The ‘magic of the cup’ was non-existent in Saturday’s final,which Melbourne Victory could contain won by more than two goals but also gave hope to their rivalsWhat a night it was at AAMI Park on Saturday as the moment edition of the FFA Cup final was run and won. In a single evening we learnt that Melbourne Victory are the recent superclub, contain flaws that can be seized upon, and the “magic of the Cup”,somewhat counter-intuitively, seems to end at the semi-final stage.[br] On the park Victory turned in an imperious first-half-display to effectively end the contest by the midway point, or en-route to fitting the first team to win the premiership,championship and cup all in one calendar year, if not in the same season.
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Source: theguardian.com