Thomas Glover has for the first time addressed the ugly pitch invasion that left the Melbourne City goalkeeper with a concussion and cut to the face.
Speaking to Channel 9 on Monday in his first training session since the drama, Glover admitted what unfolded was “disappointing for Australian football”.
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Glover touched on the Socceroos’ success in the World Cup and how City — and the A-League in general — was hoping to capitalise on the excitement it generated.
“The Socceroos were unbelievable,” he added.
“[We were] hopefully riding the wave of that, but a small minority kind of ruins it.”
Two men who were part of that small minority have since come forward after police warned they would be “knocking on a few doors” to try find those responsible.
“Investigations remain ongoing,” Victoria Police said in a statement on…
