A-League Preview: Melbourne City’s core central defender is injured, Perth Glory looks forward to a new way of life
6686 Sports News on October 25 In the second round of the Australian Super League, Melbourne City will sit at the home team to face the challenge of Perth Glory.
Melbourne City's away team drew 1-1 with Western Sydney Wanderers in the first round of the Australian Super League this season. Young forward Caputo, who was on the front line, scored a key goal to help the team bring back 1 point at the away team. In the AFC Champions League in the middle of this week, Melbourne City defeated Buriram United with Caputo's goal. After winning the AFC Champions League, the A-League team won its first game in the AFC Champions League. In addition, Caputo is also a core member of the Australian U20 national team, and his future is limitless.
During the AFC Champions League, Caputo said: "I didn't start at all last season due to injury... Now I can finally start at the beginning of the season. This is the first time in my career that I have the opportunity to do this. So, this is a very special moment for me. I think I look at every other game the same, whether it's the A-League or any other competition. It's just another opponent and I don't try to look at it the same way. So I don't put too much pressure on myself when I go into these games." 
In terms of lineup, Melbourne City core player central defender Soprayan was injured in the game against Buriram United and will definitely not be able to play in this game. Judging from the team's lineup, Bonettigue will replace him. The old injured numbers Luo Pan, Huang Zhenwen and others also continue to be on the injured list in this game. The team added Mazzeo, Neikovsky, Kutlesi and other young players to the roster. In addition, the team's core player attacker Nabut will continue to be injured and absent, but coach Vidma said that his return is close.
Perth Glory tied with Wellington Phoenix 2-2 at home in the last round of the league. This season, the team has strengthened its lineup, has a stable financial situation, and has a training ground in place. It has shown good combat effectiveness, causing Wellington Phoenix, which was originally well-defended, to lose its gate twice. In this game, Perth Glory's new players integrated very well. At the same time, the "general goalkeeper" forward Despotovsky was also very close to scoring. After the game, he was called the treasure of Perth Glory's team this season by commentators.
For this game against the defending champion, Perth Glory coach Zdric said: "The preparations are going smoothly and we have done a lot of good work this week. We know that last year's champion Melbourne City is a very strong team and this game will be different. , but we are looking forward to it. We hope to withstand the pressure and continue to create opportunities like the one against Wellington. Melbourne City has slightly adjusted their pressing strategy this year, but they are still a very pressing team with a good strategic system and good dribbling ability."
In terms of lineup, Perth Glory's new attacker Tom Lawrence suffered a minor injury in the preseason and was not included in the squad for this game. In addition, the team's goalkeeper Birigidi, defender Sutton, midfielder Pennington, and midfielder Amos are all injured and absent. The good news is that midfielder Timmins has returned to the game after recovering from injury. The team has also added Suleimani, Bugariha, and Ngo to the roster for the vacancies. In addition, the team's new goalkeeper Matthew Sutton is plug-and-play and is expected to become the team's long-term core goalkeeper.
In the previous 20 meetings between the two teams, Melbourne City had a certain advantage with 9 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses. Last season, Melbourne City completed a clean double against Perth Glory. In this game, Melbourne City will strive to use the home team's field advantage to defend the championship. Can the rebranded Perth Glory make waves?
