Words: FIFAcom
Saturday 23 April 2016
Picture: FIFAcom
Auckland City are set for yet another appearance at the FIFA Club World Cup after retaining their OFC Champions League title with a tough 3-0 win over compatriots Team Wellington on Saturday.
A lone strike from Micah Lea’alafa in just the second minute separated the teams at half-time, as the Solomon Islander scored with an impressive individual effort.
Clayton Lewis doubled the lead on 67 minutes as the Navy Blues struck on the counter-attack.
Team Wellington were reduced to ten men when former Auckland City midfielder Alex Feneridis received a second caution, and Lea’alafa rubbed salt into the wounds with his second goal six minutes from time.
The final concluded a 12-team, two-week tournament in Auckland.
It is a sixth title in a row – and eighth overall - for Auckland City, and the New Zealanders will now feature in a record eighth Club World Cup later this year in Japan.
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Position | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | ||
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1 | TC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
2 | AC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
3 | MN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | BO | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
5 | WS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
6 | ES | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
7 | WC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
8 | BU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
9 | ES | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
10 | AU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
11 | EB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
12 | ME | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |