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Speaker 1: It's game two. It is the crunch time for Auckland

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Speaker 1: f C. They're taking on Melbourne victory. This is the

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Speaker 1: second leg of the A League semi final this weekend.

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Speaker 1: They hold a one nil advantage right now, twenty eight

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Speaker 1: thousand fans heading to Mount Smart. Jason Pine, football commentator

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Speaker 1: in News Talk zbis week in Sport host with me pliny,

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Speaker 1: good morning, get it Ryan. So what are they going

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Speaker 1: to do here?

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Speaker 2: Well, I mean I think they'll be. I think they'll

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Speaker 2: be exactly the way they've been all season, which is

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Speaker 2: going out to win football matches. They're one nill ahead,

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Speaker 2: as you say, so they know that if they don't

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Speaker 2: concede they make the Grand Final. It's all done on aggregate.

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Speaker 2: So a nil all draw, for example, would get them

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Speaker 2: through one nill on aggregate. But I just don't think

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Speaker 2: it's an Auckland f C's DNA to sit back and

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Speaker 2: defend for ninety minutes. And I don't really think they'll

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Speaker 2: do anything other than go out tomorrow night and try

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Speaker 2: and win this football match and and sort of stride

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Speaker 2: confidently into the final next week, rather than just sort of,

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Speaker 2: you know, defend for ninety minutes and squeak in that way.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, I think we'll see the Auckland f C

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Speaker 2: we've seen pretty much all season, a very very good

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Speaker 2: football side that likes to, you know, obviously be tight

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Speaker 2: at the back, you know, but when the opportunity presents attack,

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Speaker 2: I think we'll see some goals tomorrow night without a

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Speaker 2: shadow of a doubt.

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Speaker 1: Plus, if they can go one nill in Melbourne, then

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Speaker 1: surely they can go one better here.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a very good point. Yeah, you expect to

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Speaker 2: win your home games. You expect that home advantage means

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Speaker 2: just that that you have the advantage, and you talked

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Speaker 2: about the crowd and my goodness, it's going to be

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Speaker 2: something else tomorrow night when when that game kicks off,

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Speaker 2: and if Auckland f C can get the job done.

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Speaker 2: Of course, we know that next Saturday they'll host the

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Speaker 2: Grand Final at the same venue, so there's huge incentive

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Speaker 2: there for them to get the job done. For the

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Speaker 2: fans that will turn up, they would love one more

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Speaker 2: opportunity over Ken's Birthday weekend to cheer this team in

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Speaker 2: a Grand final. So yep, your home advantage means just that,

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Speaker 2: and it's been something that Auckland f C have taken

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Speaker 2: good advantage of the season.

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Speaker 1: You'll be there commentating. Of course, do they give you

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Speaker 1: extra soundproof glass because of the the sound.

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Speaker 2: Well I might need it, I tell you, you know,

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Speaker 2: they've added extra seats, they've added extra hospitality. I think

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Speaker 2: every space that's available at the ground will be utilized.

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Speaker 2: But look, you have to give it to Auckland FC's

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Speaker 2: you know, fan base. Just how quickly this has become

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Speaker 2: a thing. You know, I mean eighteen years without a

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Speaker 2: team in Auckland, and there were doubts after what happened

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Speaker 2: to the nights back in the you know, two thousand

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Speaker 2: and five, two thousand and six time frame, that that

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Speaker 2: people would turn up. Well, goodness made. They've turned up

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Speaker 2: and some and made some noise. So yeah, I think

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Speaker 2: I think anybody expecting or wanting a quiet night should

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Speaker 2: steer clear. I'll go medium out smart tomorrow night.

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Speaker 1: Good advice, Jason. Good to have you on as always,

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Speaker 1: Jason Pine, football commentator, weekend sport host right here on

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