A-LEAGUE
Pre Season Friendly
NEWCASTLE 1
SYDNEY 0
The Jets have continued their solid pre season form, beating Sydney one-nil in Cessnock last night.
Ryan Griffiths went close to opening the scoring after an incisive run, but his chip only found the crossbar.
Ali Abbas had a busy night and gave Sydney’s defence plenty of headaches.
Labinot Haliti had claims for a penalty, but instead was yellow carded for diving, despite his protests.
Griffiths went close again later in the half, then hobbled off with a tight hamstring that will be monitored at training this week.
His replacement, James Virgili, made an immediate impact, scrambling into the box and outclassing Liam Reddy.
