Wellington’s Ifill set to soldier on with injury

Paul Ifill will play in tomorrow’s A-League Preliminary Final for Wellington Phoenix against Sydney FC with ligament damage in his knee.

The Barbadian-born English striker sustained the injury in Sunday’s come from behind win over the Newcastle Jets in which he scored the Phoenix’s second goal in the 3-1 finish.

He confirmed yesterday that he will go into the clash with Sky Blues under an injury cloud but said it wasn’t enough for him to even contemplate not taking his place in the line-up.

"It's sore but it will take a lot more than that to stop me," Ifill said.

"I'll do what needs be to get out there. I was on painkillers at the weekend so if we have to go down that route we'll go down that route but touch wood it will be okay.

"I managed to get through another 120 minutes (after being taken to penalties by Perth Glory in the previous match) and the way I look at it, if I can get through that it's no reason why I shouldn't be able to get through another 120 if needs be."