{"id":566,"date":"2026-04-28T19:24:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T19:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/566\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T19:24:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T19:24:43","slug":"matildas-at-home-review-brisbane-roar-melbourne-victory-through-to-semi-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/566\/","title":{"rendered":"Matildas at Home Review: Brisbane Roar, Melbourne Victory through to semi-finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"standfirst\">The Brisbane Roar and Melbourne Victory were victorious in the two A-League Women elimination finals, setting up two-legged clashes with Wellington Phoenix and Melbourne City, respectively in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p>Read our review of the action below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keithprowsetravel.com\/football-australia-fifa-womens-world-cup-2027\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>              <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FA Matildas Fan Travel Thin Banner.png\" alt=\"KPT 2027 Travel Packages Thin Banner\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a>Canberra United 1 \u2013 3 Melbourne Victory<\/p>\n<p>Melbourne Victory stunned a sold-out McKellar Park crowd to advance to the semi-finals with a 3-1 victory over Canberra United.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel Lowe scored first before an Ella O\u2019Grady brace sealed the result for Melbourne Victory. Canberra gave themselves hope with a goal from Sasha Grove, but Victory effectively stifled the home team in the second half, preventing them from continuing to accumulate chances.<\/p>\n<p>Michelle Heyman started for Canberra but was unable to help haul them over the line.<\/p>\n<p>Brisbane Roar 3 \u2013 0 Adelaide United<\/p>\n<p>Brisbane Roar were comprehensive victors in front of a sold-out Spencer Park crowd, defeating Adelaide United 3-0.<\/p>\n<p>After dominating the first half, a brace after the break from Kijah Stephenson gave them a two-goal buffer they never looked like relinquishing. Aimee Medwin put the cherry on top in the 83rd minute with her third goal in consecutive games.<\/p>\n<p>Chloe Lincoln kept a clean sheet for Brisbane, including making a fantastic save early in the match. Tameka Yallop came off the bench in the second half as she continues to recover from her long-term hamstring injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brisbane Roar and Melbourne Victory were victorious in the two A-League Women elimination finals, setting up two-legged&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1221,958,1220,1219,260],"class_list":{"0":"post-566","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-melbourne","8":"tag-chloe-lincoln","9":"tag-featured","10":"tag-matildas-at-home","11":"tag-matildas-news","12":"tag-melbourne"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}