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Dario Vidosic driven by family tragedy as Brighton chase Women’s FA Cup glory

The Guardian·Tom Garry·2 days ago
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G rowing up in Brisbane with a big time difference to London, Dario Vidosic loved being allowed to stay up past his bedtime to watch a big Wembley final on television next to his father, Rado, before trying to recreate a great goal with him in the garden the following day. On Sunday, Rado will not only be in the Vidosic family’s thoughts but in the hearts and minds of everyone associated with Brighton as the team walk out at Wembley for the Women’s FA Cup final against Manchester City to try to win their first major trophy, four months after Rado – who was working as the women’s team’s head of coaching – died from cancer. “He’s always in my thoughts,” Dario, the Brighton head coach , says of his father. “I know he’s always been there for me, from when I was a very small child. He’d be working all day, but he’d always make effort to play with me, to be in the back garden and take me out and kick the ball around and just help me, and it was the same as a coach.…

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