A stunning brace from Bruno Fornaroli sent Melbourne City into the Hyundai A-League semi-finals for the second straight season as they defeated Perth Glory 2-0 on Sunday.
Fornaroli scored with a bicycle kick and a direct free-kick either side of half-time to vanquish Glory and set up a final-four clash with premiers Adelaide United next week.
City coach John van 't Schip was forced to select a number of youngsters with Ivan Franjic (hamstring) and Harry Novillo (suspension) unavailable, and the home side impressed at AAMI Park, keeping the previously free-flowing Glory relatively quiet.
GOALS
1-0 (Bruno Fornaroli 40') - After Glory failed to clear a corner from Aaron Mooy, the ball fell for City's record-breaking striker. Fornaroli held off his opponent and then acrobatically launched a bicycle kick into the top corner of the net, although the visitors complained he should have been penalised for a high boot.
2-0 (Bruno Fornaroli 76') - The Uruguayan phenomenon won a free-kick on the edge of the area and then held off regular set-piece specialist Aaron Mooy to curl the ball past Glory goalkeeper Ante Covic for his 25th goal of the season.
TEAMS
Melbourne City: Sorensen (gk), Retre (Chapman 81'), Wilkinson, Kisnorbo, Clisby, Malik, Mooy, Caceres (Melling 67'), Fitzgerald, Garuccio (Marino 74'), Fornaroli
Perth Glory: Covic (gk), Risdon, Lowry, Grant (Djulbic 46'), Warren, Vadocz (Petratos 82'), Sandor, Marinkovic, Harold (Garcia 67'), Castro, Keogh
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