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Popovic was named as the eighth full-time coach of Victory last week; club chairman Anthony Di Pietro declaring he would be responsible for the entire A-League program overseeing support staff, recruitment, list management and our A-League playing style and performance,” upon his contract s commencement in July.
Installed as caretaker following the ousting of Grant Brebner, Kean was in the main chair of the dugout for the second time on Tuesday evening as Victory fell to a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Big Blue rivals Sydney FC.
Rivalry defeats are never fun but, given it came without the services of the suspended Callum McManaman, Jake Brimmer, Robbie Kruse, and Adama Traotre and injured Ryan Shotton and Marco Rojas, the performance defied the low expectations that were carried into the contest by pundit and Victory fans alike.
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Fourth-placed Sydney drew with Central Coast Mariners on Saturday and face Victory on Tuesday and Western Sydney five days later in two games crucial to moving up the table.
Sydney (28 points, +7 goal difference) are unbeaten in five but have drawn their past three games and sit four points behind top-placed Melbourne City.
They can, at least temporarily, leapfrog both the Mariners (31 points, +7 goal difference) and Adelaide (30) into second place with a win over Victory. We need to win this game first and foremost against a team (that s) obviously, closer to the bottom, but they had a good result against the Wanderers the other night, they got an important win, coach Steve Corica said.