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'It's the last title I need to win': the personal ambition driving new Victory recruit

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Aaron Murphy

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Don't tell Melbourne Victory's newest number ten that the Australia Cup is just a sideshow to the A-League!

[p]Uruguayan import [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/may-guillermo/vuxqdx52/"]Guillermo May[/a] joined [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/melbourne-victory/Qql6CzOP/"]Melbourne Victory[/a] in mid-September on a one-year contract from reigning champions [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/auckland-fc/2J7jacL6/"]Auckland FC[/a], after missing their 1-0 Grand Final win over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sydney-fc/6JsBlXVI/"]Sydney[/a] with a syndesmosis injury. [/p][p]The ankle injury sustained in May had carried over into pre-season preparations with his new club, who stormed their way into the Australia Cup final with four consecutive away wins over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/kingborough-lions/zPEXSmbA/"]Kingborough Lions[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/kingborough-lions-zPEXSmbA/melbourne-victory-Qql6CzOP/?mid=t0fRND3t"]4-0[/a]), [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/western-sydney-wanderers/l00pXxBN/"]Western Sydney Wanderers[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/melbourne-victory-Qql6CzOP/ws-wanderers-l00pXxBN/?mid=jotOoj1T"]1-1p[/a]), [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/apia-leichhardt/84SKUunL/"]APIA Leichhardt[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/apia-leichhardt-84SKUunL/melbourne-victory-Qql6CzOP/?mid=6HY1BHTs"]1-0[/a]) and tournament favourites Sydney FC ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/melbourne-victory-Qql6CzOP/sydney-fc-6JsBlXVI/?mid=C69bvK76"]2-0[/a]). [/p][p]May also missed the Victory's first AFC Champions League 2 match, a 1-1 draw with Vietnamese club [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/viettel/Gb6wjV0S/"]Viettel[/a], but has been passed fit to make his debut for the club in this Saturday's historic Australia Cup final against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/south-melbourne/6ciKPSEO/"]South Melbourne[/a] at a sold out AAMI Park.[/p][p]The 28-year-old has already enjoyed a Premier's Plate and A-League Championship across the ditch at Auckland and now, in addition to wanting to replicate that glory at his new home, has his eyes set on the Australia Cup and the Champions League 2 titles. [/p][embed guid="1f0afe49-a028-42fc-b1e2-7e041bfaf4e9" url="https://x.com/aleaguemen/status/2050456493435261146" social-type="twitter" /][p]Auckland FC's exclusion from both tournaments means a move to Victory has opened up an avenue to new personal glory for May, who is experiencing a new burst of motivation ahead of a very busy football calendar.[/p][p]"[b]I'm not gonna be happy if we don't win at least two or three titles,[/b]" he said to [a href="https://aapnews.aap.com.au/glance/news/not-another-juan-victory-man-not-here-to-replace-mata?section=top-stories" target="_blank"]AAP[/a] at club training this week.[/p][p]He can tick off his first of the campaign this weekend in his debut Australia Cup final, which he described as "[b]the last title I need to win in Australia[/b]".[/p][p]May is expecting big things of both his teammates and himself, boasting of his "[b]winning mentality[/b]" and "[b]big game experience[/b]" forged not only in New Zealand, but during his younger days as a winner of South America's under-20s equivalent of the Champions League, the Copa Libertadores. [/p][image alt="Guillermo May Career Numbers" id="b38d68ea-b866-4af2-bc30-7456ecb01db9" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="face8ba1-3811-4bb2-b5f8-c34b25133b6e" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]May said that former Victory and now [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/avondale-fc/8UbVeMao/"]Avondale FC[/a] striker, 39-year-old Uruguayan [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fornaroli-bruno/ddyAlVEb/"]Bruno Fornaroli[/a], has been an integral part of his settling into Melbourne. [/p][p]"[b]We've been talking about the club, about the city, about everything,[/b]" May said.[/p][p]"I get more excited (hearing) about all the stories he told me about the club, about everything, and I'm living it now.[/p][p]"[b]So I'm expecting to start the season, to start winning games, winning titles and scoring goals for the club[/b]."[/p][infobox id="d39bc573-b9dd-4b87-acb9-2de1f22d36c7" /]

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