Football

Victory too strong for Phoenix

May 4, 2019 5:18 am

Melbourne Victory has shown their title-winning pedigree to kick off the A-League finals, progressing to the last four with a 3-1 win over Wellington Phoenix.

Wellington racked up seven yellow cards to Victory’s none.

Roy Krishna scored for the Phoenix in the 64th minute of play.

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The win sets up a tasty rematch of last year’s semi-final with Sydney FC, won 3-2 by Muscat’s side en route to their fourth championship.

Both Victory and the Sky Blues will head to South Korea for midweek Champions League matches before convening at Net-strata Jubilee Stadium on Sunday.