Heartbreak in Australia Cup final for Heidelberg

Newcastle person claimed their archetypal Australia Cup title and delivered a cruel ending to Heidelberg United’s fairytale tally with a 3-1 extra-time win successful the final.

An bonzer strike from 19-year-old Oscar Fryer successful the 96th infinitesimal delivered the Jets silverware successful their maiden last under erstwhile Socceroos skipper Mark Mlligan.

With their archetypal trophy since the 2007-08 championship, Newcastle assertion a $50,000 prize purse and a berth successful the Asian Champions League 2 contention adjacent year.

Victorian champions Heidelberg, a semi-professional team comprised of tradies, engineers, Uber drivers, attraction workers and more, antecedently saw disconnected Western Sydney, Wellington and Auckland FC without conceding.

In beforehand of 10,000 fans successful Melbourne, Heidelberg took the pb successful the eighth infinitesimal done Ryan Lethlean.

The arrogant Greek-backed nine had their chances to win the lucifer and go the archetypal non-A-League nine to win the Australia Cup.

But Newcastle, who arsenic precocious arsenic past year were being propped up by chap A-League clubs, would not beryllium denied – contempt being without cardinal defender Max Cooper done illness.

Heidelberg were denied a stone wall punishment successful the third infinitesimal when Mohamed Aidara was clipped by Jets skipper Kosta Grozos.

But 5 minutes later, Asahi Yokokawa swung a escaped footwear past the backmost station where Bergers skipper Ben Collins headed the shot crossed extremity for chap centre-back Lethlean to motion home.

It sent the yellow-and-black standing country country of Lakeside Stadium into ecstasy, with flares going disconnected and manager John Anastasiadis celebrating with a treble fist-pump.

The Jets equalised successful the 21st infinitesimal when Thomas Aquilina was released down the close and chopped the shot backmost for Max Burgess, the Mark Viduka Medal winner for antheral of the match, whose sweet first-time changeable bushed Yaren Sozer.

Jets defender Aleksandar Susnjar flashed a header into the broadside netting successful first-half added time.

In the 74th minute, Newcastle teenager Xavier Bertoncello curled a changeable wide then Heidelberg should person re-taken the pb when Yokokawa burst guardant but his unnecessarily chipped changeable sailed wide.

Sozer denied Daniel Wilmering and Aquilina precocious successful regularisation time.

But when Fryer bushed Fletcher Fulton, chopped into the container then whipped a left-footed strike home, the travelling Jets fans went into enactment mode.

Heidelberg appealed for a punishment when Susnjar outbodied Akiel Raffie, but their pleas were waved away.

Jets skipper Grozos was sent disconnected for a 2nd yellow paper successful the 113th infinitesimal and Heidelberg substitute Johnny Apostolopoulos received a straight reddish paper soon after.

Then, Nunes teed up Ben Gibson to crystal the crippled and nonstop the Jets into ecstasy.

Source: AAP