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By Vince Rugari
Melbourne City deserve this all the way. They’ve played some untouchable football at times this season - for me, the best I’ve seen in the A-League since Ange Postecoglou’s Roarcelona. To win like this in front of a home crowd is huge for them. And consider this - they’ve got Mathew Leckie, a current Socceroo who is still in his prime, coming into this team next season. Marco Tilio and Stefan Colakovski get another year and pre-season under their belt. They’re going to be hard to beat for a long, long time - and the key for the A-League is that the people of Melbourne see this and get on board, buy season tickets next season and support this club wholeheartedly.
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Melbourne City s Nathaniel Atkinson wrote the final chapter in a comeback story for the ages on Sunday night, winning the Joe Marston Medal as best on ground in his side s 3-1 Grand Final triumph over Sydney FC.
It s a remarkable end to an individual season which seemed all-but over in February, when the 22-year-old succumbed to a high-grade hamstring tear in early April.
The Tasmanian was ruled out for two to three months in the club s official statement on April 8. It was a blow that not only put Atkinson s 2020/21 campaign on ice, but his Olympic dream in doubt as the Australian U-23 s continued preparations for the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games.
Australian football great Josip Biskic will present the Joe Marston medal at Sunday’s A-League 2021 Grand Final between Melbourne City FC and Sydney FC at AAMI Park.
Biskic, who won the Joe Marston medal in 1990/91 after Melbourne Knights’ penalty shoot-out loss to South Melbourne and claimed the Johnny Warren medal the following season, will award the medal to the player of the match in the AAMI Park clash in the official post-match ceremony.
Every day this week, commentator Simon Hill has looked at some of the key grand final performances over the years.
Here he picks his favourite moments from the 15 occasions he has called a grand final.