Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Wellington: Brisbane Roar’s stuttering defence of their A-League crown continued on Sunday when the AFC Champions League 2015 Group G side slipped to a 3-0 defeat to high-flying Wellington Phoenix.
Malta international Manny Muscat fired in a fourth-minute opener before Jeremy Brockie’s second-half double – a penalty six minutes after the interval followed by his second and the Nix’s third 16 minutes later – consigned Brisbane to their seventh defeat of the 2014/15 A-League.
The Roar open their 2015 ACL campaign on February 25 when they host the winner of the Playoff between Beijing Guoan and whoever emerges through the preliminary rounds, with Thailand’s Bangkok Glass waiting for the victorious team from the February 4 fixture between Johor Darul Ta'zim and India champions Bengaluru.
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