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FINISHING second will be Melbourne Victory's chief motivation on Saturday night, rather than atoning for its Australia Day horror show.
Coach Kevin Muscat is more than confident his side now is vastly improved to the one that lost 5-0 to Sydney at Etihad Stadium last time out.
Meanwhile Brazilian midfielder Gui Finkler, who will start at AAMI Park, is understood to be on the verge of signing a two-year contract extension.
There has been much conjecture surrounding Finkler's future, especially in the wake of his axing from Victory's Asian Champions League squad, but the two parties have edged closer to an agreement in the last week.
Gui Finkler's form has pretty hot for the Victory and is on the verge of signing a new contract. Source: News Corp Australia
The news comes on the eve of what is a crucial clash with the Sky Blues, a game for which Muscat is expected to start Socceroos star Tom Rogic on the bench.
Adama Traore will return to the starting line-up after missing most of March with a left knee injury and Pablo Contreras is likely to resume at centre back.
Jimmy Jeggo will take the place of Leigh Broxham (suspended) as a holding midfielder alongside Mark Milligan while Finkler, James Troisi, Archie Thompson and Kosta Barbarouses will play as the front four.
Rogic has played a part in 11 games (including Asian Champions League) since making his Victory debut in Round 16.
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But Muscat hinted that the 22-year-old's lack of match time at Celtic in the second half of 2013 had started to catch up with him.
"When we confirmed that Tom was coming we knew that a period would come where … depending what sort of load he'd done it'd be difficult for him in terms of his conditioning," Muscat said.
"He's probably at that period now with the number of games he's played and the load he's had.
"There's other information that we're privy to about the boys' bodies and he's not the only one (who's been rested), everyone's had the opportunity to freshen up."
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Muscat said the recent history between Victory and Sydney, including the 3-2 win by Frank Farina's men at Allianz Stadium earlier in the season, wasn't worth harking on about.
"We've come on in leaps and bounds since then in terms of how we go about things," he said.
"Probably our last two performances in terms of the way we defend, where we've shown a real resilience not to concede, is a far cry from that day six or seven weeks ago.
"Our form in terms of points and performances in the past six or seven weeks has been very good.
"We're at home tomorrow night, it's our last home game, we want to send our fans home with a smile."
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