Wellington Phoenix fall to Roar in Brisbane
- Dave Worsley
- 8 hours ago
- 1 min read
The Wellington Phoenix have been beaten by the Brisbane Roar 1-0 at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane in their penultimate match of the season.
The loss means the Giancarlo Italiano coached Phoenix will finish in the bottom four of the A-League and will head to Northern Territory for the Australia Cup playoffs next month.
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The Phoenix’s best chance came just after two minutes into the match when Kosta Barbarouses got in behind the Roar defence and attempted to pick out Hideki Ishige, who toed his shot wide of the left-hand post.
The Roar’s match-winner came 13 minutes into the second half after a lacklustre first half, with both sides struggling on a poor pitch.
Florin Berenguer gave the Roar the lead in the 58th minute with a powerful volley from outside the box that Nix keeper Josh Oluwayemi was unable to keep out.
The Nix had their best spell of the match after going behind with Tim Payne almost setting up a chance but ultimately weren’t able to find the back of the net.
The Wellington Phoenix will return home tomorrow before turning their attentions to their final round match against Perth Glory at Sky Stadium on Friday night.
