'Immaculate' long-range goal stuns A-League

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Central Coast Mariners import Marco Tulio has scored 1 of the goals of the season, deftly chipping the shot successful from 40 yards arsenic the location broadside claimed an emphatic 3-0 derby triumph implicit the Newcastle Jets.

The A-League sorely needed immoderate affirmative storylines after the embarrassment of Saturday's Melbourne Derby, and tonight's crippled successful Gosford delivered.

After the Jets sloppily turned implicit possession, Tulio spotted Newcastle keeper XX disconnected his enactment and expertly chipped it implicit his caput from 40 yards.

"They've got a bully 1 here, the Mariners, successful Marco Tulio," Andy Harper said connected commentary.

"This is the commencement of what you tin ideate to beryllium a precise fruitful play - it's conscionable superb from the Brazilian.

"The execution is immaculate, the thought was audacious, and the result a quality for the boys from the Coast."

Socceroo Jason Cummings doubled the pb successful the 2nd half, earlier Frenchman Béni Nkololo sealed the crippled with a precocious penalty.

The triumph catapulted Central Coast up to 3rd connected the ladder, with the Jets languishing successful tenth.

It was a sensational infinitesimal for Tulio, who had moved from Brazilian powerhouse Atlético Mineiro to Portuguese giants Sporting arsenic 20-year-old, earlier signing with the Mariners earlier this year.

Marco is an unbelievable talent," manager Nick Montgomery said connected the broadcast afterwards.

"He had a 30-40 cardinal dollar terms tag connected him, if helium did good [in Portugal]. He's Brazilian, he's a peculiar player.

"Not galore players people that extremity successful satellite football."

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