Adelaide United 1-4 Auckland FC (agg.)
Newcastle Jets 2-2 Sydney FC* (agg.)
Team of the Week
Goal of the Week
The joy of Eli Adams' equaliser was short-lived, but it'll go down in history as one of the league's all-time 'absolute scenes' goals.
What the managers said
Airton Andrioli (Adelaide United):
"(Referee) Daniel Elder is from Adelaide. I just wonder who appoints a guy from the same town to referee a game like this. I'm not saying he did a bad job, but it's putting him in a difficult situation. Whoever appointed him needs to look into that. If he makes incorrect decisions, which way are we going to see it?
"I'm not questioning him as a referee, but I'm questioning the way they appoint referees. In any other country in the world, you won't appoint a referee from the same town to a game - for obvious reasons."
Steve Corica (Auckland FC):
"I think they were on top in the first 15 minutes until we got used to the pace of the game, and from then on we were all over them. We defended really well, we set up well, and the boys were animals, really. We limited them to one chance and they had to come up with different ideas.
"We had a very big talk this week leading into the game. We knew that everybody wrote us off and that was motivation. We know what we have in this changing room. We've had our fair share of injuries but we showed our depth in the squad tonight with the subs coming on."
Mark Milligan (Newcastle Jets):
"I'm extremely proud of the group. We have asked a lot of them from day one and they have consistently responded. I think you saw tonight the character of the group. It has been a good year with a lot of learning. I think we see how much growth a lot of these players have in them.
"They need to remember this moment. If you want to be a successful team, you need to learn from the biggest lesson, which was tonight."
Patrick Kisnorbo (Sydney FC):
"Full of emotion, but already thinking about next week as we have to prepare quickly. Obviously tonight could have been done in better circumstances but I'm just happy for the players tonight."
"To concede a goal with a minute and a half to go can break teams, but it didn't. The players showed mental toughness and resilience in high pressure moments."
Click here to read comprehensive post-game comments from all four semi-final bosses.
Next weekend's fixtures
Next Saturday night, the new A-League champion will be crowned - Auckland FC for the first time, or Sydney for the sixth.
(NZST 8:10pm, AEST 6:10pm, ACST 5:40pm, AWST 4:10pm)
