See below for play-by-play action from the match.
The starting line-ups for Auckland City FC and AS Magenta are as follows:
Auckland City FC: 18. Paul GOTHARD [GK], 3. Ian HOGG, 5. Matt WILLIAMS, 6. Ki-Hyung LEE, 7. James PRITCHETT, 11. Daniel KOPRIVCIC, 13. Alex FENERIDIS, 14. Keryn JORDAN, 15. Ivan VICELICH, 16. Jason HAYNE, 20. Greg UHLMANN
Substitutes: 1. Jacob SPOONLEY [GK], 4. Sam CAMPBELL, 8. Chad COOMBES, 10. Grant YOUNG, 17. Adam McGEORGE, 22. Adam DICKINSON
Coach: Paul POSA [NZL]
AS Magenta: 1. Jean Yan DOUNEZECK [GK], 2. Benjamin LONGUE, 7. Noel KAUDRE, 9. Paul POATINDA, 10. Pierre WAJOKA, 14. Jules WEA, 15. Steeven LONGUE, 17. Andre SINEDO, 24. Lamo XEWE, 25. Joris GORENDIAWE, 32. Ludovic BOIT
Substitutes: 4. Emmanuel DIANAI, 6. Jedidja SAIKO, 11. Albert ITREMA, 28. Michel UREGEI, 29. Theodore KAUDRE, 33. Philippe KOKONE
Coach: Alain MOIZAN [NCL]
0′ KICK-OFF
4′ Auckland City FC have a free kick from the half-way line. Ki Hyung Lee takes and Ivan Vicelich wins the header but AS Magenta manage to clear the ball
6′ GOAL Auckland City FC 0 AS MAGENTA 1 Lamo Xewe puts the New Caledonians ahead. Pierre Wajoka curled the ball in with his left from a free kick and Noel Kaudre flicked the ball onto Xewe to head home from close range
8′ Auckland City almost have an equaliser with another free kick by Lee which Matt Williams heads onto the cross bar and the ball goes out for a goal kick
11′ Auckland City have the first corner of the game from the left. Lee puts in a dangerous ball to the near post but the ball misses everyone
15′ Xewe drives the ball in from the left and Greg Uhlmann can only head the ball out for AS Magenta’s first corner
16′ The AS Magenta corner is cleared easily by Vicelich
20′ Joris Gorendiawe is put in the clear down the left but is called offside
24′ Auckland have another corner this time from the right. Lee takes and the ball eventually falls to Jason Hayne who blasts the ball over the cross bar from the edge of the area
28′ There is a break in play after Alex Feneridis went down with an injury. He is now receiving treatment off the field
29′ Lee takes another corner for Auckland but AS Magenta clear the ball
31′ SUBSTITUTION Alex Feneridis is limping away to the changing rooms with what looks like a serious injury. He has been replaced by Adam McGeorge
34′ Jason Hayne beats his player down the left but goalkeeper Jean Yan Dounezeck comes out to cut down the angle and Hayne’s shot rolls out out for a goalkick
36′ AS Magenta’s Paul Poatinda plays a nice ball across from the right and Xewe heads home past goalkeeper Paul Gothard but the goal is called back for offside
42′ Lee takes a free kick from deep inside AS Magenta territory. His cross is just over Vicelich’s head at the near post and the ball is cleared
HALF-TIME
46′ KICK-OFF
46′ SUBSTITUTION Keryn Jordan is replaced by Adam Dickinson for Auckland City
47′ GOAL Auckland City FC 1 AS Magenta 1 Matt Williams scores an equaliser from close range after a nice head down from the substitute Adam Dickinson
50′ AS Magenta have a free-kick from just outside the box. Xewe takes but hits the ball just over the bar
52′ GOAL Auckland City FC 2 AS Magenta 1 Daniel Koprivcic scores straight from a throw in with a well placed side-footed shot
56′ Lee takes a corner from the right but it goes straight back out for another corner
57′ Lee strikes another one and the ball is cleared
60′ SUBSTITUTION Ludovic Boit is replaced by Philippe Kokone for AS Magenta
70′ YELLOW CARD Andre Sinedo brings down Koprivcic down the left-hand side and is cautioned
73′ SUBTITUTION Auckland City makes their final substitution with Chad Coombes coming on for James Pritchett
74′ Daniel Korpivcic gets into the box down the right but then loses the ball when he could have crossed it into Hayne
77′ Hayne wins the ball from his marker on the right and has a shot from a tight angle but Dounezeck makes a juggling save
84′ McGeorge has a left-foot shot from just outside the box centre field but blasts it over the top
85′ SUBTITUTION Jedidja Saiko replaces the goal scorer Lamo Xewe
FULL-TIME Auckland City FC 2 AS Magenta 1
Auckland City FC vs AS Magenta (Full Time: 2-1)
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