Diego Castro the hero as Perth Glory stun Melbourne Victory

A gutsy run from a teenage debutant helped Perth Glory upset Melbourne Victory 1-0 at nib Stadium on Wednesday night.

Jamal Reiners, 17, charged down the left wing in the 74th minute before firing in a low cross to Diego Castro on the goal-line to seal Glory’s second win in five days.

The win helped lift Glory to eighth on the Hyundai A-League table as Victory, having now failed to score in their past three matches, was left to rue a missed opportunity to jump to second.

GOALS

1-0 Diego Castro (74’) – Seventeen-year-old striker Jamal Reiners, in his starting debut, made a dashing run down the left wing, taking the ball deep into the box before firing a low pass to the Spanish winger on the near post for the easiest of tap-ins.

TEAMS

Perth Glory: 1.Ante COVIC (GK), 2.Alex GRANT, 3.Marc WARREN (29. Aryn WILLIAMS 66’), 7.Gyorgy SANDOR, 10.Nebojsa MARINKOVIC (17.Diego CASTRO 52’), 11.Richard GARCIA (C), 13.Diogo FERREIRA, 14.Chris HAROLD (18.Mitch OXBORROW 79’), 19.Josh RISDON, 23.Michael THWAITE, 24.Jamal REINERS

Melbourne Victory: 1.Danny VUKOVIC (GK), 2.Jason GERIA, 6.Leigh BROXHAM (C), 7.Gui FINKLER, 8.Besart BERISHA, 9.Kosta BARBAROUSES, 13.Oliver BOZANIC (22.Jesse MAKAROUNAS 77’), 14.Fahid BEN KHALFALLAH (11.Connor PAIN 61’), 15.Giancarlo GALLIFUOCO (19.George HOWARD 89’), 16.Rashid MAHAZI, 18.Dylan MURNANE

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