Jets wallop second rate Wanderers
NEWCASTLE have ensured Josep Gombau’s A- League revival has been short- lived, cutting a second rate Western Sydney down to size in a 4- 0 win last night.
The Jets demonstrated exactly why they remain second and within touching distance of the Sydney FC machine.
Youngster Johnny Koutroumbis scored from a cracking strike and Jason Hoffman, Ben Kantarovski and Steven Ugarkovic added the rest at McDonald Jones Stadium.
Only five minutes in, Andrew Nabbout nestled the ball into the corner of Vedran Janjetovic’s net, courtesy of an incisive cross from Dimi Petratos.
Although the linesman rightly ruled Nabbout offside, it was only a few more passages before he’d notched an assist.
The square- up from the left flank found Koutroumbis in space on the edge of the penalty area, the 19- year- old taking two quick touches before adding the final deadly flourish that left Janjetovic bewildered.
The goalkeeper was not helped by his side’s static defence and confusion over how to curb the influence of Petratos.
By the break, Ugarkovic had hit the upright from distance and the Jets were leading the shot count 11- 3, a lop- sided sum that blew out to 21- 7 by fulltime. The Wanderers’ sole shot on target did not come until the 42nd minute, when Mark Bridge’s free header was easily dealt with. TOUR de France director Christian Prudhomme wants cycling authorities to act quickly in their investigation of four- time champion Chris Froome.
Froome has been ordered to explain to the International Cycling Union why a urine sample he provided at the Spanish Vuelta in September showed a concentration of the asthma drug salbutamol that was twice the permitted level.
“We want the situation to be cleared up, to get out of the darkness and ambiguity,” Prudhomme told France Info TV yesterday.
“We obviously want an investigation to be conducted, and we don’t want it to last for months and months, so we can have an answer from the UCI as soon as possible next season.”