{"id":8839,"date":"2021-07-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avondalefc.com.au\/?p=8839"},"modified":"2022-02-09T19:49:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T08:49:55","slug":"avondale-put-knights-to-the-sword","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avondalefc.com.au\/avondale-put-knights-to-the-sword\/","title":{"rendered":"Avondale put Knights to the sword"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our senior men\u2019s team extended their unbeaten streak to 15 games with a dominant 2-0 win over the Melbourne Knights last Friday night at Knights Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A scorching strike from Yitay Towns shortly after half time gave&nbsp;Avondale&nbsp;a well-deserved lead before Joey Katebian scored in stoppage time to clinch a crucial three points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The result sees\u00a0Avondale\u00a0extend their lead on top of the table, with the Avengers now five points clear of second-placed Oakleigh and third-placed Bentleigh after 15 games.<\/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 18 | Avondale FC vs Melbourne Knights\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LkeXNhYn8Hw?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>The Avengers dictated the tempo and controlled possession throughout the game, creating a number of great scoring chances and really limiting the Knights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stefan Valentini had a goal-bound effort cleared off the line by a defender and another shot that fizzed just wide of the post, while a free kick from Kristian Trajceski smacked into the crossbar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the other end of the pitch&nbsp;Avondale\u2018s defence put in a stellar effort, limiting the Knights to just two shots all game, with only one of those on target.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our senior men\u2019s team extended their unbeaten streak to 15 games with a dominant 2-0 win over the Melbourne Knights last Friday night at Knights Stadium. A scorching strike from Yitay Towns shortly after half time gave&nbsp;Avondale&nbsp;a well-deserved lead before Joey Katebian scored in stoppage time to clinch a crucial three points. The result sees\u00a0Avondale\u00a0extend [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8841,"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\/8839"}],"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=8839"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/avondalefc.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8843,"href":"https:\/\/avondalefc.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8839\/revisions\/8843"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avondalefc.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/avondalefc.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avondalefc.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avondalefc.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}