Melbourne City has charged the semifinals of the inaugural League of Women’s Asian Champions with a comfortable 3-0 victory over the Taiwan club Taichung Blue Whale.
City will play Incheon Red Angels in May, after the South Korean club beat Bam Khatoon from Iran 1-0 in its quarterfinals.
The semifinals and the final are carried out in a centralized place not yet determined.
Mariana Speckmaier scored in the fourth minute before the goal of AA’s blue whale in the 43rd leadership of the city.
Holly Mcnamara won a penalty and turned it in the 63rd minute to decide the quarterfinals of Sunday against 1865 fans in Aami Park.
The leaders of the A-League hope that the star striker McNamara has avoided injuries after she left the field after a blow to her right knee two minutes after her goal.
He had reached his right knee, but he got up and left the field under his own steam.
McNamara, who has overcome three knee reconstructions, had to be replaced and appeared in a good mood later in the game.
The local team took the lead when Taylor Otto toured an Atlético tied effort goal before Speckmaier turned it into a certainty when hitting the ball home.
City doubled its leadership when the Mcnamara cross diverted from Li-Jung and goalkeeper Tsai Ming-Jung could only hit him on his own network.
In the 63rd minute, Mcnamara was shot down by goalkeeper Tsai and took a step forward to take the penalty herself and become.
The substitute Emilia Murray won another penalty in the 77th minute, but Tsai saved the kick of Leticia McKenna.
Taichung desperately approached when Tanaka’s shot slid through the open hands of honey and hit the crossbar, just for the city’s goalkeeper to catch him again.
City, which aims to complete a triplet this season, faces a tight change to play Brisbane Roar in Perry Park on Wednesday, then Wellington in Porirua Park on Sunday.
