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Apr 11, 2021   |  10:54AM AET

Cooney-Cross: I didn’t want to go to penalties

Cooney-Cross: I didn’t want to go to penalties

Melbourne Victory match-winner Kyra Cooney-Cross wanted to avoid penalties before her decisive goal against Sydney FC.

The Westfield W-League Grand Final looked headed for a penalty shoot-out before Cooney-Cross curled in directly from a corner in the 120th minute to give Victory a 1-0 win at Jubilee Stadium on Sunday.

Victory claimed its second championship and first since 2013/14 thanks to Cooney-Cross’ heroics.

“I was just thinking that I didn’t want to go to penalties,” the Victory star told Fox Sports.

“I was stressing about that probably as soon as we went into extra-time.”

Cooney-Cross and Lisa De Vanna hit the crossbar in the first half and Victory was repeatedly denied by Sydney goalkeeper Jada Whyman.

The 19-year-old felt her team deserved its success after a strong performance.

“We had so many chances tonight. We had a few crossbars,” Cooney-Cross said.

“Kudos to Jada, she did a lot of saves tonight, some big ones. I think we deserved to win tonight.”

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