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FRESH from shocking the Premiers - and defying popular sentiment by locking in third spot - Mariners boss Phil Moss has already thrown down the gauntlet ahead of Saturday's semifinal against Adelaide, declaring the 2-0 win in Brisbane a "real shot in the arm".
Goals from Nick Fitzgerald and Adrian Cacares secured an unexpected triumph for the champions at Suncorp Stadium, earning the Mariners a home semifinal that looked a distant prospect in February when the club lost an unprecedented four games in a row.
Moss has overseen a remarkable resurgence, a run of 12 points from five A-League games while juggling the demands of an Asian Champions League campaign. In his eyes a victory born on the tactics board shows the Mariners are hitting form at the right time.
"Bring them on," Moss said of Saturday's semifinal. [Beating Brisbane] certainly fills us with a lot of confidence. We're playing in two competitions at the moment and we came with a plan that was a little bit experimental and something we hadn't done before.
"I am just so delighted with the way the players bought into it [the plan] early in the week and adapted to it as the week went on. If players don't like the plan or system it can't be executed but they were fantastic.
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"We made the whole week about us, not about any other result or any other team in the league.
"We know that we let second place slip from having destiny in our own hands last week [against Perth Glory] and we were disappointed with that but there were certainly extraordinary circumstances surrounding that performance."
"We knew it was just a blip in our season and we wanted to prove that tonight and I thought the energy levels, the discipline, the focus, the intensity, and the belief was outstanding."
"Every time we broke with the ball we looked dangerous. So full credit to the players and certainly it's given us a real shot in the arm moving forward."
Central Coast is finishing the season in fine form. Source: Getty Images
The Wanderers meanwhile flew to Korea on Sunday having a earned a weekend's rest thanks to finishing second, Youssouf Hersi's late goal on Saturday securing a dramatic 3-2 win over Melbourne Heart.
Having missed a penalty and trailed 2-1, Western Sydney's refusal to lie down led coach Tony Popovic to hail his players' fortitude.
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''I think we'll gain a lot from the result and the way we got the result is the key,'' Popovic said. ''We showed a similar mentality last week, going a goal behind at half-time, and pressure was on but the boys came back and got a deserved point.
"[Against Heart] they showed that character again. They don't know when they're beaten, they fight to the last minute and we showed that again. I feel, mentally, we will certainly be very well prepared [for the finals].'
''This year we've had different challenges. This year the challenge was, can we maintain the high standards of last year? Apart from two weeks in the season we've always been in second spot. So we've had a real level of consistency.''
"We look forward to [the semifinal], whoever comes to our place to play in a couple of weeks,'' Popovic said. ''We look forward to doing everything we can to get in the grand final.''
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