A Besart Berisha goal just before the hour mark decided the contest and put the Roar into the Hyundai A-League Grand Final, though the game ended in controversy with referee Strebre Delovski denying a strong penalty claim for the Victory in injury time.
The win means the Roar will host next weekend's decider at their home ground, while the Victory are left to rue another semi-final defeat.
"No, we'll find somebody else. It's fine," the Roar coach said when asked if his side would miss their star striker next season.
"Who else was going to score the winner today?
"He's a fabulous player, you saw his value tonight."
"I don't want to do a 'I didn't see it', there was a load of bodies around," he said.
"I saw bodies on the ground, I saw bodies committed. I'll defer to you, I need to see it a second time."
"I think that the better team ended up winning the game on the overall performance.
"But you got what you would expect from a semi-final tonight.
"You got two extremely committed teams who went for the jugular."
