Melbourne Knights are hoping to take the momentum from a dominant Dockerty Cup performance in the National Premier League.
It’s been a tough NPL season so far for the Knights, but showed in their round five Dockerty Cup match their power up front.
On Tuesday night, the Knights faced Werribee City in the fifth round of the knockout cup.
It was a performance coach Ivan Franjic was happy with, as the side won 3-0 after leading 0-0 at half time. Mazis, Ciaran Bramwell and Leo Maziz were the goal scorers for the Knights.
“We had 36 shots, it was a good dominant performance,” Franjic said. “We would have liked to have scored more but we’ve progressed to the next round of the cup.
“The boys played well, but some days they don’t go in.”
Franjic said they’ve been working really hard and there’s been a lot of positives. He’s hoping that they can continue that momentum into the league.
“We’re building and starting to get the scores,” he said. “We’ve had a fair few injuries since round two.
“We’re starting to get them coming back into the side. It makes it tough when you have key personnel out.”
Franjic said for the first part of the season, they’ve regularly had seven players out of their best side.
He said three of them were long term injuries and players unlikely to return this season.
In the NPL competition, the Knights were sitting in 12th spot with just three wins ahead of the weekend’s match after deadline.
Franjic is hoping they can now kick start their season as they look to return to finals this season.
“It’s been looking positive the last few weeks and we want to continue that on Sunday,” Franjic said.
“We want to be higher up the tables.
“We believe we are a better team than what we’re showing so far. We’ll keep fighting and hopefully progress up the table.”
The Knights were due to face Dandenong City on Sunday, after deadline. The Thunder entered the game in eighth spot.
Franjic said it would be another challenge with no easy games.
“We respect every opposition, but we are focusing on ourselves.”
In other NPL matches on the weekend, Green Gully was away to Preston Lions and St Albans Saints faced Dandenong Thunder.
