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The two sides went in level 1-1 at the break but a spot-kick from Craig Goodwin and one for the highlights reel from Ben Halloran steered the Reds to victory.
Macarthur made a bright start but after the opening 10 minutes the hosts began to assert their authority and soon broke the deadlock.
Goodwin and Joe Caletti exchanged passes in a well-worked short corner with Goodwin whipping in a cross which Tomi Juric powerfully headed past Adam Federici.
Goodwin was again involved on the half hour, cutting in from the left and crossing to the far post with his right for Halloran to cushion a pass across the face of goal, but there was no teammate for the tap-in.
We looked at the players we had, the ones that came in were excellent.
Macarthur had to dig in defensively against Brisbane at times and found attacking opportunities hard to come by until Genreau volleyed Jake Hollman s cross in for the opener on 76 minutes.
Experienced striker Matt Derbyshire added the second on the final minute of normal time by measuring a wonderful lob over the stranded Jamie Young to seal Macarthur s first win outside of New South Wales. There s times in a game you have to to dig in and hang on and I think we were good for the win tonight, said captain Mark Milligan.
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With league demographics shifting this season due to the effects of the reduced broadcast deal with Fox Sports and challenges wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, A-League clubs have increasingly been turning to young players in 2020/21.
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