A second half demolition job against Darwin Hearts has seen Hume City continue its incredible run in the Australia Cup.
Hume has tasted a lot of success when it has made it through to the national stage of the competition and is on track again.
Scores were locked at 0-0 at half time before Hume dominated the second half to come away with a 6-0 win.
Coach David Chick said it was a pleasing win in the end after a difficult start.
“We got the job done,” he said. “The first half was a little bit disappointing but we were able to get a few goals in the net and that is the main thing.
“We needed to be a bit more clinical. We had some good chances and didn’t hit the target.
“We had some good opportunities to put them away and it would have made things a lot easier.”
Chick said the message at half time was to keep the pressure on.
He said the tempo had been quite high in the first half and they were hoping that it had taken it out of the Hearts.
Hume got on the board in the 59th minute and the goals then started to flow from there.
“They slowed down after the pressure in the first half and we were able to take advantage of that.
“We got a couple of goals and that made it easier. It was good for everyone involved to do that on the national stage.
“It’s great for the players and the coaches.”
Josh Gulevski scored two for Hume, while Mickel Platt, Aamir Abdallah Yunis, Fletcher McFarlane and Karl Imanzi were the other goal scorers.
Hume is now one of just 16 teams left in the competition.
“We would like a fortunate draw, but you could draw an A-League team, a full time team.
“We are keen for whatever.”
Hume had the weekend off due to the Dockerty Cup, with only catch up rounds across the competitions.
Chick said they would have preferred to have been playing in the Dockerty Cup final, but after the difficult travel schedule they’ve had, it’s a good chance for the group to rest and freshen up.
Hume is then set for a big end to the season with a top two spot heading into finals on the line.
“We have picked up more points so far than we ever have and we have a couple of games to go,” Chick said.
“It will be a record high finish as well. We want to try and take advantage of that.
“We want to finish as high as we can.”
Hume City faces Altona Magic on Saturday night in the second last round.
Tara Murray
