Soccer: Late strike steals O-League draw

Waitakere United scorer, Roy Krishna (R) and Auckland City's Martin Bullock contest the ball. Photo / Paul Estcourt

An injury-time volley from midfielder Alex Feneridis saw Auckland City steal a 1-1 draw with arch-rivals Waitakere City in their O-League soccer match in Auckland today.

In a niggly match which saw five yellow cards dished out inside an hour - three to Auckland City - tight defence from both teams meant they went into the halftime break in a scoreless deadlock.

That continued until the 82nd minute, when Waitakere's Roy Krishna latched onto a well-placed cross-field ball from Chris Bale to hit a low shot past Auckland keeper Jacob Spoonley.

That looked to be enough until 21-year-old Feneridis

volleyed home the equaliser from the edge of the box in the 92nd minute.

In the weekend's second group B match, AS Magenta accounted for Tefana 1-0 in Noumea yesterday. In group A action, Fijian side Lautoko downed Amicale 1-0 in Ba, Fiji, while the defending champions, Papua New Guinea's Hekari United, overwhelmed Koloale 4-0 in Port Moresby.

- NZPA