{"id":8825,"date":"2021-07-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avondalefc.com.au\/?p=8825"},"modified":"2022-02-09T09:59:29","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T22:59:29","slug":"avondale-storm-past-bentleigh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avondalefc.com.au\/avondale-storm-past-bentleigh\/","title":{"rendered":"Avondale storm past Bentleigh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our senior men\u2019s side have extended their undefeated streak to 16 games with a thrilling come-from-behind win over the Bentleigh Greens at Avenger Park on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Avondale&nbsp;trailed 1-0 at the break but two goals in two minutes from Stefan Valentini turned the game on its head before Yusuf Ahmed sealed the deal with a late strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A loss for the Avengers would have seen their lead on top of the table shrink to just two points, and it was the Greens who had the early advantage. A mix up at the back left the goal wide open, allowing Bentleigh\u2019s Braedyn Crowley to slot the ball into an empty net.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trailing at the break\u00a0Avondale\u00a0needed a big performance in the second half, and that is exactly what they delivered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Highlights | Matchday 19 | Avondale FC vs Bentleigh Greens\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ryl8L6CFshM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Valentini brought the home side level four minutes in to the second half after tucking home a rebound inside the box. Less than two minutes later he gave&nbsp;Avondale&nbsp;the lead, this time blasting a right-footed strike into the top corner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ahmed then ended any hopes Bentleigh had of a comeback in the 88th minute, neatly rounding the keeper before firing home&nbsp;Avondale\u2018s third goal of the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The result sees&nbsp;Avondale&nbsp;maintain their five-point lead on top of the table, while the gap over 2019 champions Bentleigh has grown to eight points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our senior men\u2019s side have extended their undefeated streak to 16 games with a thrilling come-from-behind win over the Bentleigh Greens at Avenger Park on Saturday. Avondale&nbsp;trailed 1-0 at the break but two goals in two minutes from Stefan Valentini turned the game on its head before Yusuf Ahmed sealed the deal with a late [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/avondalefc.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8825"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/avondalefc.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/avondalefc.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avondalefc.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avondalefc.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8825"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/avondalefc.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8829,"href":"https:\/\/avondalefc.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8825\/revisions\/8829"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avondalefc.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/avondalefc.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avondalefc.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avondalefc.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}