New Melbourne Victory coach Carlos Salvachua has promised to deliver an attacking brand of soccer and to give all members of his squad – whatever their age – a chance to impress as he takes the reins for the second half of the season following the dismissal of Marco Kurz.

Anthony Di Pietro, the Victory chairman, fronted a press conference on Wednesday afternoon to explain that the decision to dismiss Kurz had been made at a board meeting on Tuesday and once that call had been made there was no point in waiting to wield the axe, despite the fact that the German had only been in charge for 13 A-League games.

Carlos Salvachua will coach Victory for the rest of the season. Credit:Getty Images

Di Pietro blamed both performances and results for the speedy end to Kurz's tenure.

"It's based on performance and results. It's been a constant review as we have gone along through the season. It's not been a rash decision by any means ... it's based on facts."