3 finals in 12 months. South Melbourne are on the cusp of more history & this is what it means

It has been a whirlwind 12 months, and an even more chaotic 18 weeks but South Melbourne stand on the verge of more history.

South Melbourne are through to the inaugural OFC Pro League final against Auckland FC. How? A 4-0 rout of Vanuatu United at Go Media Stadium on Wednesday.

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Jordan Swibel, Max Mikkola and Tommy Giannakopoulos were all on target on another landmark day for Oceania’s Team of the Century all while juggling domestic commitments, too.

It has been an incredible year for South Melbourne. Dockerty Cup champions in August last year. Winners of the inaugural Australian Championship four months later.

Now, NPL VIC powerhouse South are 90 minutes away from adding another piece of silverware to their collection.

“Credit to the boys,” head coach Sinisa Cohadzic told reporters post-match.

“It’s not easy where we’ve got ourselves to. Our objective is to the win but it’s reward for them (players) what we done in these 18 weeks from January 17.”

“Playing three different competitions. In 18 weeks, 33 games.

“We had a plan, the way we were going to go about it. Making sure we rotate and don’t push ourselves to the maximum until this moment where we come here to be ready.

“For us to have 23 fit players in this finals series is credit to everyone involved. It’s the coaches, the medical staff, the players themselves and obviously the director and president that are supporting us and helping us with the resources to achieve all this.”