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<\/p>\nAdelaide United is pleased to announce Luka Jovanovi\u0107 and his Round 26, 98th minute winner against Melbourne City as the winner of the 2025\/26 1Komma5\u00b0 Power Play Moment of the Year award.<\/p>\n
The fan-voted award, expanded in 2021 to celebrate goals, saves, technical brilliance and defining moments across our Isuzu UTE A-League and Ninja A-League seasons, is decided by a final fan vote from a shortlist made up of each monthly Power Play Moment winner, with those standout moments progressing to be eligible for the end-of-season award.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s winner, Luka Jovanovi\u0107\u2019s dramatic 98th-minute winner against Melbourne City in Round 26, captured the imagination of the Reds family for both its timing and significance. With one of the final kicks of the regular season, Jovanovi\u0107 delivered a clutch moment that propelled Adelaide United into second place, securing a direct path to the semi-finals, including a home leg at Coopers Stadium, while also confirming qualification for Asian football.<\/p>\n
It was a goal loaded with consequence, emotion and drama, epitomising a moment that defined the season. From the late-match stakes to the magnitude of what it achieved, it stood out among a season\u2019s worth of monthly winners as the ultimate 1Komma5\u00b0 Power Play Moment of the Year.<\/p>\n
Luke Stronach, CEO of 1KOMMA5\u00b0 Australia, said the Power Play Moment of the Year award recognised the energy, impact and consistency brought to Adelaide United throughout the season.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe 1KOMMA5\u00b0 Power Play of the Year award is about celebrating the player who made a real difference every time they stepped onto the pitch. Jovanovi\u0107 brought outstanding energy, commitment and impact this season, and we\u2019re proud to recognise his contribution.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt 1KOMMA5\u00b0, we\u2019re passionate about bringing new energy to Australian homes, so it\u2019s a privilege to partner with Adelaide United and celebrate the players who bring that same spirit to the game.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Luka Jovanovi\u0107\u2019s 2025\/26 Season Stats:<\/p>\n
Games:<\/p>\n
23 Games<\/p>\n
1624 minutes<\/p>\n
21 Starts<\/p>\n
Highlights:<\/p>\n
11 Goals<\/p>\n
Three assists<\/p>\n
The most goal involvements (14) for Adelaide United<\/p>\n
Third most goal involvements in the League<\/p>\n
Equal top goal-scorer in the Isuzu UTE A-League\u00a0<\/p>\n
Youngest Isuzu UTE A-League Golden Boot Winner in competition history<\/p>\n
Six ALM Team of the Week appearances<\/p>\n
Previous Moment of the Year Winners:<\/p>\n
\u2022 2024\/25: Harry Crawford: \u2018First A-League Goal\u2019\u00a0 \u2013 Harry Crawford\u2019s first senior A-League goal against Brisbane Roar in Round 22.<\/p>\n
\u2022 2023\/24: Nestory Irankunda: \u2018The Youngest to Ever Do It\u2019 \u2013 Irankunda becoming the youngest ever player in A-League history to score a hat-trick.<\/p>\n
\u2022 2022\/23: Ben Warland: \u2018Warland Seeing Double\u2019 \u2013 Ben Warland\u2019s brace against Western Sydney Wanderers in Round 22<\/p>\n
\u2022 2021\/22: Carl Veart: \u2018Veart Time\u2019 \u2013 Reds beat Sydney FC 3-2 in injury-time.<\/p>\n
\u2022 2020\/21: Joe Gauci: Stunning late reflex save from point-blank range to deny Patrick Wood against Sydney FC and preserve a 1-0 win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adelaide United is pleased to announce Luka Jovanovi\u0107 and his Round 26, 98th minute winner against Melbourne City…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5893,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[341,395,957,958],"class_list":{"0":"post-5892","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-adelaide","8":"tag-a-league","9":"tag-adelaide","10":"tag-adelaide-united","11":"tag-featured"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5892","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=5892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}