Phoenix logoAn unanti­cip­ated great res­ult in Mel­bourne on Sat­urday night has kept the Phoenix in the hunt for early scalps and, per­haps more import­antly, giv­en them anoth­er warm-up game to pre­pare for the forth­com­ing A‑League cam­paign.

The late goal from Brazili­an import Daniel that sur­prised last year’s cham­pi­ons Mel­bourne Vic­tory means the Phoenix play the New­castle Jets at the Sta­di­um tomor­row (Fri­day) in a play­off for 5th or 6th place in the Pre-Sea­son Cup. It will be the first time the team have played under lights at the Sta­di­um and they’ll be hop­ing for a turnout that equals or exceeds the 6,000 that cheered them to their first win less than three weeks ago.

Tick­ets are on sale from the Sta­di­um only (from noon at the kiosk on the con­course; all the booths will be live from 6.00pm) and the game kicks off at 7.30pm. Adults pay $10 and kids and stu­dents get in free. Let’s make some noise, people.