Wellington Phoenix have thumped Adelaide United 4-2 in front of an impressive crowd at Westpac Stadium on Friday evening.
Strikes from Roy Krishna, Matt Ridenton and Roly Bonevacia’s brilliant double confined Craig Goodwin’s early opener to the remnants of history as the Phoenix secured an emphatic victory over Adelaide.
Wellington quickly rallied from behind and equalised only seconds after the United winger’s opener, leaving the struggling Reds in their wake.
Pablo Sanchez pulled back a consolation in the dying embers of the match, but it was far too little, too late.
The match was a superb advertisement for the game in New Zealand and a welcome boost to the #savethenix campaign.
Here is the best of what Twitter had to offer:
Big numbers rolling in tonight for the @WgtnPhoenixFC Ticket estimates have been over 10000 #savethenix #WELvADL pic.twitter.com/9CKugD9N3i
— Sean Hogan (@SeanHoganNZ) November 13, 2015
The Red Wig has joined us in Wellington. That is #ForeverUnited! @RedArmyAUFC #WELvADL #AUFC pic.twitter.com/yZk35Xnz2T — Adelaide United FC (@AdelaideUnited) November 13, 2015
Enjoy the game everyone #WELvADL pic.twitter.com/V6PQA2KLtM — Adam (@aweiderman) November 13, 2015
Brilliant, hilarious, superb start to the game. #WELvADL — Ned Zelic (@NedZelic) November 13, 2015
Errors like that at this level. How can a coach be blamed for that? #WELvADL 2-1 — Val Migliaccio (@Val61) November 13, 2015
#SaveTheReds #WELvADL — Ethan (@ethan_meldrum) November 13, 2015
Someone needs to make a YouTube compilation of Roly Bonevacia absolutely murdering defenders and then getting fouled. #WELvADL #SaveTheNix — The Niche Cache (@thenichecache) November 13, 2015
Shakespeare is alive and well in Wellington. #WELvADL pic.twitter.com/JwK46k6Er5 — Sam Mac & Jules (@thebleague) November 13, 2015
Great crowd at the cake tin. Make it regular and buy a @WgtnPhoenixFC membership all Wellington fans #SaveTheNix#WELvADL — D McGregor (@MightyDazza) November 13, 2015
This game has been a perfect advertisement for football in Wellington. Superb goals. Superb weather. Superb crowd. #WELvADL
— Simon Hampton (@SimonHampton9) November 13, 2015
I hate my family for making me miss this #coyn #savethenix #WELvADL
— Chris (@Lukeurmyson) November 13, 2015
#Metrics #WELvADL pic.twitter.com/vFhAcuiHeo
— Shane Harmon (@ShaneHarmon) November 13, 2015
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