Lacklustre A-League Grand Final crystallizes myriad challenges facing the game in Australia

There was a truly evocative sequence in Sunday night's A-League Grand Final. As penalties loomed in the 99th minute, a series events occurred that underscores the state of the game in Australia both for better and for worse. Numbers desperately waited in the Sydney FC penalty area, Diego Castro sends in a hopeful cross. Despite not needing to retreat and then head away without the full force of his body, Alex Wilkinson's intended clearance pops up in the air. Castro quickly anticipates, bursts into...

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