John Majurovski and Kale Bradbery starred as Broadmeadow overcame the loss of James Virgili to beat Canberra FC 4-1 on Wednesday night and progress to the FFA Cup round of 16 for the first time.
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Majurovski and Bradbery both played a role in three Magic goals at Deakin Stadium as the visitors fought back from a 1-0 deficit and a hamstring injury to leading scorer Virgili, who came off in the 35th minute.
Thomas James opened the scoring for the hosts in the 12th minute with a run and low shot off a counterattack.
Broadmeadow equalised in the 21st with a Bradbery strike after Majurovski put him into space.
Majurovski deflected in Bradbery’s shot in the 41st minute with a clever touch for 2-1. He grabbed a double in the 47th when Bradbery provided a beautiful through ball for Cody Carroll, whose shot was blocked into the path of Majurovski to scramble home.
Canberra’s Daniel Subasic was shown a second yellow card for a late challenge in the 77th minute and Dino Fajkovic rubbed salt into the wound a minute later with a runaway goal for 4-1.
The home side had a penalty late but Paul Bitz blocked Ian Graham’s shot and the Canberra skipper hit his rebounded chance into the crossbar.
The win was the first for Broadmeadow in four appearances in the round of 32 and they became just the second club, after Edgeworth in 2016, from Northern NSW to make the last 16.
