Postecoglou unleashes young guns for winning edge in finals MELBOURNE Victory coach Ange Postecoglou is assembling a department of youth he believes could prove the vital difference when his team eventually does battle in the A-League finals. The Victory took another step towards that goal with a 2-1 derby triumph over Melbourne Heart on Saturday night, keeping the Victory in second place, just a win behind leaders Central Coast Mariners. And Postecoglou unveiled another youngster who looks set for the long haul -- defender Scott Galloway, 17, who performed creditably at right-back on debut in front of more than 40,000 fans at Etihad Stadium. The Victory is now stacked with talented youth -- notably New Zealand wing ace Marco Rojas. But the successful blooding this season of centre-half Nick Ansell, attackers Andrew Nabbout and Francesco Stella and now Galloway give Postecoglou a point of difference over other finals rivals. With every debut the Victory grants to a youngster, it gains depth. Ansell, Nabbout and Galloway have all have thrived in important games. "Our youth team's going really well and there's a couple more in there we'll throw up (into the first team) this year," Postecoglou said. We're going to need it (the depth). You see most teams getting some pretty noticeable injuries and absences at the moment. Postecoglou will have to reach into that depth for at least one spot in his starting 11 for next weekend's clash with fellow finals aspirants Adelaide United. Centre-half Nick Ansell is set to have scans on a groin injury sustained early against the Heart, with Postecoglou believing he won't be fit enough to play. Meanwhile, Melbourne Heart coach John Aloisi believes Victory attacker Marcos Flores's propensity to "go down a little bit easier than other players" may have wrongly drawn the penalty which ultimately decided Saturday night's A-League clash. Aloisi's team lost 2-1 at Etihad Stadium -- the Victory taking a two-goal lead from a second-half penalty awarded to Flores after Heart's Jonathan Germano was adjudged by referee Strebre Delovski to have manhandled the Victory player off the ball. But Aloisi wasn't convinced it was a penalty. He suggested Flores may have invited the contact, and then made the most of it. "I saw Flores sort of back into Germano from a distance -- it looked like Germano was trying to get him out of the way to get in front of him, not to actually foul him because the ball was nowhere near play then," Aloisi said. It's hard for me to comment whether it was a penalty or not, but I will say that sometimes he (Flores) might go down a little bit easier than other players. Argentine Flores had won a first-half free-kick, falling under a Heart challenge with minimal contact.