Melbourne City

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Season Guide

2020/2021

Melbourne City

In

Matthew Sutton (gk) Melbourne Victory; Benjamin Garuccio (def) Hearts; Aiden O'Neill (mid) Burnley; Naoki Tsubaki (mid) Yokohama Marinos – on loan; Marco Tilio (mid) Sydney FC; Taras Gomulka (mid) Adelaide U21; Javier Cabrera (mid) CA Union – end of loan; Andrew Nabbout (att) Melbourne Victory;

Out

Joshua Brillante (r) (mid) Xanthi; Lachlan Wales (sp) (mid) Western United; Ramy Najjarine (sp) (mid) Newcastle Jets; Moudi Najjar (sp) (att) Macarthur; Joe Gauci (gk) Adelaide United; Yaya Dukulu (mid) Adelaide United; Gianluca Iannucci (att) Melbourne Victory;

City played good football last season and for long they stayed in touch with leaders Sydney FC. Not surprisingly, the Citizens ended up reaching their first ever Grand Final in the end, with the league’s Golden Boot winner Maclaren pulling the team forward with his many goals. The season ended with lost Grand Final, but the main reason why coach Mombaerts left after just 1 successful year at the helm was that the Frenchman never settled to life in Australia. As his replacement, City opted to go for a club legend, but very inexperienced in terms of managerial pedigree option. City’s ex-captain Patrick Kisnorbo is in charge now and, if nothing else, he’s known for his ability to pump up the squad and unite everyone fighting for the cause. The only major departure during off-season was that of inner midfielder Brillante, but in O’Neill excellent replacement was signed. City also added explosive forward Nabbout and experienced full-back Garuccio to their ranks so, if anything, the squad looks even stronger compared to last season. Expected to be the highest scoring team in the league this season considering the bombastic front 4 Nabbout-Noone-Luna-Maclaren. Also have very impressive defence and the one area that might be causing problems is the heart of the midfield. Only 3 experienced typical inner midfielders in the ranks right now, but if they all stay fit City would have more than enough to be serious contenders again.

Target

City as usual target big things and, if inexperienced Kisnorbo turns out to be decent manager, the Citizens could mount another serious challenge on the title. Top 4 should be achieved easy, no matter what.

Season Review

2019/2020

№2: Melbourne City

City lost their first ever Grand Final (0:1 vs. Sydney FC), but despite that late disappointment the season can be classed as major step forward. The Citizens played some very attractive attacking football all throughout and the Golden Boot winner Mclaren was simply unstoppable, he broke several scoring records. City ended up reaching both the A-League final and the FFA Cup final, lost both finals, which combined with the highest ever finish of regular season (2nd) definitely shows massive steps forward made by coach Mombaerts and his players. The forward actions were by far the main strength and all of the forward players performed very well. Noone was not scoring much, but he was key to free spaces for Mclaren and the unselfishness of his teammates allowed the latter to be on the scoresheet in almost every game. Defensively things were problematic at times, though, with City conceding 2 goals or more in 12 of the 26 rounds during the regular season. This poor record directly related to the fact that several times during the campaign the back line was crippled due to injuries and bans. The outlook for next season is great with City having the squad, the money and the manager to definitely mount very serious challenge in the search of first title.