{"id":892997,"date":"2026-09-15T15:16:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T15:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/892997\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T15:16:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T15:16:19","slug":"australia-cup-highlights-south-melbourne-beat-lions-fc-face-melbourne-victory-in-final-on-october-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/892997\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia Cup highlights: South Melbourne beat Lions FC, face Melbourne Victory in final on October 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Australia Cup has its dream final, with South Melbourne setting up a date with Melbourne Victory after coming from 1-0 down to beat Queensland\u2019s Lions FC 3-1 in the semi final.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A hat-trick from substitute Bul Juach was the game changer at Lakeside, as South made it past the semis at their third attempt, having been eliminated at this stage twice before.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hellas become the third non-A-League side to make it to the decider, following Heidelberg last year and Sydney United in 2022, where they succumb to Newcastle and Macarthur respectively.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jackson Hart-Phillips helped the Queensland NPL outfit take a lead into the break but an inspired substitution helped trigger a stunning turnaround, teed up by David Woo, and then Hassan ramalzani\u2019s inch perfect cross, which was begging to be headed home.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lions FC lead at Lakeside! \ud83e\udd81<\/p>\n<p>Jackson Hart-Phillips finds the back of the net after a devastating counter attack, set up brilliantly by Luke Broderick \u26a1\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AustraliaCup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@australiacup<\/a> Semi-Finals live and exclusive on Paramount+ \ud83d\udcfa <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W4Plw3tNZ6\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/W4Plw3tNZ6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paramount+ Australia (@ParamountPlusAU) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ParamountPlusAU\/status\/2099802589147656664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">September 15, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After Max Mikkola caused chaos in the box, Juach pounced to bundle home a third, his hat-trick, and to seal the win in front of over 5,000 fans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The final is slated for October 10 although Football Australia will confirm the details this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bul Juach levels it for <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/smfc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@smfc<\/a>! \ud83d\udd35\u26aa\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>It takes the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AustraliaCup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@australiacup<\/a> icon just seven minutes to find the back of the net after coming off the bench at the break, and it\u2019s game on at Lakeside! \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>Watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/AustraliaCup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#AustraliaCup<\/a> Semi-Finals live and exclusive on Paramount+ \ud83d\udcfa <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VHnR5CORFz\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/VHnR5CORFz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paramount+ Australia (@ParamountPlusAU) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ParamountPlusAU\/status\/2099816949572387312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">September 15, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">IT&#8217;S THE BUL JUACH SHOW AT LAKESIDE! \ud83d\udd25 <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/smfc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@smfc<\/a> forward delivers YET AGAIN in the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AustraliaCup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@australiacup<\/a>, getting his second of the night to give the hosts the lead! \ud83d\udd35\u26aa\ufe0f <\/p>\n<p>Watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/AustraliaCup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#AustraliaCup<\/a> Semi-Finals live and exclusive on Paramount+ \ud83d\udcfa <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EqaIwj7brc\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/EqaIwj7brc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paramount+ Australia (@ParamountPlusAU) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ParamountPlusAU\/status\/2099817361003913498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">September 15, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SOUTH MELBOURNE ARE GOING TO THE <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AustraliaCup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@australiacup<\/a> FINAL! \ud83c\udfc6\u2728<\/p>\n<p>Bul Juach seals it for <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/smfc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@smfc<\/a>, booking their place in a DREAM decider against Melbourne Victory! \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>Watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/AustraliaCup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#AustraliaCup<\/a> Final live on Paramount+ \ud83d\udcfa <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HkrWKTdnHf\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/HkrWKTdnHf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paramount+ Australia (@ParamountPlusAU) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ParamountPlusAU\/status\/2099826116181590032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">September 15, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"775\" data-id=\"53179\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2295388462.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53179\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"792\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"53176\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2295393228-792x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53176\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"715\" data-id=\"53180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2295374645.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53180\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"640\" data-id=\"53177\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2295373321.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53177\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Australia Cup has its dream final, with South Melbourne setting up a date with Melbourne Victory after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":892998,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,4127,44,80079],"class_list":["post-892997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-lions","tag-news","tag-south-melbourne"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=892997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/892998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=892997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=892997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=892997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}