Melbourne Victory have set up an FFA Cup semi-final with Melbourne City after overcoming a dogged Bentleigh Greens 2-0 in their quarter-final on Tuesday night.Marco Rojas and James Troisis second-half goals were enough for Victory to keep alive their defence of the cup.But to progress to their second-straight final, Kevin Muscats side will need to overcome their cross-town rivals after the draw for the last four paired the two clubs.With the semi-finals scheduled for two dates in late October, it means the Melbourne A-League sides will meet just days after their first A-League match-up of the season.The other semi-final will pair Canberra Olympic, who defeated Green Gully 1-0 on Tuesday, and Sydney FC.At Kingston Heath, Bentleigh matched the A-League giants for an hour, frustrating them in front of a record 3,754-strong crowd.Their resistance gave way on 63 minutes, when Victory stole possession and the lead.Leigh Broxham won the ball well, playing in Oliver Bozanic who crossed for Rojas to bundle home at the back post.Five minutes later, Muscats side had their second and a degree of security.Troisi, Victorys most prominent attacker, turned away from his marker after a short corner and unleashed a strike past goalkeeper Ryan Scott.A hearty deflection off Troy Ruthven and the crossbar could see the strike credited as an own goal.The Greens showed themselves to be worthy opponents but failed to seriously challenge Victorys goal despite their organisation.Muscat said he wasnt excited about the City tie just yet, after what proved an arm wrestle for a chunk of the nights match.It was a matter of us having to break them down and win the game, he said.They did well to stifle any intensity ... eventually we got that a little bit later than we would have liked.Beaten coach John Anastasiadis said he couldnt fault his players spirit but their legs ran out.We set out a plan from the start and it worked to a tee, he said.Second half, we wanted it but if you make a mistake teams like Victory will punish you hard. 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Billy Slater came achingly close to playing in Melbournes NRL grand final, with his surgeon almost giving him the green light.The superstar fullback was hopeful of being cleared to play in the Storms charge through the finals with his troublesome shoulder feeling good.But Storm football manager Frank Ponissi said the surgeon decided to err on the side of caution with the 33-year-old, who had a second reconstruction after round one in March.He went to see his surgeon last month because he was feeling great within himself and had started training so he decided to ask the question, Ponissi told SEN radio on Tuesday.The surgeon gave him a glowing report but stopped short of giving him the green light to play in September this year.It would have been an interesting selection dilemma for Craig (Bellamy).While Bellamy wants Slater to play on next year, it would have been very tough to shift Cameron Munster out of the No.1 jersey.Munster is set to play five-eighth next season following the departure of Blake Green to Manly, but has proved himself one of the games most best fullbacks in Slaters absence.He was one of the Storms best in their preliminary final win over CCanberra, setting up their crucial second-half try.ddddddddddddSlater can take some credit for that with Munster, playing in his first grand final, saying the veteran was happy to give him and his fellow backs advice.He said Slater was in the changeroom at halftime against Canberra, fine-tuning their play.Munster, 22, said Slater had an eye for pin-pointing the little things in our game that make a big difference.Whenever Bills got an opinion everyone listens and respects it because his call is usually the right one, Munster said.He helped us a lot on the weekend, coming in and telling us what he sees at the back.Im going to be looking for him to help me out a bit in the grand final because its going to be a big stage with a lot of emotion and hes more than happy to help out the team so Im very lucky to have him around me.Despite competing for same position, Munster said he wished Slater was in the line-up.All the boys would love him to be playing, including me, he said.Id be grateful to be playing alongside Billy in a grand final. 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