A-League Team of the Week led by the 'human highlight reel'

[p]Here are the eleven top performers (by position) from Round 20 of the A-League, according to Flashscore's in-house player rating system.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/australia/a-league/"]Catch up on all A-League results and statistics on Flashscore.com.au here.[/a][/b][/p][image alt="Round 25 Team of the Week" id="9cd20456-68dc-475b-830f-b9613633d3fd" credit-line="Flashscore / Enetpulse" guid="afae9564-595e-43a6-8bad-3084ddd29ea0" original-width="1080" original-height="1350" /][h2]GK: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/oluwayemi-joshua/QaW2A0ED/"]Joshua Oluwayemi[/a] - [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/wellington-phoenix/Ctp2DG8J/"]Wellington Phoenix[/a] (8.7)[/h2][p]Oluwayemi has occasionally [a href="https://x.com/aleaguemen/status/2025065059022766338" target="_blank"]attracted attention globally for the wrong kind of reasons[/a] throughout the season, but we've seen a lot of his best in the Chris Greenacre era of recent weeks.[/p][p]He saved six out of seven shots faced in the Phoenix's consolation 2-1 win over the Wanderers at Rugby League Park.[/p][embed guid="a2fc6564-98bd-4e29-8c78-6a0de631400a" url="https://x.com/RyanEvans29/status/2045561414165623265" social-type="twitter" /][h2]LB: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/garuccio-benjamin/vkLTlyaf/"]Ben Garuccio[/a] - [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sydney-fc/6JsBlXVI/"]Sydney FC[/a] (7.9)[/h2][p]The 30-year-old's rating of 7.9 out of 10 was enough to get him Player of the Match for the third time in nine appearances as he contributed to a clean sheet with 12 accurate passes in the final third and creating one of Sydney's three 'big chances'.[/p][embed guid="22a8d83e-5de4-48e0-8e9a-a06f448f34d3" url="https://x.com/SydneyFC/status/2045463258531090716" social-type="twitter" /][h2]CB: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kikianis-panagiotis/lIQH3jfo/"]Panagiotis Kikianis[/a] - [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/adelaide-utd/4AZ2ueHm/"]Adelaide United[/a] (7.9)[/h2][p]Boosted by scoring the goal that put the Reds ahead in their comeback win over Macarthur, Kikianis also made three clearances and completed 52 passes at 90% accuracy. [/p][embed guid="cfa2d402-e881-4f10-8831-2db88495bf09" url="https://x.com/aleaguemen/status/2045763128110244127" social-type="twitter" /][h2]CB: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/grozos-kosta/SlSp4V6K/"]Kostas Grozos[/a] - [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/newcastle-jets/EaZ5xZo0/"]Newcastle Jets[/a] (7.9)[/h2][p]In his fourth consecutive start, Grozos continues to improve throughout his current stretch, passing at 82% accuracy and making six clearances.[/p][embed guid="e5383d8b-0f1f-4fa8-8221-4b38fa473503" url="https://x.com/M1D3V/status/2045282300380995749" social-type="twitter" /][h2]RB: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/payne-tim/Gd2DkZCC/"]Tim Payne[/a] - [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/wellington-phoenix/Ctp2DG8J/"]Wellington Phoenix[/a] (8.5)[/h2][p]A Phoenix pair combined for one of their two goals against the Wanderers and both have been recognised in our Team of the Week. [/p][p]All White Payne rated an 8.5 after assisting both of Phoenix's goals with two of his four accurate crosses for the match. [/p][embed guid="8b535a78-4349-4794-90ee-8ca6f7db56c9" url="https://x.com/futbolnz/status/2045466874981597258" social-type="twitter" /][h2]LM: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nagasawa-kazuki/KOrijfat/"]Kazuki Nagasawa[/a] - [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/wellington-phoenix/Ctp2DG8J/"]Wellington Phoenix[/a] (8.6)[/h2][p]As well as getting onto the end of one of Payne's pinpoint passes, Nagasawa completed nine accurate passes of his own in Phoenix's final third, but it was his first goal in 14 matches and error-free game largely responsible for his rating of 8.6.[/p][embed guid="1e418464-3e5f-4c13-ae23-3ee4d792c6cb" url="https://x.com/WgtnPhoenixFC/status/2045386306579243316" social-type="twitter" /][h2]CM: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/burgess-max/vNxdKvbN/"]Max Burgess[/a] - [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/newcastle-jets/EaZ5xZo0/"]Newcastle Jets[/a] (7.9)[/h2][p]Burgess was by far the busiest player on the AAMI Park pitch, touching the ball 112 times (the next best was 96), completing 83 passes at 89% and winning seven individual duels.[/p][embed guid="84878501-d705-427a-8cdb-1bbcd852196b" url="https://x.com/guyfieriofficia/status/2045765522525179913" social-type="twitter" /][h2]CM: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/genreau-denis/IcR3roH8/"]Denis Genreau[/a] - [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/melbourne-victory/Qql6CzOP/"]Melbourne Victory[/a] (7.6)[/h2][p]The high-profile Victory recruit is yet to collect a Player of the Match rating from Flashscore in 2025/26 but has been unlucky not to do so after rating 7.6 or better in four of his last five appearances, scoring once and creating another two goals during that period of great form.[/p][p]In defence, he won ten of his 15 individual duels, all five attempted tackles and added two interceptions to his game stats. [/p][h2]RM: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/younis-marcus/xA3Fq7we/"]Marcus Younis[/a] - [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/melbourne-city/OKfoGJBe/"]Melbourne City[/a] (8.9*)[/h2][p]Hailed by television commentary as a 'human highlight reel' for his double in Brisbane, the one-time Olyroo Marcus Younis has been one of the league's great performers in the second half of the season.[/p][p]Younis has now scored six goals and assisted another three in his ten games on loan from Danish club Brondby, scoring in three consecutive games to go into the finals in tip-top form.[/p][embed guid="35af9a0f-f61f-4c19-8240-a10a405cc2e9" url="https://x.com/i/status/2045421778932281690" social-type="twitter" /][h2]FW: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nduka-charles/KloWSp4I/"]Charles Nduka[/a] - [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/melbourne-victory/Qql6CzOP/"]Melbourne Victory[/a] (8.0)[/h2][p]The Victory's mid-season signing turned his only two shots on target into two goals against the Jets, taking his season tally to five goals from 11 appearances. Still short of what Arthur Diles would have been hoping for, but if he can carry the momentum forward, he could peak at the right time.[/p][embed guid="a53a00de-56e7-4ca5-9c11-269d944f5246" url="https://x.com/i/status/2045084874890219634" social-type="twitter" /][h2]FW: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/adams-eli/G4LV2oet/"]Eli Adams[/a] - [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/newcastle-jets/EaZ5xZo0/"]Newcastle Jets[/a] (8.1)[/h2][p]Drink it in while you can, Jets and A-League fans. Eli Adams is surely off to Europe after recording a stellar season in Newcastle with ten goal contributions and plenty of his own highlights. [/p][p]He put a clutch equaliser past the Victory from the penalty spot as well as yet another goal from outside the box to rate 8.1 out of 10. [/p][embed guid="32c1a76c-8fbc-4483-b83c-d943c7ac29f9" url="https://x.com/i/status/2045079870821290237" social-type="twitter" /]