Melbourne Victory’s Men and Women teams are preparing for two huge matches with strong squads to select from.
Tony Popovic had a full list of players available to fly to Japan to face Vissel Kobe for a place in the AFC Champions League and opted for a 22-man squad.
Rai Marchan and Matt Spiranovic haven’t featured in recent weeks through injury but haven’t been ruled out for Tuesday night.
It puts the team in a strong position to challenge the J-League club and continue their resurgent form.
Kyra Cooney-Cross will miss the Women’s Semi-Final through suspension.
Amy Jackson is a chance to return while Melina Ayres could play an expanded role after featuring late in her return last week.
Men’s squad v Vissel Kobe – Tuesday 9:00pm AEDT (Noevir Stadium, Kobe)
#1 Matt Acton
#2 Jason Geria
#3 Jason Davidson
#4 Rai Marchan
#5 Matt Spiranovic
#6 Leigh Broxham
#7 Chris Ikonomidis
#8 Josh Brillante (C)
#9 Francesco Margiotta
#10 Robbie Kruse
#11 Ben Folami
#13 Birkan Kirdar
#16 Stefan Nigro
#17 Brendan Hamill
#18 Nick D’Agostino
#20 Ivan Kelava
#21 Roderick Miranda
#22 Jake Brimmer
#23 Marco Rojas
#24 Nishan Velupillay
#26 Lleyton Brooks
Marko Bulic
Women’s squad v Adelaide United – Sunday 4:05pm AEDT (Coopers Stadium, Adelaide)
#1 Casey Dumont
#2 Tiffany Eliadis
#3 Claudia Bunge
#4 Emma Robers
#5 Courtney Nevin
#8 Alana Murphy
#9 Catherine Zimmerman
#10 Alex Chidiac
#11 Harriet Withers
#13 Polly Doran
#14 Melina Ayres
#15 Amy Jackson
#16 Paige Zois
#17 Maja Markovski
#19 Lia Privitelli (C)
#20 Melissa Maizels
#22 Francesca Iermano
#25 Brooke Hendrix
#30 MelindaJ Barbieri
#40 Sophia Varley
