sure how long he will remain in the side but is just delighted to finally be given an opportunity after having spent the first half of the season waiting for his chance.

Until recently Moss was also New Zealand's No.1 keeper and is expected to go to the World Cup next year with the All Whites.

But he kept conceding goals this season, including 13 in the past seven matches, before Langerak took over last weekend.

"It was an unusual experience coming in midway through the season but I enjoyed my chance to get out there and play my first game of the season," said Langerak today.

"And hopefully I will get more chance as the season progresses but I will take it as it comes. If I perform well I will get more opportunities but at this point I will just take each game as it comes."

He added: "It's hard to an extent but I would rather be in this position where I am playing rather than not playing at all and knowing you are on the bench.

"To be in this position and get the chance to play a couple of games is a good thing."

• Meanwhile Victory has re-signed veteran Tom Pondeljak - who scored the only goal in last season's grand final win over Adelaide - to a one-year contract extension, tying the 33-year-old to the club until the end of the 2010/11 season.

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