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Its been almost 1000 days since Central Coast last won successive games in the A-League.Not since Bernie Ibini delivered the goods in an elimination final against Adelaide in April 2014 have the Mariners tasted A-League success in back-to-back matches.But after toppling the Reds, the defending premiers, on their own turf last week, new coach Paul Okon can forge a big step in their rebuild by shattering a 30-month drought.In their path stand a Wellington side again left depleted by the absence of five players away on international duty for New Zealand, including stars Kosta Barbarouses and Andrew Durante.Okon on Friday stressed the impact of building confidence with successive wins, but wasnt getting carried away with attempting to predict how many points they can pocket in a row.Last week we got the reward of three points, we hope tomorrows game delivers the same thing. We want to build momentum, he said ahead of their home clash in Canberra.Its a big thing in the A-league with it being a 10-team competition. If you can get on an undefeated run for a number of games, you see yourself moving up the ladder.I dont think were at a stage now where we can already start making calculations from our next few games, but certainly tomorrows game is a game we desperately want to win.Last-start winners Phoenix have a similar hoodoo to break, having not recorded two successive victories of their own since rounds 2-3 of last season.And just like the Mariners did last week, they too collected their first three-point game of the year with a 2-0 wipeout of Newcastle at home.Okon insisted he is wary of a side that has been forced to reach five players from their extended squad just to field a team at GIO Stadium.Reserve goalkeeper Lewis Italiano plays his second game 566 days after making his debut.The team theyll put out tomorrow will be a very strong side, a competitive side, and we expect to have a really tough game, he said.STATS THAT MATTER* Central Coast are undefeated in their last three games against Wellington, winning each of their past two games by a score of 3-1.* Wellington have conceded 11 goals in their past three games away from home, scoring only one goal in return.* Mickael Tavares enjoys a passing accuracy of 91.5 per cent, the highest of any player in the A-League who has made at least 20 passes this season. 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They showed that they are competent and have their qualities. Its a very difficult team to play against and if we are not on alert, we can end up being surprised.Honduras arrived at the Rio de Janeiro Games without much hope of contending for a medal, but the team eliminated two-time Olympic champion Argentina in the group stage and got past a very good South Korean team in the quarterfinals.With a talented team led by Neymar, Brazil arrived at the games as the favorite to win the gold medal. The tournament is played mostly with under-23 squads.dddddddddddd Only three players older than 23 can be added to each team, but clubs were not obligated to release them.Brazil was expected to cruise into the final, but there were doubts about the team after a struggling start that included scoreless draws against South Africa and Iraq. Those results put Brazil in danger of another embarrassing home elimination two years after the 7-1 loss to Germany in the World Cup semifinals.Things changed after a 4-0 rout of Denmark and a hard-fought 2-0 win over Colombia in the quarterfinals, when Neymar played well and finally showed why he is one of the biggest stars at the Rio Games.Honduras already shocked Brazils senior team once, though, in the quarterfinals of the 2001 Copa America. The team coached by Luiz Felipe Scolari lost 2-0 in one of Brazils most shocking eliminations. Scolari eventually led Brazil to its fifth World Cup title a year later.It will be a tough game, Micale said, but Im confident that our team will be prepared to do its job. ' ' '