Young’s own joy offset by Roar’s sluggish start
FOOTBALL JAMIE Young doubts there has been a finer moment in his goalkeeping career, but the Brisbane Roar custodian would gladly have swapped his memorable weekend double save in Perth for a win over the Glory. champions of the North Queensland gridiron series Townsville Cyclones 26-7 in Townsville on Saturday in the opening round of the 2018-19 season.
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Young and his Roar teammates returned to Brisbane yesterday still searching for their first victory of the ALeague season after losing 2-1 on Saturday night at NIB Stadium.
The Glory’s winning margin would have been greater if not for Young’s heroics just six minutes into the match when for the club and says they will take time to come to fruition.
“We played like we had a new play book, which we do,” Garcia said.
“There was plenty of effort from the playing group but we have a bit of work to do.
“We were clunky as a team. he denied two headers from Perth skipper Andy Keogh in the space of seconds.
While his first save was superb, Young’s ability to get himself off the ground to keep out Keogh’s second effort was nothing short of phenomenal.
“They probably are the best saves I’ve made,” Young told News Corp.
“Our defence played well, it was our offence that let us down, we could not stay out there and give defence a rest.”
Experienced Falcon Chris Farrar scored the visitors’ only points, catching an intercept on defence before running it back into the end zone.
“The first one I put myself in a great position to make the save. I was quite close to the goal line, so that means I could get more time to react to the header.
“Then when I got to the header and put it back in the air a little bit further so Keogh had to stretch in the air, I knew he would find it difficult to
The Falcons trailed 12-7 at halftime before the hosts kicked away in the second half.
Cairns now look towards their first home game on November 17 against the Mackay Mavericks, with the Far North club to have the Round 2 bye this coming weekend. head it down. I thought he would head it back up again.
“Luckily I had that reaction save in there – it’s pretty incredible stuff.”
Young’s agility has improved, having dropped 4kg in the off-season. The loss to Perth amplified the Roar’s failure to do better than draw their first two games.