Western Sydney Wanderers and Adelaide United played a relaxing Zillosen draw at CommBank Stadium on Sunday night.
Four days after the Wanderers’ 2-1 win in Adelaide on Wednesday evening, the two teams fought back, but neither side was able to find the back of the net despite a number of chances on both sides.
Western Sydney coach Mark Rudan thought his side should claim victory for all their territorial dominance.
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“I am disappointed with my players, they worked extremely hard and the effort was there,” he said.
“I feel like we dropped two points tonight to be honest, that’s how it feels.”
United coach Carl Veart also felt the Reds were a good value for the win.
“I think we had good control in the game, I just do not think we made the best of our possession,” he said.
“We just need to be a little more clinical in the first half.”
It was all the Wanderers early, the home team cut chance after chance in the opening quarter-hour.
Steven Urgakovic tried to pass Terry Antonis in six minutes, but Reds keeper Joe Gauci quickly ran off his line to collect.
One minute later Thomas Aquilina collected the ball from inside his own half
carried it down the length of the field with Ryan Kitto in pursuit.
The defender drove towards goal and shot low and hard, hitting the base of Gauci’s nearest post.
After 19 minutes, Antonis put themselves up by 0 – 1, as Bernie Ibini finished off a strike from the left with a real cannon placed at the far post.
Adelaide eventually worked their way back into the competition and controlled the second half of the first half.
His shot came in from the right hand side but Lachlan Barr managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. taken out.
The second half started much the same as the first with Western Sydney dominating possession and looking more likely to break the deadlock.
But despite camping in the Adelaide half for much of the second half, it was the Reds who made the first clear chance since the interval at 68 minutes.
Isaias freed Brook on the left side with the band against the goal before cutting inside and shooting with his right foot. Margush parried the curler in the way of Zac Clough.
With the goal, the midfielder hit the rebound and with Margush, Adama Traore cleared the line.
After 75 minutes, Wanderers’ Tate Russell came close to leveling the score with a dangerous shot from the center of the area that went just over the bar.
A minute later Brook was again distracted with his shot from outside the area just past.
When the clock struck, Antonis found Hemed at the back post, but once again his header was saved by Gauci.
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