A-League: Brisbane Roar 0 Newcastle Jets 1

A-League: Brisbane Roar 0 Newcastle Jets 1

The Newcastle Jets registered their first
away win of the A-League season with a 1-0
triumph over Brisbane Roar on Saturday.
The Jets took the lead in the 23rd minute at
Suncorp Stadium through a clinical right-
foot finish from Ben Kantarovski.
The decisive strike arrived after the visitors
were awarded a free kick 35 yards from
goal, with a fluent three-pass move between
Jobe Wheelhouse and Kantarovski giving the
latter space in behind Matt Smith, where the
Jets skipper rifled his shot past a diving
Michael Theoklitos.
Mohamed Adnan had a chance to equalise
from a free kick in the 90th minute, but the
Jets wall rose to deny him.
A finely balanced first half ended with the
deadlock intact, but the hosts were
reinvigorated after the break, creating a
multitude of opportunities.
The best of them saw a brilliant pass from
Erik Paartalu put Henrique through on goal,
before an incorrect ruling for offside from
the linesman halted play.
Thomas Broich was typically invaluable for
Brisbane, while Jacob Pepper was dangerous
for the visitors, particularly in the opening
third.
Brisbane looked in sync from the first minute
when Mitch Nichols found space in the box,
but despite some dangerous build-up, it was
the Jets who were able to work the keeper
hardest in the opening 10, with Francis
Jeffers twice teeing Pepper up for a crack.
Both sides had chances within the opening
minute of the second half, Henrique blowing
his lines for the Roar and Ryan Griffiths
thwarted by Theoklitos, before the home
side began to assert dominance on the
contest.
Henrique was incorrectly ruled offside with
an open net in front of him at around the 50-
minute mark, and then the lively Brazilian
was twice denied by visiting keeper Ben
Kennedy from short-range flick-ons.
Paartalu, impressive youth-team regular
Nicholas Fitzgerald and goal poacher James
Meyer all threatened to equalise, but the
Jets defence scrambled admirably to the
final whistle.