Kosta Barbarouses (Western Sydney Wanderers | A-leagues)

Three minutes into the second half Victory produced its first serious attack when Kosta Barbarouses sent over a far-post cross which Archie Thompson met with a diving header but Glenn Moss saved.

http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/1178962/Five-star-Phoenix-destroys-Victory

21 games and 4 gols for Vistory in this A-League seson and 3 games and 2 gols in Champions League.

Also had atleast 5 assists this season. ESPN stats stopped counting them afterRd15 I think not half bad

Helped set up the opportunity for Archie Thompson who was fouled in the box on 85 minutes and earned a penalty which tied the game 2-2 on Saturday.

Has scored two good goals in his four games in the Asian Champions League this season. Stats:

http://int.soccerway.com/players/costa-barbarouses/17645/

A good standard of play in these games and some great goals judging from the highlights I've watched.

Highlights of all Melbourne Victory's ACL games this season:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=melbourne+victory+asian+champions+league+2014

Kosta scores in these ones:

Melbourne Victory vs.Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors: AFC Champions League 2014 (MD2)

Melbourne Victory vs Yokohama F Marinos: AFC Champions League 2014 (MD3)

Set up 3/4 goals on the weekend nice work

Didn't set up any for us though

I still feel Barbarouses was better in his final season for the Roar than he was for the Victory this season. He was good, yes, but I had hopes he would carve up the A-League on his return. I think next year will be huge for him.

Yeah 33 games in his Roar season for 12 goals and 4 assists. With MV he has from 26 games 6 goals and 7 assists. Victory are solid this season but most of their key players have not played together before. in 11/12 Roar has Franjic, Mckay, Nichols, Smith, Broich, Steffanato, theo who had been together for a few years. A big season next year then a move back to Greece ? ha maybe fingers crossed.

He's been overshadowed by the far better player in Troisi - Kosta still misses way too many chances.

kosta posted a photo on Instagram saying See you in 2015 New York 

NY City are in the MLS in 2015 .. Coincedence?  

Melbourne city v NYC v Citeh tournament?

...add Yokohama Marinos to that City tournament.

Well maybe if he was a City player and not a Victory one.

getting snuggly with Berisha in Melbourne

https://twitter.com/KostaBarb7

Saw him walking down the street in Melbourne CBD with his hoodlum mates. Greek mafia.

Goal and assist last night in a 3-0 derby win. 2 goals and 6 assists this season from RW pretty decent without being spectacular 

His best performance of the season, I thought. Made pretty much all the right decisions, wasn't selfish - great assist.

Goal and assist again 2 goals 7 assists this season has him equal second on the assists tally with Broich behind only set peice specialist and team mate Finkler

Actually he's got three goals now this season.

Watched the game last night.

That was one of his best performances in his A-League career.

One of the best A-League goals this season and one of the best assists.

Great to see Smeltzy back in ace form scoring two goals too (one a fantastic looping header).

Barbarouses has stepped it up these past few weeks. If Barbarouses is making the right decisions and finishing the chances he gets then there are not too many better players in the league.

1st half spectacular, 2nd half seemed to disappear and was eventually replaced.

Could you imagine Muscats reaction if he (or anyone else) ever did !

Barbarouses might go looking for contact but what Ryall did was a scum act.

So what happened?

Ryall just ran around the back of Finkler and either fell over or took a dive. However, as soon as he fell over he turned to the referee and demanded a penalty with his hands out stretched. The penalty was immediately given. Ryall then went and slapped and Finkler on the back of his head.

Scum act is too far but it wasn't classy. I think there is a difference between what Ryall did and a player who just looks for contact.

A-League 3 man judiciary panel took less than 10 mins to dismiss disciplinary case against Ryall acc to Fox News.

The video evidence in the link that RR posted shows its a pen.

It's not a pen. Nor is it a dive.

Could still be a dive, because of the contact you can't say with absolute certainty that it was.

Even if there was contact, Ryall just ran into Finkler. Never a penalty.

So he was appealing for a non-penalty?

Rip it up son

Brilliant work by Kosta to set up Broxham to cross to Berisha for Victory's opening goal.

Wow, he just topped creating the opening goal by scoring the bes tgoal of his career  - exquisite folly !!!

KOSTA the man !!!!!

It's all over the internet:

I guess it tops his previous best goal of the season also vs. Melbourne City in February:

Kosta voted fourth in the Johnny Warren Medal for A-League Player of the Year by his peers:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/football-soccer/news/art...

"Burns, the only Australian player in the top five, took home the Johnny Warren Medal, receiving 577 votes from his playing peers ahead of Adelaide United playmaker Marcelo Carrusca (366 votes), Melbourne Victory's Fahid Ben Khalfallah (307 votes) and Kosta Barbarouses (277 votes). Reds' Sergio Cirio (245 points) rounded out the top five."