A dream debut by one of the best players to grace the domestic game has somehow been ruined by tech troubles
The stage was set. One of the biggest names to ever play Australian domestic football. An unprecedented global audience looking on with a media entourage to match. Just over 40,000 expectant fans packed inside Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium, the name itself suggestive of wonder or astonishment. Like Dwight Yorke’s acrobatic opener in the inaugural Big Blue or Tim Cahill’s sumptuous 40-yard screamer on his return to Australia, sometimes – just sometimes – the reality lives up to, or even exceeds, the hype.
“Keisuke Honda marks dream A-League debut with goal in the Melbourne derby”. It’s the headline that deserved to be written. Not just for marketers, but for all Australian football fans.
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