What happened: Captain of the Vodafone Fijian national side Roy Krishna was in top form in their 1-2 loss against the New Zealand professional club Wellington Phoenix yesterday at the ANZ Stadium.

Krishna showed his class in the match and showed why he is the best striker as he scored a superb goal against his club in the 23rd minute.

Fiji put on a fine attack display against Wellington Phoenix but superb goalkeeping by Glen Moss denied the Fijians in their first match of the tour.

Wellington Phoenix scored in the 41st and 76th minute.

Star turn: Krishna was the star, stole the show and played extremely well.

Krishna showed his class playing against his Wellington Phoenix club this time in Fiji jersey showing why he is the top striker for the Phoenix in the A-League.

Comments: Krishna praised his fellow Fijian players performance in the match.

“This was the first game and we played well.

“I’m proud to play in front of my fans,”Krishna said.

The national side plays their last match against Wellington Phoenix on Tuesday at 6pm at the Govind Park in Ba while the U23 side plays Wellington Phoenix Premiers at 3pm.

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