Late Franjic goal secures Roar win Brisbane Roar timed their run to perfection with two goals at either end of the second half to down a depleted Wellington Phoenix 2-1 on Sunday. Midfielder Ivan Franjic's injury-time strike sealed the 2-1 A-League win in front of an 8239-strong crowd at Westpac Stadium. Stand-in skipper Ben Sigmund's vision gave Wellington the lead at 22 minutes, his raking cross-field ball nodded down by Michael Boxall for former Belgian international Stein Huysegems to calmly slot home. The Phoenix defended their lead into halftime, but were punished for a dozy start in the first minute of the second spell. Franjic's jinking run down the right ended in a pinpoint cross for striker Besart Berisha to drill home the equaliser. A draw looked increasingly likely, but Franjic and playmaker Thomas Broich combined to slice open the tiring Wellington defence on the stroke of fulltime. Broich's initial shot ricocheted off the upright, but Franjic made no mistake with his follow up to slam home the winner. Roar coach Mike Mulvey says his team took time to adjust to Wellington's rollicking start, conceded an early goal and were put off their rhythm. "They had the better of the first half in terms of territorial dominance," he said. We addressed things at halftime and I thought we started doing things a bit better. We started moving the ball a bit quicker, we started facing forward, and we were a bit more penetrative with our passes. With Wellington's makeshift back four tiring, Mulvey said his team made the most of their chances as the match wound down. We sensed they were running out of legs, a couple of them, and we pounced. The boys kept pushing forward and they got the winner. It was end-to-end stuff for a little while but the goal came through persistence. New Phoenix coach Ernie Merrick, missing six front-line players to international duties and injury, said Wellington's application under difficult circumstances was outstanding. In the midfield, Vince Lia, Manny Muscat and Carlos Hernandez did all that was asked of them while young Jason Hicks worked hard in an unfamiliar role on the left and got forward well to support Huysegems. "Brisbane couldn't get out of their half for the first 10-20 minutes, and we should have taken more advantage on the score sheet," Merrick said. "The boys are still learning what it takes to grind out a result," Merrick said. We should have ground out a point.